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Re: Sunshine models (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Greg; The wait is usually 6 months from time of order to delivery. It is unusual for them to cash the check, but the vast majority on this list are used

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #111677 ·

Sunshine models

Group, Has anyone received a kit(s) from Sunshine Models in the past three weeks? It has been 46 days since I saw that my check was cashed and cleared the bank. As of yet I've not received my order.

By Greg Bartek · #111676 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

All: If we are talking about Freight Forwarder Traffic, it would have been mixed carloads of a lot of different commodities (FAK freight all kinds) (Think like UPS today). Carpet and cigarettes

By Paul Koehler <buygone@...> · #111675 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

Thanks Jack. I will give it a try. Jerry

By asychis@... · #111674 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

Bruce Smith wrote: Usually overloaded at least ten percent. There was a tariff provision that allowed fully loaded bulk cars like hoppers to avoid weighing and just be billed at 110% of nominal

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #111673 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

T im O'Connor wrote: True, but that was a different company, Lockheed. Some manufacturing of most planes was spread around among the companies, but rarely major parts in that day, at least for

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #111672 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

<I have one additional suggestion in addition to Jack's excellent advice. <With repeated use, the blade creates a grove in the Chopper I and <Chopper III fiberboard mat (if that's the version you

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #111671 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

Um Tim, 58% of the tonnage was MINERALS. Minerals usually shipped in full car loads and I was generous and said 50 tons (when a "50 ton" car was usually load limited at significantly more than 50

By Bruce Smith · #111670 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

I was just responding to the statement about the high freight forwarder movements from Georgia to Washington. I suggested that it might be carpet from Dalton, Georgia, the leading production area of

By C J Wyatt · #111669 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

Back in those days a typical box car load was much less than 40 tons, and LCL loads well under 20 tons. I agree that 5 tons a carload seems a bit on the light side... maybe it's all cigarettes! :-)

By Tim O'Connor · #111668 ·

Re: red caboose 1937 aar sq corner

Bill, Des Plaines also had these cars produced with the Viking roof in N Scale. gary roe quincy, illinois _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of

By Gary Roe · #111667 ·

Re: : Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

Jerry, I'm probably stating the obvious, but if you aren't using a new blade, that would be a good start. Then it is never a good idea to try to cut through thick stock in one cut. It is better to

By Bruce Smith · #111666 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

Why are we guessing? Why are we thinking this is such a big deal? First, the blog post at http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/ shows a SAMPLE of the 1957 1% commodity flows by carload. I'm not sure why

By Bruce Smith · #111665 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

I have one additional suggestion in addition to Jack's excellent advice. With repeated use, the blade creates a grove in the Chopper I and Chopper III fiberboard mat (if that's the version you use).

By Nelson Moyer <ku0a@...> · #111664 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

Doesn't Georgia have some airplane (or airplane parts) manufacturing ? With Boeing up in Seattle, could some of this traffic be parts or castings for aircraft? Valuable parts can travel very long

By Tim O'Connor · #111663 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

I modified my NWSL chopper by putting down two parallel pieces of brass with just enough room between them for the razor blade. This harder surface combined with the blade sinking through the slot

By Tim O'Connor · #111662 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

My thought was somewhat similar, would it be the clay used to make glossy paper? Richard Wilkens

By railsnw@frontier.com <railsnw@...> · #111661 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

Jack, In my experience I do believe the blade does deflect on my Chopper 2. There is too much play where the lever pivots on its axle. I intend (someday, I need to get one of them "round to its")

By John Hagen · #111660 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

My Guess, would be paper, based on a comment I found in a presentation to a gathering of railroaders. Found in the files section as: Biggest XM Shipper_South001.jpg Of couse, this being correct

By np328 · #111659 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

There used to be some chopper type cutters that not only cut down, but sliced through the material. I wish I had one as I am sure they would do a much better job. Slicing is better than chopping.

By Steve SANDIFER · #111658 ·

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