Bill, Harney and Sons tea bags have some of the finest "mesh" I've seen. I'd suggest using that material. Marty McGuirk

Tim, do any of the service photos of those ACL cars you have show the (presumed) rebuilt side sill. Professor Emeritus Organismal Biology, University of Chicago Research Associate, Field Museum of

Woah!!! Vacuum Tweezers!! I had no idea! I gots ta get me summa them! http://www.ottofrei.com/Vacuum-Pick-Up-Tweezer-System-Kit.html Tim O'Connor

Don I long ago lost the packaging the Clover House screen came in but knowing me I ordered the smallest available. Bill Welch

Eric, you may be correct! -- As far as I know the Wabash cars had 5/5 ends, but I have photos of ACL 14210, 14319, 14378, 14402 and 14499 and all of those have the 4/5 ends and also the same riveting

I use stainless anti-acid,anti magnetic EAEM tweezers made in Switzerland I've had these for 25+ years ,so far they show no signs of wear even though I use them almost everyday.I still pick up .005

Not so strange. I¹ve seen picture of similar cars on SP (car 200) and UP (car 195220). Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <water.kresse@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date:

Many of the major railroads had similar cars (e.g., in the west Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific all had one), typically with transparent plastic side sheathing, which were used to

The L&N RR had a similar car with wire mesh sides. It was equipped with a large speedometer on the side and an unsecured load inside. The purpose was to demonstrate the effects of coupling speed on

David, Great find! Think it might have been part of a mobile classroom to show folks about loading rules, etc.? Al Kresse

There is a circumstantial case for these being renumbered from ACL 14100-14199, class O-22 built 1941, and/or 14200-14499, class O-24 built 1941. ACL 14000-14099, class O-19, built 1938 may be

Thanks for the info Ben. I have a complete set of MM, so I'll ltake a look when I get home tonight. The font size on the magazine summary page included in each issue got smaller and smaller to the

This is too strange to not post: http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=86961 David Thompson

Thanks Dennis! That is exactly the kind of information I was looking for.

MKT or N&W? I don't think the details of the MRS car match either of those, though. David Thompson

If you go to the Otto Frei website, you will see that tweezers of the same style and from the same manufacturer ranges in price depending on the type of material being used. Otto Frei also features a

The Sunshine 6 and 10k (I think, I'd have to check) X-3s were sold out when I tried to order them a year ago. I did get an X-5 kit, though. David Thompson

> Does the return of the patterns mean that the X-3 kits are no longer available? > Wayne M. Dzwonchyk It's probably moot, Wayne. Martin didn't order any of the X-3 shells after August 2009. Judging

One of the reasons I've never bothered to make straight sill parts for the Accurail "4000 Series" floor is they are so easy to make from strip styrene. Prototype straight center sills from the era

Hi folks, Those seeking tools might also try a good jewelers supply firm. Hub Jeweler's Supply on Washington St. in Boston used to be great for tools but I'm not certain they are still in