Ted, Tom does pressure castings all the time and yes bubbles are not eliminated but shrink. When shrunk they become very very small and don't effecting the casting. When the casting sets they

Excuse my ignorance, but how does pressure eliminate trapped air? My limited experience would lead me to believe that the pockets of air or air bubbles would "shrink" when pressurized and then

And how did you use it during your casting session?< The are containers in which paint is put and then pressurized for spray painting. Mine is an old Sears unit I had laying around (probably

Andy Hart wrote: Aren't those just reverse Dreadnaughts? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 http://www.signaturepress.com (510)

I'm building a Branchline PRR shadow keystone boxcar with 8/54 reweigh date. Should the trucks and underframe be freight car color or black? -- Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

Jon Miller wrote: Jon, please excuse my ignorance, but what is a "pressure paint container"? And how did you use it during your casting session? TIA! Andreas Kuehnpast (An ignorant manufacturing

I am currently researching a vintage well hole flat car operated by the Barre & Chelsea in the 1940s: B&C # 510. This car had been built in 1898 or 1899 by Laconia for the Hardwick & Woodbury as their

Yes, one series of cars built in 1937 with distinctive reverse-Dreadnaught ends. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Ed, I have several photos of these cars. IIRC, several hundred were built by GATC before WW II. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Did CB&Q have steel reefers in the early '40s?

Does anyone have a diagram book from URTX from the late '40s? I'm interested in the steel reefer pictured in the 1940 (or '41?) CBC with 2 latches on each side. Were there many of them or is was

Ed Mines asked: "Has anyone in the group seen the books "New York, Ontario & Western in Color" and "PRR Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment"? I'm mostly interested in color photos of rolling

1925 Car; cubic Listed the same way in Oct 1919 register.

Well, if it were me in the WP shops I'd've used roll roofing or roofing felt coated with tar and then aluminum paint. The roofs shown look to me like they could well be felt, not canvas, which is

Clark Propst wrote: While Epstein's A HISTORY OF GATX 1898-1948 may not be much of a help for modeling purposes, there is a one paragraph summary of URTX's history. "In the refrigerator field, the

AFAIK, canvas ~roofs (i.e., canvas over wood) were not much used on freight cars after the ~turn of the last century. Unfortunately, I've never seen a builder's photo ~of the WP cars, though maybe

~It was a 40 foot box car, one of 1,000 built by General ~American in 1940 to the AAR 10'6" (nominal) design. I have ~a photo of another such IC car in special assigned service. ~An ORER is a good

IC #28452 was part of the #28201-28500 series as per the November 1925 ORER. Its Mechanical Designation was XF and descibed as a Furniture Car; Inside Length 44' 11 7/8", Inside Height 9', 6' wide

ed_mines@... writes: Hi Ed and others, CB&Q built its first series of steel reefers in 1937. The series was 74730-74999, 44 ft cars with Murphy panel roofs and unusual forked rib

Ed, There are actually 3 volumes of the PRR book out now (Well, volume 1 is out of print and a little hard to find). As noted, these are predominantly photos shot in the 1960's and often into the