There is nothing that strikes more fear in a coating shop than silicone coatings. They can cause all kinds of dewetting & adhesion problems in conventional coatings. Ed Mines

A laser could engrave the lettering onto whatever you decide to use for a tarp. Todd Horton --------------------------------------------

The flatcar in the foreground appears to have anextension on the side to widen it: see the metal bar running the length of thecar as well as possible ‘L’ shaped supports for the extra width.

Two gondolas coupled together and quite the contrast inloads: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8d27412/ and the pre-cooling duct being moved: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8d16022/ gary

Corn is King in SE Minnesota. Below is the car load totals and percentagesof commodities carried on M&StL Trains 60, 61 from the conductor log entriesfor several months in 1952, 53. Spread sheet in

I have a VCR tape that I haven't watched in awhile, and I noticed a flat car load, on the Pennsy, of a dining car, This is one of the small early diners made by the Ward & Dickenson Co. It fit fully

---In STMFC@..., <jack.f.mullen@...> wrote : IIRC, by Sept 1939 when the photo was taken, the archbar ban had already been extended a few times and would finally go into effect at the end of the year.

I found a Whatcom Museum but no Lake Whatcom Museum. The Whatcom Museum does not have the boxcar. However, I did find a partial image of what probably is thiscar on this link from the Bellingham

Well done! And though I don't model your time period, it is a great framework for my own use of ORERs in 1934. I'm wondering if your Excel index would be close enough for me to save keying a lot on

Last year, Frank Hodina shared a mistake he made in painting a Resin Car Works acid tank car. He let that sit for a few months and now the lemon has become lemonade. Frank shares the update on the

Yes, the GN had more than 20000 of these 40 ton box cars makeing up almost half the revenue freight car fleet in the 1920s. Most of them received steel underframes in the late twenties and cast steel

IIRC, by Sept 1939 when the photo was taken, the archbar ban had already been extended a few times and would finally go into effect at the end of the year. So the stenciling, which appears to have

Honest officer I didn't do it. Try Ted. Allen Ferguson

Hi Dave, Mike Rose sells a kind of epoxy ("Cypoxy") that is not cheap but apparently creates a strong molecular bond between most materials, and seems particularly good on most plastics, even

Hello, As the car appears to be a terminal grain elevator, probably in the TwinCities or Duluth, and the GN served a major grain hauling area, could the"archbar" marking, be that the wood car is only

Image is from 9/1939, reweigh date is 5/1938. Here's the direct path to the source: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8a04771/?co=fsa Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

John, You have far, far more diligence than I but the data is interesting. I didn’t find a code anywhere for all the cars types – did I miss it? I don’t do anything as thoughtful and

Also note they all have a chalk marking for the number "3". The re-weigh date on the car in the foreground is 5-30, which would imply the caption date of 1939 is in error as it would be 9 years since

I realise this is a bit off topic for the STMFC but given all the input recently on glues, I’m hoping for some help. I broke the pilot on my P2K E7 and have no idea what will glue it back

Ray, And another second - what a great document and reference source for the WWII modeler, who needs a lot of 36 footers (they outnumbered 50 foot box and auto cars during WWII!) Thanks for