The plastic insulation (sometimes nylon) of many kinds of “magnet wire” is NOT removable by lacquer thinner … or much of anything else either. However heating the wire to near red-heat (candle

That works, but you can remove the lacquer insulation from magnet wire with a few wipes of lacquer thinner and do the same thing. The large array of wire diameters available as magnet wire give you

Corrugated pipes for loads are now made by Iowa Scaled Engineering. https://www.iascaled.com/store/GBM/CulvertPipe Regards, Colin ‘t Hart Frösön, Sweden

For very small diameter wire without any insulating coating strip the insulation off of stranded wire used in decoder installations. This should accept chemical blackening. Mark Vinski

Tim O'Connor writes: I just bought one of the kits on ebay. I had been trying to roll my own using heavy and extra heavy aluminum foil and different sizes of all- thread. Was not working well. I

Jaeger is the vendor - they don't make that pipe kit anymore. It was a GREAT kit I just wish they had expanded the product to include 3 or 4 pipe sizes - these are often

Yes it appears my message was in haste, warranting further research. I thank everyone for correcting my error and offering proof of much earlier use of metal strapping. Based on this new

Here is a picture of a Chad Boas GN flat car with an ancient, as in 28 plus years. load of galvanized pipe with straps. The vendor was Jamiko,( spelling), in a blue and white box. The material is a

Lester, Good to see one of those old TM hoppers turned into something close to a prototype car. very impressive! Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

A few rambling thoughts on strapping vs. banding vs. wire... Are banding and strapping the same? I think not. Banding is the general term for a much older product, which was soft mild steel. Back in

July 1950 gives 25 cars in series 5000-5491, no individual numbers. January 1953 is down to five cars: 5039, 5144, 5191, 5391, 5396. David Thompson

Never mind. I figured out that I need to use the Permanent Ling to This Book URL. It’s now working. Nelson Moyer

I downloaded and installed the download helper program, and when I enter the book URL, I get an invalid URL message.

Circa 1950 -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Steve, The reweigh on the NYC flat carrying the corrugated pipes appear to be “10-43” which would mean circa 1945 at the latest ;) Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some

This program will allow you to download entire books from hathitrust, even if you do not belong to a member institution. https://sourceforge.net/projects/hathidownloadhelper/ Doug

I love it. Every time we get a definitive answer to a question, new material surfaces to disprove it. I guess I’ll keep my steel strap aka chart tape. Nelson Moyer

36 gauge magnet wire, like we use on 403 LEDs. By the way, when did the railroad begin shipping corrugated pipe like in the photo. Being a specific modeler, I want to confirm the time frame for

Claus: Here is the link to the 1934 Loading Rules: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102184919?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Rules%20governing%20the%20loading%20of%20commodities&ft=ft Anybody can

 Hi Dave, Dave wrote: "I did find the 1934 edition at Hathi, which is a great find for a 1934 modeler!" Any chance you can provide a link so others can have a look as well? Thanks in