I do not belong to FB, but I could see it as this appears to be a public site. Some good Burlington and HW Pullmans as well, pass by quickly. Steve Hile

Paul Woods wrote: Please stop these uninformed and foolish remarks. The issues with a number of solvents in California are about air pollution, not cancer per se. California's Proposition 65 does

Interesting in the amount of old/older cars one see's in the video. Too bad it couldn't be slowed down or maybe it's just my old eyes. -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in

Forgotten Chicago For those of you who have Facebook (Yes, I hear your groans of disapproval) here is a short film shot from a train passing through Chicago's rail yards and industrial areas in the

The bronze bearings have to be seated in the journal boxes … it is unlikely that the raw castings would be suitable without some clean-up. Possibly the spring pads and bolster slots would also need

As more than an interested bystander I want to say how useful I think that these "work in process" web pages are chock full of good information. This is not a flashy web site, but rather a raw data

The only area I think that would be "machined" would be the holes for the journal box covers, but this would be more drilling. Rich Wilkens

Do we have the source of this image to get a better copy? Al Kresse

I was at my local Home Depot in Bloomington, IL and they had all the MEK on clearance and had MEK substitute fully stocked. I bought 3 quarts at $6 a piece, should last me til retirement. MEK may not

Here are the YSD in gondola, I'm sorry I don't recall the source of the photo. -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

Question, how were the doors shipped from YSD , on flatcars? gon? boxcar? it would make an interesting load if in an open top car. Rick Jesionowski

You are quite correct, Jon - neither Toluene nor MEK are regarded as being carcinogenic (except in California, where apparently EVERYTHING is) and the effects on the nervous system are reversible to a

AFAIK, ASF had no foundries in Chicago only the corporate office, at least by1973 after this list. Side frames and bolsters would have come from East St. Louis, Illinois until it was closed in 1959,

What's really strange is that MEK is not as bad as any of these replacement chemicals but it's the one we can't easily get. Stupid if you ask me but them no one did.:-D -- Jon

Google (Chrome) has the option to translate, and it did it reasonably well. Matthew Metoyer Santa Maria CA

LCL Cement Gondola Container Article Pardon my French...but most of this article, with many photos, is written in French. Enjoy the

When my LHS stopped stocking MEK because it was, in his words "Too expensive with all the special chemical courier fees to get it delivered", I used my chemistry knowledge left over from my

Bettendorf s/b Iowa in Quad Cities. ASF, Chicago. BTW, we have maps of the H&B shops along with building drawings - and the BoM can be figured from drawings (be a bit of time, but you can do it).

Now the question is where was ASF’s and/or Bettendorf’s foundry where these loads originated? I’m modeling part of Pullman’s Michigan City plant and I’m trying to run down loads of parts

Nolan, I don't see where "the web was cut away". I see shadow. The cross-section of the assembly does not appear to me to be rail based: the base of the "rail" is too wide for its height, the head