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Re: blue flags

You Hit the nail on the head. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most of it left

By Ljack70117@... · #63803 ·

Re: sewer pipes

There was "Griffin Pipe Company" in Milledegville, Ga. which made big pipe. Several cars loads a day left there for many years. The red clay was brought in by drop bottom gons and hoppers. I believe

By Don Worthy · #63804 ·

Re: blue flags

Each car had two blue flags. Why was this? Were there maybe two different crews/groups working and one wouldn't want to be in danger relying on the other's blue flags in case one group left earlier

By bill_d_goat · #63796 ·

Re: sewer pipes

CJ: One clay pipe manufacturer is Gladding McBean in Lincoln, California. They make some hunking big pipe sections of some sort from clay which is mined very close to the plant. Curiously, there

By Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@...> · #63799 ·

Re: sewer pipes

--- ed_mines <ed_mines@...> wrote: clay pipe (and tile) were typically made where brick was a common product, sometimes by the same plant. these days, I'm sure consolodation has eliminated most

By cj riley <cjriley42@...> · #63795 ·

Re: sewer pipes

Incidentally, Ed, the actual initials are PMcKY--Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny--which maybe is closed to the "pronounced" version of the initials. Tony Thompson Editor,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #63794 ·

blue flags

Don't remember if anyone pointed out this photo of Delano's in the Shorpy site after the discussion about blue flags being used in the freight houses. Great photo. If the link does not work the

By Eric Mumper <eric.mumper@...> · #63793 ·

Re: sewer pipes

Ed Mines wrote: Rails in the Pittsburgh area always called it the "Pee Mickey" when I lived there. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #63792 ·

sewer pipes

I think any kind of merchandise light enough to be lifted by a man would be prone to be stolen if shipped in a gondola. I think any kind of sewer pipe would have a relatively thick wall making

By ed_mines · #63791 ·

C&NW Stock Cars

Those CNW stock cars are my favorites. Thanks Bob! These stock cars frequently appear in Jack Delano photos in the WWII "Iron Horse at War" book. The end of these cars is missing a slat, making them

By ed_mines · #63790 ·

Re: sewer pipes

In the early 50's in my home town (a small town North of Seattle) my neighborhood was upgraded to city sewers. Before that all the houses in the neighborhood were on septic tanks. Large (3 ft?)

By Jim Betz · #63789 ·

D&H decals

I followed Ted Culotta's explanation of creating a D&H rebuilt USRA box car with a Viking roof. This is one project that can be undertaken in S-scale as well as in HO since both the car and roof as a

By Thomas Baker · #63788 ·

Re: CN Series #659000-65999 Steel Flat Car #659000-65999

Paul, The unmodified Tichy stake pockets are indeed not correct for this model. However with a little effort they can be altered to present an acceptable representation of the prototype. The following

By pierreoliver2003 <pierre.oliver@...> · #63787 ·

Re: sewer pipes

And don't forget Orangeburg. A sewar pipe made with tarpaper during or after WWII. http://www.sewerhistory.org/grfx/components/pipe-orng1.htm Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org No virus found in

By Douglas Harding <dharding@...> · #63785 ·

Re: sewer pipes

Dennis, F.Y.I. Lead and oakum is still used to connect cast iron bell & spigot (cast iron) soil pipe in the Chicago. We sell tons of ingot lead for this purpose every year. John F. Cizmar SG

By John F. Cizmar · #63784 ·

New Walthers Rolling Stock

In the August MODEL RAILROADER (Page 3) Walthers is advertising General American meat reefers and Mather stock cars. Apparently, these are previously issued cars with new road names and car

By Bob Chaparro <thecitrusbelt@...> · #63782 ·

Re: Kaolinite and China

In a message dated 6/27/2007 9:15:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, prrinvt@... writes: Guyz, The PRR served the Homer Laughlin China and E M Knowles China Co in Newell WV. They appear in the

By Greg Martin · #63783 ·

CN Series #659000-65999 Steel Flat Car #659000-65999

Guys, I hace one of Point 1 Models CN #659000-659999 resin flat car kits that I am looking to start. I only have one poor quality photo of this car, but the stake pockets sure do not look like the

By Paul Lyons · #63781 ·

C&NW Stock Car Images

Courtesy of Ron Christensen, here is a link to images of C&NW stock cars originally posted on the Railway Bull Shippers Group: http://www.cnwhs.org/articles/1183073558.pdf Bob

By Bob Chaparro <thecitrusbelt@...> · #63780 ·

Re: sewer pipes

used for Except when used in buildings and other above grade (not buried) applications. Clay pipe is just too fragile to use where it won't be buried. Typical use in Chicago during the steam era was

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #63779 ·

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