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Amarillo RR Museum FW&D Covered Hopper

I like to support the ARM’s fund raising and bought one of their FW&D IM covered hoppers. Given the previous discussions on this list that the roof and lower portion of the hopper were painted

By Charlie Duckworth · #195447 ·

Re: The Station Agent's Blue Book (Circa 1928)

Bob Chaparro wrote: I have written a couple of times about this very useful book in my blog. Below are a couple of links, if you’re

By Tony Thompson · #195446 ·

The Station Agent's Blue Book (Circa 1928)

The Station Agent's Blue Book (Circa 1928) Link courtesy of Rand Boyd on the Groups.io Ry-ops-industrialSIG list: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011139303&view=1up&seq=11 This is

By Bob Chaparro · #195445 ·

Re: Question on B&O M-26 roof color

This 'cold galvanizing', as it's sometimes referred to, is 97% zinc powder in in organic binder. One common brand is Galvacon, trademark of Lanco Paints. If you look at something that's galvanized

By mopacfirst · #195444 ·

Re: Question on B&O M-26 roof color

I agree with Bruce. Painted roof that has accumulated grime. To my eyes, it looks like matching paint under the running board.

By Andrew Roberts · #195443 ·

Re: Question on B&O M-26 roof color

According to RPC 16, Sherwin Williams Galvanized Roof Paint was used by Pullman Standard on the CNW's emergency box cars that they built in 1943. These cars had Viking roofs, whereas the rest of the

By Scott H. Haycock · #195442 ·

Re: Question on B&O M-26 roof color

Charlie, I’ve never seen any reference to silver, grey, or a galvanized paint anytime during the 50s or before. Exceptions do occur, but the B&O seemed to cover things with car cement for water or

By Bruce Griffin · #195441 ·

Re: TRUCK QUESTION

Brian, Thank you for your foresight about the hobby's need for more accurate, higher quality freight car trucks, and for all the effort you put in to making them a reality. When I started building

By Todd Sullivan · #195440 ·

Re: TRUCK QUESTION

I cut the lettering into the sideframe cavities the same way i cut the sideframe cavities themselves. I had a bench top CNC milling machine and except for two store-bought ball end mills made all my

By brianleppert@att.net · #195439 ·

Re: speaking of galvanized roofs

That is plenty close to the edge for me! Looks like there is still some paint left on the roofs. Did Santa fe put cinders or some sort aggregate in all thier roof paint for boxcars? Scott McDonald

By Scott · #195438 ·

Re: TRUCK QUESTION

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:01 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: I have a nice shot of an ASF cast truck (with the ASF letters and also a foundry stamp) but in the center of the truck at the top is spelled out

By Dennis Storzek · #195437 ·

Re: speaking of galvanized roofs

Grain doors!

By Richard Townsend · #195436 ·

Re: TRUCK QUESTION

electrical machining, rather than mechanical machining

By Tim O'Connor · #195435 ·

speaking of galvanized roofs

Last night I watched the movie "Picnic" with William Holden and Kim Novak shot around Salina, Kansas in 1955. There's a fair amount of good views of 1955 Union Pacific and Missouri

By Tim O'Connor · #195434 ·

Re: TRUCK QUESTION

Many trucks have foundry symbols on them. Kurt Laughlin compiled a WORD document for foundry marks in the 1940 to 1945 time period. He wrote it in 2005. It covers

By Tim O'Connor · #195433 ·

Re: Sunshine Models NOT&M SS boxcar

Ha, you got it Charlie, lots of MoPac bias. However, just to note, our museum is recreating the Santa Fe Railway across the Texas Panhandle. Whether MoPac or Santa Fe, your results, in my opinion,

By Jerry Michels · #195432 ·

Sunshine SFRD reefer instructions

Thank you I now have the instructions Paul Doggett

By Paul Doggett · #195431 ·

Sunshine SFRD reefer Kit 16.2 instructions

Hi Has anyone got the PDS and instructions for Sunshine SFRD kit 16.2 please Thank you Paul Doggett

By Paul Doggett · #195430 ·

Re: TRUCK QUESTION

Brian how do you engrave microscopic lettering in metal molds? Do you have some kind of laser etch it in? Scott McDonald

By Scott · #195429 ·

Re: TRUCK QUESTION

Notice the four different journal box lids. Mark

By Mark Vinski · #195428 ·

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