Tony Hear hear! Those are spectacular castings at very reasonable prices. I wish I knew what the heck they were used for! What does a "blooming mill stand" do?

Nice looking train, Johannes! Tony Thompson tony@...

Many thanks, Brian! And I forgot to mention: -at an even later date but very surely all cars will be weathered, of course! Johannes Gesendet: Montag, 10. Februar 2020 um 20:40 Uhr Von: "BRIAN PAUL

Very nice, Johannes! Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Hello friends, this has been filmed yesterday at an exhibition near Stuttgart,

Tulle cloth (or ribbon). Square weave for hog wire or field fence, diamond for chain link. I dye it using Rit and then then cut it to size and then dip it in thinned matte poly if I want it to be

Well, the MONON did it differently, according to retired Monon engineer Ron Marquardt. Not wanting over dimensional loads to languish the MONON placed them on the head end of local freight

Ben & Bruce, Thanks for the information on the PRR stock cars. I thought as I typed Tuscan that it might not be right so thanks for providing the correct name. Cheers Dave

What have the illustrious people on this list used to model hog wire in HO? Thanks. Jared Harper

Late to this discussion, but just raising my hand here . . . There were a series of heavy-duty flats imported by E&P some years ago, in brass. I have two of them, one an ERIE four truck eight

Dave, Well, if they are really painted "Tuscan" they aren't accurate for anyone 😉. PRR's freight cars were painted "Freight Car Color" which is also an oxide red, but not the same oxide red as

Dan Smith wrote: Nothing wrong with an eBay listing, but why not go directly to their site and buy it from them, saving them the fee they pay to eBay? I have bought three of their loads and like

Dave North asked: "I checked Bowser for HO models of the K11 stock cars and they have two paint schemes. One is all Tuscan and the other is Tuscan with a galvanised? roof and doors. Are either or both

I checked Bowser for HO models of the K11 stock cars and they have two paint schemes. One is all Tuscan and the other is Tuscan with a galvanised? roof and doors. Are either or both these variations

Thomas I have just finished the K7 the decals were absolutely awful, thank you for your help. Paul

Your guess is as good as mine, Tim, But certainly plausible. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> Reply-To:

Outstanding that you caught that train Brian! The spaced out loads may have had something to do with bridge loading limits, perhaps? -- Tim

I once saw a train on the SP Houston-Dallas line that had 6 heavy duty flat cars at the head of the train. They were separated from each other by boxcars, and each had a large electrical transformer.

Dan, Precisely! While large loads could be moved in regular freights, "high and wide" loads often required special handling and therefore were often accumulated and moved in a single train. On the

Hello Dan and to others in the group, This is a link to a load offered by MultiScale