It was incredibly valuable cargo. Why are so many non-perishable products (MILLIONS of TONS) now shipped by air? Because it's so valuable that the higher transportation cost is

I mentioned a couple of those reasons for speed in my earlier post. As I envision the hoopla accompanying the silk shipments, I also see another benefit from railroad speed: self-promotion. "Sure

Yes, there is no need for speed due to silk not being perishable. But the need for speed can be required by other factors, such market conditions, insurance, etc., as pointed out by others. Bob

Reading through the link I posted earlier: https://www.tis-gdv.de/tis_e/ware/fasern/seide/seide-htm/#informationen there is no indication that raw silk is perishable. Thus there is no consequent need

I believe one of the reasons for speed was that insurance was paid per day. The trains were sometimes carrying a cargo worth over $1M. A lot of money then. Articles I have read also indicated the

While I can't say as I've tried the Mr Self Leveling Thinner on Tamiya paints, I can attest to the stuff's goodness. I use it to thin the Mr Color lacquers and it's great stuff. I've bodged a paint

Will there be instructions for accessing the Virtual RPM this week? Some of us computer illiterate folks think that a laptop is an activity in a Kotean Bar. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung

Yes, on one of the Facebook Airbrushing pages I follow, several people rave about Mr. Color's qualities. I admit I have not sprayed with it and will test before I do my almost ready to paint

Thanks, Bill. I have some Tamiya Orange in the paint drawer, so that saves me a trip to my LHS. Any reason you’re not using Tamiya’s Thinner?

this should be a good one, can't wait thanks mel perry

Working on my presentation for Saturday's June 13th 20/20 Hindsight Virtual RPM. Hope you will be there. Model on ya'll Bill Welch

Eastern Seaboard Models is working on these in HO scale. They did N scale several years ago.

Hello Peter, thanks to you, too. >> I don’t have everything you may need since my New Haven “ends” in 1959. << 1959 is already too late - so your link most likely includes everything I

Bruce, your are right, of course. I still have to lot a learn, uhm , to learn a lot... :-) Regarding these nice cars nonetheless it's now clear I have to resist - maybe I could stretch my mind up to

Friends, I didn't know this until recently--the rayon Malcolm mentioned is made from wood pulp. One of the principal producers of rayon was . . . stand by for this . . . Rayonier Incorporated (later

On June 9, 2020 at 2:04 PM Tony Thompson <tony@...> wrote: po Marty Cooper wrote:hi: yep. I wanted one, I got one. It makes a nice static display, but it is too heavy to run

Marty Cooper wrote: There was at least one brass version which had turned aluminum tanks. Tony Thompson tony@...

I am using Tamiya's Orange reduced w/Mr. Color's Leveling thinner, decals by Smoke Box Graphics Bill Welch

Hi Bob, True Color Red-Orange TCP 040 is the current day best match to Serial 409 used in these repaints. Peter Ness

The Silk Road was established hundreds of years ahead of steam powered trains, and I strongly suspect the travel time for the product was quite lengthy, compared to the latter. Here is some commentary