I've always thought that this technique was more about artistic interpretation than actually trying to duplicate reality. I'm reminded of the various techniques we use to represent brick structures,

Greg Martin wrote: No, I don't "just not like it." I think it is unprototypical. I do not say it can't exist, nor that it isn't subtle, only that I do NOT see it in prototype photo after photo.

Well I didn't want to jump in here as I don't regard this technique as a"weathering technique" but as I have always explained it as a shadingtechnique. If you note Tony never refers to this as a

---In STMFC@..., <randy@...> wrote : "I beg to differ. S-4.1 (http://www.nmra.org/standards/sandrp/S-4_1ProtoWheels.html) specifies the Standard (not an RP) for Fine:HO. This is the standard that we

Ed, As always you insight and help is greatly appreciated. You make my bashplausible. I just wonder why at this point in time that they wouldelect to keep the original ends as other roads that

Ebay keeps a record of completed auctions for some period of time. Currently for example, you can search the archive of 185,000+ railroad photographs for whatever your heart desires. Sometimes you

Scott Pitzer asked: "Maybe rebuilds of USRA double sheathed boxcars (40 ton) with no change in IH (9'0")?  Did any road do some like that?" Yes - ACL/C&WC and SL-SF. Ben Hom

Heh heh heh -- how much of a reward?? I have two photos... Tim "finally a hobby payday!" O'Connor

Maybe rebuilds of USRA double sheathed boxcars (40 ton) with no change in IH (9'0")? Did any road do some like that? Scott Pitzer

A pessimist says the glass is half empty An optimist says the glass is half full An engineer says the glass it twice as large as it needs to be Randy -- Randy Hammill True Line

You'll have to go earlier than 1940. Not theeeither. Eric

Gary, In the April 2014 St Louis Union Station News (published by the TRRA Historical Society), there just happens to be a multipage article about the Jerseyville & Eastern. The

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Dave Evans wrote: Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA Tony, I guess it depends on the field - in some fields the precision of standards



If we replaced engineers with scientists in those committees, we'd still not have any models that would work outside the lab they were created, but the elegance of those models would be astounding.

Dave Evans wrote: I know the joke (it's used for a number of ethnic groups also), but in my experience isn't true for engineers. The hard part is deciding exactly what is to be standardized, and

Tony, Being an engineer, one saying is that if you put 12 engineers in a room, you'll find 13 opinions - because one of them will always be changing his mind.... I know a manager who felt the quickest

I looked at the Valuation report also with its "various builders"; the ACL freight car diagrams from 1947 no longer show these cars. Need to find an earlier diagram book. ACL clearly lists the car

Gary, Here is what I have: Assignment of RENO origin based on concurrence of physical features. There are no other matches found as of 10-2013. 2440+ cars RBLT in Springfield, MO, to steel siding in 4

With such an unusual cubic capacity, a searchthough a slightly earlier ORER would probably turn up just a few options. It's abit tedious but shouldn't take more than a half hour. Maybe it will ring a