In the days prior to WW I I can believe quite a bit of oil was sprayed for dust control, weed control and even to oil rails against the brine dripping from reefers but Mike did not provide a time

Currently going through pages of the old Railway Age, Railroad Gazette, and Railway Age Gazette, and there are several accounts ca. 1904 - 1910 of the practice of spraying oil on the roadbed, mainly

​Don, Many railroads, including the PRR, sprayed oil on their rails to help prevent the saltwater dripping out of passing refrigerator cars from corroding the rails too badly. Regards Bruce

Hello, the word "dumped" is an exaggeration. The oil was sprayed on for dust control, and was a common practice nationwide among US railroads, not just the UP. Ted Ted

 Hi Steve, Some very nice looking models! Claus Schlund

The other possibility is weed control. I worked in college for the track department of the Milwaukee Road and remember seeing records of using junk oil for that purpose. Don Burn

You do not need to sand it until the boards are flash free. Getting it down to very thin is good enough because you can use an exacto blade to poke thru the ultra thin flash and cut it away. I always

Now I am going to be a dangerous radical, but I have built 15 resin stock cars from Sunshine and Westerfield. So be prepared to laugh and swear, but it works for me. I chuck my 1/4 sheet

I have doubts that I would ever need to sand plastic with enough pressure to flex one quarter inch plate glass. At least not enough to make a difference on a model. Odd size chunks can often be had at

Price is one reason. I recently bought a replacement piece of glass and a countertop for our fire restoration. I tried to get the sink cutout from countertop, but it wasn't whole and the pieces were

I have also experienced this frustration as it is impossible to apply uniform pressure with one's fingers. In a tile store where grout supplies are also sold I found a very stiff sponge measuring

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Then you're going to apply dates anyway, right? Craig Zeni "Bother..." said Pooh as he chambered another round.

---In STMFC@..., <brockm@...> wrote : I have noticed that, probably due to wind [ famous in Wyoming ] reweigh dates seem to get covered up by dirt…particularly on PFE reefers. UP actually dumped

Hello Bill, I use 0-80 flat head screws to mount Kadee scale size coupler boxes. With a slight countersink the screws are flush with the surface of the box. 1-72 screws work in the same

Not a problem. Reweigh dates would not necessarily be done in the original lettering style or stencil. Any odd lettering of the appropriate size could be a possibility for use. Cheers, Bill

Armand Premo says: “Subject: RE Only if you are fortunate enough to have , or to fine correct lettering .Armand Premo [STMFC] "NEW " Dates” “Me thinks the lady complains too much’”.

I sand as Bill and Jack suggested on plate glass holding the casting with my fingers. I want to add that I count the strokes sanding in one direction ( say ten ). I stop and rotate the casting 180

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Thank you Tom. I was just about to ask why folks had not tried a piece of polished granite rather than glass. Unless one has a good source for really thick glass and a way to have the edges polished