I am not sure how I would do that Dan. I do plan to share the handouts and presentation once I have finished the run of Prototype meets concluding with Lisle in October. Bill Welch

There are real nice SE photos on this site. Ed Mines

Yon mean a Calciner like you say to small it could be a paper making roller the were geared and in banks of 30-40 depending on what the paper was for. I have seen about 25ft long plus the end

Bill, I won’t be able to make the event but your sharing yourexperiences, results & formulas with the rest of us would certainly be mosthelpful.

It's a little small in diameter for this, but it puts me in mind of a cement kiln rotating tube (not knowing at the moment the proper terminology for that thing). Schuyler Sent: Sunday,

I have posted queries about the origins of these cars on this list 2-3 time hoping one of the USRA experts might respond since given the 5/5/5 Murphy ends, fishbelly underframe, and Andrews trucks I

Yes, the idea is to market two resin kits, one of which will make a Tk-G or Tk-H, and the other to make either a Tk-I or Tk-J. Each kit will have a tank with appropriate details and two domes. I

Decided with the money I spent for Christmas and my temporary 8 x 12 ft layout, that Cocoa was a no go this year. I'm not too certain of my 2007 Kia being able to make the trip either (a lot of

Sure Bob, It's a flat car load ;) In all seriousness, that is a neat load. Doing a little hypothesizing, the ends clearly need protection, while the center "pipe" portion does not. The center

Can anyone identify what kind of load this is? http://transport.castlegraphics.com/displayimage.php?album=96&pid=4073#top_display_media Thank you. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I stopped by Northeastern Scale Models in Methuen in November as per usual on my trips to MA. The retail store was gone. But, the scale lumber company is still taking phone orders from the on-line

Bill Welch wrote: PFE experiment3ed with end-mount refrigeration units, applied to ice-car bodies, in 1960 and 1962, five different mechanical arrangements in five different cars, using Trane,

I suspect Dennis has the correct answer to John King's question. BTW this car was renumbered to 111 at some point. FGE built only 10 more Thermo-King equipped cars as their gasoline fueled engines

---In STMFC@..., <e27ca@...> wrote : Or. . .??? ======= To impress the viewers of the photo. Looks like a PR photo of the new mechanical reefer equipment, then the photo doesn't look any different

Bill, Part of the end panel is raised and it looks like the mechanical unit is moved partially out for some purpose. Do you know of this was done for: Better cooling while loading? To put the car on

Since my name was mentioned several times, I feel I need to speak up. My recommendation for photo-etching: Do the design and the artwork yourself and find a qualified supplier to do the etching for

The image linkbelow is from the Seattle Municipal Archives. It shows a long string of reeferssitting in a yard in that city in 1948. Various roads and companies arerepresented. Click on the

From the Aug 21, 1956 AAR monthly report; The lines have approx. 70,000 fan equipped, 35,000 heavily insulated, and 2000 mechanical cars in service at the present. Bill, even that 2000 strikes

I almost had a heart attack when I saw that northeastern scale models is closing in the Jan. RMC. Fortunately it different than northeastern scale lumber which apparently is still going to

If no one can write specifics about that car….. I’m reminded of the size of replacement steel panels used by the rebuild shops to change a serviceable wood sided car into a steel sided