Bill, The June 2008 issue has an article on building a movable fence. Is that what you're looking for? Scott Haycock A number of years back there was an article in RMC

Scott I have no evidence of a "pool" in this case -- But there is avery legible assignment stencil on the Rock Island airslide, and it'sassigned to C&H in Crockett. The car was built in 1957 and the

A number of years back there was an article in RMC concerning making an X-Y table for the Northwest Shortline riveter. Does anyone recall what issue this appeared in? Thanks in advance for any

I'm working on what I assume will be my last batch of Branchline kits. One car in particular has a feature I'm checking on. The LV 40' boxcars numbered in the 63xxx (sorry, don't know the precise

Notice in the L&N boxcar photos that the “different car” (#18979) is actually the SAME car as #13979. The “3” was manipulated into an “8” for some reason. Steve Johnson

Retired cars waiting to be burned. Tom Dempsey, Spokane, WA

Tom, I think you both and Dennis could be right. Your description is correct however, I do believe that the apparatus does give - a signal - in the cab, in the form of a whistle and or

Early General Railway Signal Co. Intermittent Inductive Automatic Train Stop. Many NYC E-7s had the later version if you want to compare. Santa Fe and others used the Union Switch and Signal version

Scott Chatfield wrote: You thought wrong. The C&H 1950s slogan, "Pure Cane Sugar from Hawaii" should tell you what you want to know. The Crockett refinery has since 1906, and still does,

Tim O' wrote: Two points: I thought was Crockett was a sugar _beet_ refinery. Did C&H also bring in raw cane from their Hawaiian operations to be refined there? Or was sugar cane also grown in

Al Sand is an interesting commodity -- silica content and the crystalline structure vary depending on location. You're describing the "foundry sand" which has good packing and forming properties. On

General Motors used a specific sand from an area on the west side of Lake Michigan for their casting plants in Michigan and upper New York State. Al Kresse

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Folks; While I think we all agree that loads like cement, most sands, lime, and maybe even dolomite, would be mostly regional, there were a lot of things

Does the NORFOLK SOUTHERN currently run trains on the Starrucca Viaduct, which is located in Pennsylvania on the former ERIE Railroad. David Briel A fan of Norfolk Southern heritage railroads.

I think a similar photo was identified as being of wooden cars removed from the tracks and set aside for burning. The iron and steel would then be reclaimed. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List

Very similar to this one. Todd Horton http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7sf7664q86_6054_1

Mark Quite right. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung mobile "Mark Drake markstation01@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote: I thought Paul said he was going to build and

My error. In looking at the photo, it appears that the induction head is attached to the ties below the bolt heads at either end of the "reader" head. All sorts of neat things in the archive

Yes, it is the Starrucca viaduct. A very similar photo is on the Wikipedia page for the viaduct. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

or this?? :-) http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7sf7664q86_6047_1 Tim O'Connor