Steve and all, I've actually used a steam hose to clean - a salmon cannery in my case. This method did not significantly heat the surfaces being cleaned for any longer than the steam was directed

Member of the old STMFC. Long time fan. Was a member of 18 Yahoo groups, no more. Model in HO/HOn3 dual gauge in 1955. Dave L

On 5/7/2018 8:43 AM, Jim Betz wrote: In our era I believe animals were not allowed to lay down (one reason cowboys rode the train). If they did they probably would get

Ed, In re-thinking your decision above ... I think you might be better off going for "aged wood" than "weathered" ... but with hints/evidence/recent affects caused by cleaning.

Ed, I agree with your decision. You may want to use washes of very dilute white with overtones of grey and/or dark organic color to represent a car that has been cleaned in the past ... I've

In my years on the MoPac, we were at 80# brakepipe pressure. UP was at 90# so several years after the merger, we aligned with the system standard. Bob Allan

This car is "too long since it was in service" for my tastes. And do we know the date or even decade this pic was taken?

Hi, These are the pics I've been waiting for ... interiors of cars that appear to actually be either in service or just about to be placed into service. Although one of them (all?) is pretty early

On 5/7/2018 7:51 AM, vapeurchapelon wrote: English can be well, hard. Conceal could mean I keep the car in a closet while "keep quiet about" could mean I don't tell

Marty, Don't know who you've been given for contacts, but I would suggest contacting the boss of the shops, Kelly Anderson, and I can provide e-mail. If you are looking for original lettering or

No I am definitely not sure. I used the dicionary to find an English word for "unterschlagen", maybe is "conceal" or "keep quiet about" better for the context? I apologize for such awful problems. I

I will have to check my steam era Soo Line air brake rules book, but as I recall during the steam era 70 psi for freight and 90 psi for passenger were common. Keep in mind that that automatic air

I don’t know why Richard thought that. I used to say the same thing, probably after talking to him. Richard was a wealth of information and a gracious mentor to me and others. We roomed together at

embezzle? Are you sure that's the word you want to use?

Not sure about Steam Era meat refers, but in the "future" I moved a semi filled with "swinging pork" from Sioux Center Iowa to a packing plant in the Hunt's Point Terminal area of the South Bronx (in

Marty, May be able to help with Strasburg RR car shop contact, contact me haksawjoes at hotmail dot com Joe Smith

Hello Gary, thanks for mentioning this beautyful model. But by all its beauty and accuracy one shouldn't embezzle that CIL - for whatever reason - omitted the coupler lift bar and its brackets/

Steve, Richard Hendrickson was always adamant that Santa Fe stock cars were steam cleaned. What must he have based that on? Tony Thompson

Photos I have showing the interior of a stockcar basically show bare unpainted wood. The Interstate Public Service car even shows paint runs from the exterior paint. The NP car shows the lettering

Everything depends on your railroad, stock carried, and era. There were periods of time when there were contaminated live stock and quarantine rules. There were diseases for sheep (scabies), cattle