Mike, I am replying because I want to adjust some things in your note and to make some points that should be germane to this list in terms of the war board and the designs there in - and to hopefully

Speaking of which, has anyone seen a good roof shot of C&O 4500-4999? Larry Smith said they had Murphy roofs, not Vikings, but I've never seen proof either way.

As always, Larry, an interesting experience to relate (is there anything you haven't worked at?). Just a bit of added information on why the government was buying the butter (to ship in the

One additional note - this is not for the faint of wallet! You're dealing with a $250K machine and resin that runs a buck a gram. I had one of our sales guys price out those windowed boxcar side

Sorry Prof, but the standard deviation is an OBSERVED FACT and not a fixed mathematical notion. It is a measure of dispersion of the data in the samples. In the model example, if you only have three

Rich, I have <akresse@...> as an e-mail address for Al, though I haven't used it in awhile.

To bring up an old subject, I need some assistance in regards to paint on the original Art Deco end cars. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Al Kresse? Sincerely, Richard Yoder 7 Edgedale

Brian Chapman wrote: about .005" By "printing" you're probably thinking of a powder deposition technique where layers are built one on top of another. For such a technique, 0.005" layers are pretty

I suppose each of us has personal quirks as well as specialized hobby interests (although I have never qualified for the six-figure income, nor am I ever likely to), and I'd suppose there are those

Tom, Jim, The last example of RP printing that I saw was created at about .005" resolution, as I understand that term as it applies to RP printing (and, I might not understand it at all). Resolution

I am going from a very imperfect memory here, but I once did live not far from Epping, which as I recall, was not exactly a branch (such as, say the Hillsboro branch), but on the former WN&P alternate

My friend and neighbor Tom Madden has done an excellent job of explaining this new and exciting technology which is starting to be within reach of the model railroad industry for making resin

Tim O'C wrote: Tim is clearly not very experienced with these matters. The standard deviation goes DOWN as the sample size expands for a particular population, and goes down a LOT for hundreds

I believe it was a couple years ago when I first saw a steel rebuilt box car at the MD&W facility at International Falls MN. No one on this list knew anything about it, so I said I would take pictures

Curt, Many of those government gons were in USS pool service running between Geneva, Utah (on the D&RGW) and Pittsburg, California (on the Sacramento Northern), with the WP handling them between

Obviously Bruce that was intended to go on a "reefer" Ned Carey

Frank, I would like to purchase 3 if they are still available. Paul San Francisco, CA

And then there's the guy who models that four-tenths of an SP&S box car his figures indicate-- that DEFINITELY doesn't look right! (And don't even ask about his 2.3 children.) Scott Pitzer

There were two types of gov't gons with the DRGW. The frequently mentioned 41' gons now offered by Sunshine Models. But there was a series of 65' mill gons built by Pressed Steel in 1944 also, and

Jack, the Standard Deviation for the prototype would be huge, compared to our models. That's because the prototype sample size is vastly greater. IMO every modeler should have at least 200 freight