Another one from the Barriger Collection. https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12332642075/in/photostream/ I am unfamiliar with these gondolas that have fishbelly sides, 9 panels with plain

Hello Bruce, no, it is completely ready-to-run. I wouldn't risk to disassemble it because of very probable destructive results. For half a year (!) I spanned the car (without trucks) between bar

The 40' autocar looks like a GTW car to me. I can't help on the flat or the reefer. Regards, Bob Heninger Minot, ND

Interesting picture in that I thought empty flat cars were placed at or near the end of trains to minimize string-lining. Is that just a model railroad convention, or was it prototypical? Obviously,

Hi List Members, A string of cars on a bridge. https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12333161714/sizes/o/ I come up with... Unidentified 40ft SS auto boxcar CN 40ft SS boxcar Unidentified

​Johannes, This is a plastic kit, right? Is the under frame attached? If not, then attaching the under frame may cure the curve. If it is and there is still a curve, place the body upside down on

Tony, can one solder Nichrome with ordinary tin/lead solder? Dennis Storzek

I sent an email to Kidney Puncher about the .4mm x .4mm material but will probably purchase the 100-foot spool. I am NOT going to try to sell off lengths through this list but will bring said spool

I used to look at an early published book in the Weyerhaeuser library at the Minnesota Historical Society. Such a book comes in handy when questions like :What industry is this arise. The book

Many thanks Tony, fortunately I have one such car (which unfortunately is bent UPwards a little to the middle of the car- I still have to figure out what I can do to solve this...). Johannes

Jerry Breon wrote: I'm wondering if there were ever any similar facilities of this era that existed for the purpose of transferring bulk commodities (coal, sand, gravel, etc.) from one freight car to

Tim O'Connor wrote: Yes, I can tell you "don't know." Sandvik is a well-known company with a wide variety of products, including machine tools, mining equipment, and production systems. Originally

On a side note, Tony is correct, it is used for heating coils. I worked for Sandvik in Sonora California for 4 years. We specialized in heating coils for baking wafers used in the semiconductor

I don't know Tony - the web site said the wire was Sandvik, and it'sthe SANDVIK web site that talks about their welding wire. Thewire is fed from the spools for some kind of welding applications.

Bill, the nichrome (nickel chromium) wire we used for microbiological loops and needles was quite stiff, and it would hold its shape. I don't remember the gauge wire we used, but it ranged from

Tim O'Connor responded to this post: by writing this: Nope, nothing to do with welding. Nichrome (commonly 80 percent Ni, 20 percent Cr) is used in heating elements, including toasters. It has

I think Bill Pardie's suggestion is helpful. Over a year ago I purchased very small diameter heat-shrink tubing which works well as simple coupler for joining the distal ends of tank car perimeter

Bill I think it is "welding wire" steel. I looked up informationsuch as tensile strength and ductility. (The latter would, I think, impact yourquestion.) What I found said that phosphor bronze wire

Thank you for the replies Steve, Bill, and Garth. They’re very helpful. I should have caught the ATSF gondola. It was in my 1950 ORER, but I missed it because I was tricked by the way the entry for

Yes, same kits that the SPH&TS is currently sold out of. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)