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Re: Artificial Intelligence, the hobby and the USRA

Sure. But the railroads were returned from Federal to private ownership on March 1, 1920, ending the Federal stewardship and control. That was certainly the end of MEANINGFUL work by the USRA. Tony

By Tony Thompson · #198647 ·

Re: Artificial Intelligence, the hobby and the USRA

Ken is right about this description of the USRA double-sheathed car; it most certainly did NOT have an insulating layer. I would also disagree with the statement that the double-sheathed car was

By Tony Thompson · #198646 ·

Re: Artificial Intelligence, the hobby and the USRA

The first problem with this is that the USRA lasted until July 1, 1939. See https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/014.html Brian Leppert Carson City,

By brianleppert@att.net · #198645 ·

Re: Artificial Intelligence, the hobby and the USRA

One statement that the author made probably is incorrect on its face. The author stated that "It featured two layers of wooden planks, with an insulating layer of cork or sawdust in between. This made

By Kenneth Montero · #198644 ·

Artificial Intelligence, the hobby and the USRA

I was listening to a podcast this morning, and the speaker mentioned the fun he was having playing with the search function on openai.com. So, i signed up, and started typing search terms. Thought

By Robert kirkham · #198643 ·

Re: Joe Oates

Yes, that is sad news. He didn't look good at Cocoa and I was worried about him. He was a wonderful person and fought the fight well. Loved his railroad stories. Thanks for telling us. Fenton --

By O Fenton Wells · #198642 ·

Re: Joe Oates

Sad news indeed. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

By BRIAN PAUL EHNI · #198641 ·

Joe Oates

All: Sad news to report, Joe Oats (Uncle Joe) passed away this morning at Tampa General hospital. Joe was an active railman and modeler, well known throughout the Southeast. Additional information

By George Eichelberger · #198640 ·

Throttle time

Operating session observations are featured in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. I had a great time running a few trains on this fine layout set in 1923. Boomer operator – Pittsburg, Shawmut &

By Eric Hansmann · #198639 ·

Illinois Traction System Composite hopper decals for sale

To all, I have had a limited run of decals made for the ITS composite hopper in the 10049-10139 and 11050-11099 series. These are for the Funaro resin Great Northern kit to turn into the ITS

By Doug Forbes · #198638 ·

Illinois Traction System Composite hopper decals for sale

To all, I have had a limited run of decals made for the ITS composite hopper in the 10049-10139 and 11050-11099 series. These are for the Funaro resin Great Northern kit to turn into the ITS

By Doug Forbes · #198637 ·

Re: MDT steel reefers

I think Detail Associates makes the center step-probably labeled for some mechanical reefer use. In the Detroit area, MDT steel reefers were quite common up to about the late 70's.- one use was

By lrkdbn · #198636 ·

Re: In search of

Thanks Again!! LR King

By lrkdbn · #198635 ·

Re: In search of

This looks like a pretty embarrassing incident. A switch move (?) colliding with a stationary object that probably could be seen from the cab? Ron Merrick

By mopacfirst · #198634 ·

Re: ATSF flat class

Thay were Perminate. Those flats were rebuilt to catty wallboatd and lumber. Charlie Sent from Outlook

By charles slater · #198633 ·

Re: In search of

Larry, Found a photo of the B end. Looks like the number was 732x. Chet French Dixon, IL

By Chet · #198632 ·

Re: Rapido ACR boxcars

Union Pacific box cars were 10-6 inside height SP B-50-24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -31 were all 10-0 inside height Never the twain shall meet On

By Tim O'Connor · #198631 ·

Re: Two models on eBay

Those are sweet builds. Good luck! :-) On 1/26/2023 8:24 PM, Clark Propst via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #198630 ·

Re: Colors by Freight Car Type by Railroad

White was commonly available as white lead which, as someone pointed out, was a warmer color than the titanium dioxide based whites we're used to seeing today. Mixed with lampblack for grays. Straw

By Dennis Storzek · #198629 ·

Re: ATSF flat class

This was the 1950's building boom and the wallboard business was booming too! Everybody was building wallboard flats. :-) Many of the conversions lasted only for a few

By Tim O'Connor · #198628 ·

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