Ron Merrick wrote: Those are certainly realistic rust colors, as I've described in my blog and in weathering clinics. However, not every casting or forging is left out in the weather. I have

Gary, here’s another look at the ERIE car, and in this view you can see both ends of the car, plus the other side of the near end. It’s pretty clear that the steps ARE bent inwards from the usual

Gary. I think that sill step on the ERIE car IS bent inwards . . . look at the step on the other side . . . but I also think that it’s been bent lengthwise, too, so you’re getting a sort of double

The nearest track features a PRR X31 boxcar and two types of flat cars and the adjoining track has what appears to be a pulp wood car, CB&Q double sheathed boxcar, a pickle car, and a 1937 GN boxcar.

Tony Thompson address’s this recently in his blog.

The railroad would have been the IC; its Freeport IL to Madison WI line. According to Google maps the car dealership building still stands. Bob Witt

This one could be interesting: SS-45602.tif?? Vulcan Corrugated Steel End - 1921 - 200 BAR Box Cars David Thompson

For castings (or forgings) that have been outside for a few months, the color ends up being about the same for ductile iron and for carbon steel (or many of the steel alloys). But castings that have

I am upgrading a few models by adding Plano metal roof walks and need to shorten a few of them to fit the cars. Has anyone had experience in cutting these metal roof walks? What is the best way,

Have a few loads to paint. Need an idea for color for a steel casting load. Dark rusty red color, dark brown-black i see in ductile iron water main fittings at work, other? I realize what is seen

I have added the Haskell & Barker & thePullman/Pullman Standard drawings. Note that there are missingcaptions in the HB list - that has to be looked into - rather than deletethem, I kept them

Thanks, Dan. This is a temporary version - I plan on putting another out in the"near" future that contains more data - and will likely be aPDF with an xls alternative. The reason there is no order

Bob - A truly impressive effort, as limited as it might be. Congratulations on bringing light to the holdings of the library! The first comment I would make is to save the file in the most easily

I am pretty sure at that price those are the counterfeits people are complaining about in the Amazon reviews for the one I ordered:

New Mitutoyo calipers for $30 ?? There’s you sign

It seems easier to just provide the link here: http://www.pullmanlibrary.org/SS%20Freight%20Folder-Contents.xlsx You’ll probably want to right-click and “Save As” because this link is

So I'm seeing "Mitutoyo" digital calipers on eBay for anywhere from $0.99 to over $100.00. Many are about $30.00. Are the $30.00 ones suspect?

Now it works! Thanks!

I am interested in sharing a room at the Collinsville RPM meet. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Many of you know me - I am Bob Webber, current Curator ofthe Pullman Library in Beautiful Downtown Union, IL. Data on ourLibrary can be found on the IRM web