I bought a Spencer Chemical Sunshine kit, but the instructions are missing. Does anyone know where I could find them? Thanks, Phil Lee

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The  USRA box car designs were fairly minor modifications of the three ARA sample cars built in 1917: ATSF 32001 (double-sheathed), IC 175001 (single-sheathed), and PRR 38000 (steel-sheathed). David

I'm just guessing here, but couldn't the change in the railroad's thinking about which of the two designs was preferable coincide with the realization that you don't need exterior sheathing with steel

I think we've beaten the AI topic to death, so I've changed the subject line. First a word about how the decision was made as to which boxcars to build... Lane goes into this in his seminal work on

Sure. Written when most railroad CMOs still believed in double sheathing, and at the dawn of the time when nearly everyone changed their mind. And NP, of course, was a late holdout on this topic,

First of all, what does a real railroad think of Single Sheathed vs Double Sheathed, read the attachments. And please note the date of the letter is right in the USRA era. At this point I'll

Dave, Without getting too much into the weeds, the short answer is that Greenville Steel Co. (GSC) built four series of 70-ton flat cars in 1951-1953 including C&O 81000-81249 built to the same basic

lol - bingo ! and hopefully self driving cars won't be 'user programmable' :-D I wonder if ChapGPT knows timetable & train orders? could it be a trainmaster/dispatcher?

I don’t have the answer but I have been working on a 3d model for the 70 ton car and so I can make a few guesses about the 50 ton version. The center sill of the 70ton car is built up

However it won't do one thing to motivate someone to model or pick up a paint brush. I would argue technology has created more problems in the hobby by running off modelers due to

ChatGPT is a proof-of-concept system, it a commercial or public offering on which anyone can rely, and the developers never have said otherwise. It’s a demo to gauge interest … of which there is

On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 09:03 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: Of course, this "AI" is capable of learning (i.e. adding to its knowledge base and its inferences). So having read, say, annotated criticisms of

Tichy (Gould) all around but slightly modified from the kit. On 1/28/2023 10:03 PM, Steve SANDIFER wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Woof. They should do well. :-D On 1/28/2023 10:53 PM, nyc3001 . wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

This is indeed sad. Joe was a great railroader, modeler and a wealth of information on SAL/SCL passenger equipment. He will be sorely missed. Jax, FL

Of course, this "AI" is capable of learning (i.e. adding to its knowledge base and its inferences). So having read, say, annotated criticisms of its own output, it can make

Meaningful work to whom? I’m sure the negotiation and lawsuits on reimbursement and value were meaningful to someone after control was returned to railroads by USRA. Not meaningful to modelers?

On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 08:10 PM, Bruce Smith wrote: It might be Speedwitch KC103.1 - NATX 8,000 gallon Pressed Steel Car Co tank car.Definitely not. I'm casting more of those right now. Looks like a

I was at Springfield today and took these photos. I think the models pretty much line up with the group's consensus of the concept art. Notice how the bottoms of the tank bands are molded into the