Schuyler and Group, Good Morning! Agricultural lime is just like fine sand, easy to model with a number of mediums. Mike Schleigh in Grove City, PA

Frank Hodina had time recently to tinker with a locomotive on the workbench. A few simple upgrades have brought a classic model back to life and ready to haul freight cars around the layout. It's the

They were almost certainly FGEX consortium cars, whose truss rod cars ran into the 50s. In 1948 they comprised almost 12% of FGEX, more than 41% of WFEX, and over 10% of BREX, or more than 21% of

I note that the load in the gon pretty closely resembles the plastic load that, I think, Athearn offers. Same sort of undulating surface. Schuyler

I had the great good fortune to sail on the City Of Milwaukee across Lake Michigan late in her carrier when she was the Ann Arbor spare boat - filled with freight cars & a few large trucks with my

And I believe the Spartan is tied up in Luddington, a spare parts source for the Badger. Dennis Storzek

Actual consists, Santa Fe Fast Mail J. Stephen Sandifer

Technique noted, thanks. Schuyler

The City of Midland 41 was cut down to a barge and still operates as the Pere Marquette 41. I saw it with the tug Undaunted off South Manitou island in Lake Michigan two weeks ago. John

Santa Fe had a contract with a Manure Pulverizing company to process the waste from it big Morris Feed Lot. Ultimately it became fertilizer. The same was true for dirty stock car bedding. J.

The SS Badger is still running just not carrying freight cars, see https://www.ssbadger.com/about/history/ Don Burn

I rode one of the C&O ferries from Manitowoc to Ludington in Aug. 1978 and got the shock of my life to watch a Milw. switcher put three 6,000 gal. GPEX milk cars then leased to Richter Vinegar on the

Richard Townsend wrote: Right you are, Richard, and thanks. Obviously I didn't notice. Usually I watch more carefully for that stuff!! Tony Thompson tony@...

Tony got auto-corrected. He wrote “precooled “ and it was changed to “precooked “ by big brother.

 Hi Dennis and List Members, I don't know if the bags are salt, nor do I know what fruits or veggies used brine, but the caption information I recorded for this image is as follows: "Loading

Dennis Storzek wrote: Certainly not brine (unless the veggies were frozen), but 3 to 5 percent salt would really hasten cooling, a good idea for a warm load. Once most produce shippers had their

Is that salt bags on the roofs? What fruit or veggie used brine? Dennis Storzek

Yes many times during harvests of ripe fruit crops. Continued into the late 1950s. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I have. It works well, however, the glue must be visible to the UV laser LED or it won't bond. Also you must hold the parts in alignment while you zap it, an extra hand would be helpful, but I only

Anyone tried the new glue Bondic advertised on You Tube? Jared Harper Athens, GA