More than a year since he cashed my last check. I fear health problems (?) Dan Sweeney, Jr. Alexandria, VA

Have you got that query on auto repeat? :-) Seems it shows up every month or so. And no, I'm still owed an order. Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com

Has anyone heard from Gerald Glow? James Cummings

Al Kresse wrote: Quite true, but the same is true of all galvanized surfaces. The problem is the zinc surface, which has a loose oxide, so that paint has nothing solid to really stick to. It has

Hot-dipped galvanized steel was difficult to paint. When painted it tended to peel. One of the steel companies offered a post wash treatment making the panels more-paintable. HERE I AM MAKING AN

Armand Premo had asked, "Speaking of painting,does anyone know the color of the roof on the Erie's 95000 40'-6" IL auto box cars?" Schuyler Larrabee and Ed Hawkins responded with details of the

If they're UN-loading them, then they likely would have already removed any protective tarps. Ed Edward Sutorik

Those details probably would have been covered in an Advisory Mechanical Committee (joint C&O, Erie, NKP and PM) specification. Al Kresse

Bill, ACF paint specs have the sides painted Sherwin-Williams freight car brown. No ACF paint sample was included in the bill of materials for this lot number (1948). Black car cement on the ends,

Here is the original post with the link. Charlie Vlk Hi List Members, Lovely image of early auto loading into a CIL gon - date is listed as

Along with the recent discussion on Erie Boxcars can anyone tell me if the roofwalks were painted on the Boxcars in the 78500 series? These were the 40' cars with the Viking roofs. Thank you in

wrote: That's Arrhenius' observation - roughly, a chemical reaction (like cyanoacrylate, or casting resin curing) will double in temperature for every 10 degree centigrade rise. Or to put the

Folks, Was there a posted reference or link to this IMAGE? Al Kresse

Claus- Great shot! It looks to be a Caswell….note the lower end with the slanted slot for the door opening mechanism. Charlie Vlk

Actually, this is completely right for trucks, but not for automobiles. Those WERE generally tarped when transported on flats or in gons. There are several wonderful photos of cars shipped this way

Bill Keene pondered: Very interesting. Hopefully the cars were wrapped after being loaded to protect them from the elements. Well, most likely no, Bill. These were open touring cars, very popular in

Bill, You’re lucky you can’t put your finger on it at the moment, because as with any ACC, you might never get your fingers apart again ;-) Regards, Andy Miller Sent: Tuesday, June 10,

Okay, I live where we don't know how to spell "humidy". I use Zap Thin AC which comes with a Teflon tube. Since CA cures with "humidy", I don't have a problem with CA drying at the end of the Teflon

While Locktite seems to be the runaway winner here, I’ll mention that I’ve used “Gorilla Glue” ACC to build steam era freight cars with great success. Schuyler

I've used their products to add texture to the side of rail such as mud, rust, etc. Oh yeah, that was O scale track... Jack Burgess