Friends, This is obviously shot along the CB&Q, as most of the equipment is theirs (I did note a PRR round-roof boxcar). The buildings seem vaguely familiar from my trips on

The bearings seat against a loose piece in the box called the journal bearing wedge. These may well be machined, but only fit against locating bosses in the box. Dennis Storzek

Those are rather large diameter and require little precision. I suspect they are cored in the casting. Dennis Storzek

MEK is part a long list of things we are not able to use such as straws. It is only a matter of time before Tru-Color paints will declared illegal. Gene Deimling

Cool video, so many neat modeling ideas in there. Scott McDonald

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