Small grains of river sand look like that. Mark Vinski

Since I only have a few of these, I’d like to see all made available. Bill continues to be missed…. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

According to my friend Chuck Yungkurth, the steel bridges on the ERIE eastbound track across the Southern Tier of New York had significant corrosion from the ice drippings from eastbound reefer loads.

Dropbox is a good idea. I think you don't need an account if I create a special link to share with everyone here, which lets them into the file set in my dropbox.

Refrigerator Cars - Salt Water Drippings This text is from the 1925 Car Builders' Cyclopedia Of American Practice. Note that from 1923 onward, brine in ice tanks was not to be allowed to drip on to

True. I’m aware of that, but by my 56 era the m-15k were rebuilt again to the M-15n in 55 and 56. Based on the orer there were very few K’s left. Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson,

B&O #374065, class M-15n is on display at the Illinois Railway Museum, Photos are on their website. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

The M-15k was the subject of a Chicagoland mini-kit, so there's quite a bit of information including drawings among those files. I know nothing about the M-15n. Nelson Moyer

What was the difference between the two B&O wagon top rebuilds? Based on a review of freight car diagrams, it appears the underframe was rebuilt to a straight center sill using Z sections versus the

Another two cents worth. Normally I use a single speed Dreml tool with a Dreml speed control to slow it down for drilling grab iron holes etc. In plastic or resin a very low speed is mandatory, even

Interesting! They do look like they could be HO scale beets (this photo is enlarged. How do they prepare the seeds - microwave? How do they seal the seeds against insects or rodents? Thanks Pete

.Like the finished look. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer

A rather famous model railroader, since passed away, used poppy seeds to model taconite loads. He returned from a business trip one day, and his wife said, "I was in the basement and the boat moved",

hi all, for beet modelling in HO, some of the european groups use red clover seeds. Bernd Adelsdorf, Germany -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android Mobiltelefon mit GMX Mail gesendet. Am

I missed the Scotch reference. Affordable single malt is an oxymoron. I’m partial to Lagavulin 16 year old single malt, but only around holidays. Nelson Moyer From:

Your pin vise raised red flags for me. It’s too big and heavy, and the ball anchors it in your palm, so you don’t have fine fingertip control. I recommend a couple of Starrett sizes. I’m also

Thanks for all the comments about my grab iron hole drilling. My tools and drilling setup are shown below. My only explanation is that I might have gotten a bad batch of Gyros #78 drill bits. I have

I recently bought some tiny beads from an outfit called FIRE MOUNTAIN GEMS on line to make HO insulators for line poles. They have about a zillion different kind/sizes of beads. You might be able to

The main problem with anise seeds, other than their attractiveness to pests, is that they are way oversized for HO. I’ve been looking for something else for a long time but haven’t come up with

Have the Admins set a size limit for uploaded files? I see that the largest one so far is 16 MB. I don't have Bill's article on plastic cars, but would note that his Feb 2008 piece on the FGEX