Great job Charlie, it has the look of a car really earning its keep. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Here's a shot that shows the galvanized (and unpainted?) roof of one of the CNW all steel box cars built in 1941 I think. It looks as if the longitudinal running board is unpainted but

How quickly did the "silver" paint lose it's lustre? Silver coloured Aluminum paints could be of varying qualities. Ones known has "high leafing" aluminum pigments stayed bright longer. I think the

Picked up this undec Accurail reefer kit at a swap meet for a "Make me buy it" price. I could use another reefer for my two canning companies. One photo shows why you need to hoard decals. There are

Speaking of B&O box car roofs, I found this photo to be interesting. Notice that BOTH of the end panels have lost their paint, while none of the other panels has. I actually have

Ron is absolutely right in my opinion in saying cold galvanising paint is grey, not silver. My experience of selling industrial paintsin the UK during the '70s and 80s was that cold galvanising paint

Charlie You are like a one man machine Paul

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grain doors!

electrical machining, rather than mechanical machining