Tom Birkett wrote: Good question, Tom, but certainly not in the early days. SP was part owner and one might doubt they would want to sell to Santa Fe. But that all ended in the 1920s. Would be

The NH cars were 41' drop-bottom gondolas. Any idea where the sand was shipped from? I highly doubt it was loaded on the NH. There are no loads of sand shipping from CT in the 1950-1954 1% waybill

Get real twist drills from a machinist’s supply (McMaster, MSC, Travers, etc.). For 2-56 screws you want a number 50 drill. Quality usually follows price. A 1st quality USA made drill will cost up

And Tim, if you really want to spend more, but get incredible quality, you can always go to Starrett, just a little ways further out Route 2 . . . Schuyler

Sounds interesting. How much whale will the kit include? Dave Nelson

John I always appreciate your comments even on commodities as common as sand. We have ATSF 940 on display her in Bartlesville and I have been surprised at how many references and photos exist of a

Vic, As you've heard, it depends . . . But I can add two seemingly unusual sand shipments into Richmond California circa 1942. In one, actually a large steady stream of cars, ATSF received locomotive

I'm pretty confident McMaster Carr has what you want, for a reasonable price.

Bob, search the archives. Plenty of discussion of K4. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

K4 Decals: Anyone Have Experience With These? Someone recommended this decal company to me. https://k4decals.com/ Comments? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

speaking of nice tools... Are there any good 2-56 tap drills out there for tapping steel? I've broken my second Kadee 2-56 tap drill and with shipping buying a replacement set

I'm good at passing blame : )) Gene Green who transcribed the info from the M&StL's mechanical engineer's notes. CW (wasn't me) Propst

Thanks Rupert. My list doesn’t include HT-3 and HT-4 so I need the information on those for my hopper roster. Here’s what I have. Will you provide the missing data? Class

They are long past the early design phase - tooling is almost complete, samples hoped for by the end of the month (per the Rapido Live event last Friday). Someone did ask about the possibility of

I decided to add a couple of refrigerator cars to the fleet plus I wanted an easier build. I have built the first of two Branchline Trains reefers . If you are interested in the build of Union

Todd Sullivan wrote: Well, yes, the sand used for glassmaking is certainly silica, but most sand is by no means pure silica. "Sand" is a term for finely divided rock, whatever the rock.

Maybe not relevant (no sand was listed) by my database from 1934 Southern Railway in North Carolina includes the following (cement, plaster, and soda ash all in boxcars): columns are Road, car number,

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 10:52 AM, Schuyler Larrabee wrote: This page mentions “green sand” which it defines as Green Sand is silica sand. Googling “green sand” gets you to what is apparently

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 11:16 AM, Bob Chaparro wrote: Is it just me or do the two longitudinal frame members seem spaced unusually far apart?Yes. It actually looks like a passenger car underframe; I

In Pittsburgh they were cement trucks to the Italian construction workers but concrete trucks to the rest. Often called “Italian ice cream!”