Hi Dave, I would do a test run of the mixture before using it on a model. Back when Floquil was the "go to" paint I was looking for a way to get a faded appearance on some single sheathed boxcars in

Thank you Peter, you've laid my fears to rest. Dave Lawler

For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/ATHEARN-5209-OSCAR-MAYER-REEFER-6871-KIT-HO-SCALE/383641293846?hash=item5952cd9416:g:2BsAAOSwSmJfFcpr Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

With respect to the Oscar Mayer car, if I recall correctly from my late father's accumulation of HO trains, the folks at Athearn did a car similar to the retouched photo Claus referenced. It had red

Continuing to clean out the three-decade stash of unbuilt styrene undec kits. Front Range kit #4070 features 10-panel riveted sides, 8-foot door, diagonal panel roof, and R-3-4 ends; a prototype

Those of us who remember the classic wood NYC cabooses remember that they showed up in different shades of red (or even pink), depending on how long it had been since they were painted. For many, it

Thank you Mark. I have some Floquil Boxcar red and Reefer White in my old paint stash, more than enough to paint a HO caboose. I guess I'm good to go. Dave Lawler

Todd, Thank you for the link to the NYC Historical Society file. In there they describe the color as a "reserved boxcar red". I think that Mark Rossiter's suggestion for Floquil Boxcar red wit a touch

I agree with Mr. Stozrek's assertion that this is a modified image.  Perhaps done to show somebody what a proposed scheme would look like on a full size car.  It appears that a knock out image

Dennis' explanation is most likely. Wherever this crane is, it appears that its purpose is to lift stuff that's between the two crane rails, probably stuff that arrived by motor transport or perhaps

My opinion, Promotion to sell the crane and show an example of load it can lift. In my opinion, the two men are not under the flat car being lifted. A photo perspective. My guess the person

 Hi Richard and List Members, I forwarded Richard's original email to a model railroader friend of mine - this friend worked for GE in the power transformer product area (in a number of locations

Rob, most of the major meat packers owned soap making companies, so byproducts were shipped to those plants. Or they were sold to third party concerns who had use for them. Nothing was wasted.

Thanks for the info you could provide Doug. I’ve just spent a couple of enjoyable hours on-line looking for answers from the 20’s through 40’s, but I've found this will be a question that takes

I don’t know if they still do, but back in the 1970s on Navy ships they had 5 gallon buckets of blood that were used as a foamant in firefighting.

I can’t answer that question. My interests focused on what cars came in and out of a slaughter house, and what did they contain or what was their function, mostly so I could fill out waybills.

NJI published a few color books on NYC and NH cabooses in color. There are a number of color pictures in the Morning Sun books on NYC Passenger and Freight cars. I’m sure there are scads of color

So I guess this leads to the next question: if you wash out all that lanolin, presumably the left over urine/lanolin also has industrial value? Does that go to a rendering plant? Or fertilizer

You don’t think it’s washed several times in the process of making the sweater? Have you smelled pig urine when buying said sweaters? Likely not. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Another good reason to wash/dry clean newly purchased wool clothing before wearing it. Ken Montreo