Further to Jim's out-of-era post, one day about 15 years ago, I was on my way to work which involved driving past a lumber wholesaler. There was a BRAND NEW box car there, so new the paint was still

Hi all, Fork lifts were/are often used to move cars. I have even seen a fork lift operator shoving a car on a siding using the points of the fork! (I was going West out of Yakima in 1988 or so, the

Once upon a tine. . . Couldn't resist, darn auto completes. Standardized terminology is great, but whose standard? Al just gave two choices in his post. Is it a 4-6-0 or a B-C-0? Getting back to

Great images! Wish forks doing captions would describe cars and locomotives by general descriptions first and then road specific classes . . . like 4-6-0 or ten-wheeler . . . and then class P2.

Hi folks, For those who are interested Dremel is also now offering a 3-D printer but at a $999 price, or nearly double that which Ron Sebastian offers through Des Plaines Hobbies. A good

Thank you Arved, I will have a look at that, if it's available in the UK. If possible, I'd like to try to get away from the MEK type solvents as much as I can, because I've tried so many yet never

Looks to me to be a Gerlinger Fork Lift but it would be nicer to havea closer shot. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs throughit. Norman Maclean In a message

Just an update on Shapeways: received a refund of my shipping costs on mylast order from Shapeways after letting them know the surface finish on a partwasn’t good (though tolerable) Then I

Lot of good ideas out there but there has to be one oddball in the bunch and I guess I'm it. I looked at a drawing I'd gotten from Lima in high school of a NYC 4-8-6 and have finally decided that a

A fork-lift I believe. . Sent by Steve Sandifer via the Samsung Galaxy S™III

Hi Matt & Group, I believe what you are seeing is the aft end of a heavy duty forklift. Use as a car mover might have been possible but not its specific main duty. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Tangent alert... Is the tractor like vehicle at the top of the second image a form of track mobile / car mover? The wheel configuration looks like it would allow two wheels inside the gage and two

I did that back in the 1980's in Columbus OH. We did the Ohio State Fair layout so I spent tons of time and money on 70's era freight cars and diesels. I high nosed about 15 SR diesels, before

I suggest giving Tamiya "Super Thin" cement a try. ------------------------ Arved Grass Fleming Island, Florida --------------------------------------------

A great picture of a flat car load and it shows the NP flat car under framenicely. Picture was taken on the Milwaukee: http://www.nprha.org/Stevenson%20Photo%20Scans/WJS-03-029.jpg Here is a

Beats me, Norman! :-) Tim O'

Thanks for taking my hint Ed!! Very much appreciated. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Clark, I've given up on trying to be disciplined and have decided to model all eras, scales and gauges. And all locales too. It's easier. Of course I'm just an armchair modeler in N, S, TT, G, No.

What happened to signing our post? Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs throughit. Norman Maclean In a message dated 9/18/2014 8:10:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight

Clark, After a long time looking I was able to locate a diagram covering these CMO cars. CMO 21400-22414 (even), 508 cars built ca. 4-42 by GATC (Build Order 2885) had Viking roofs, 5-5 Dreadnaught