While I don't get along with Accupaint, the few experiments I did with it on brass convinced me that the primer is very much required on brass. And I think it's a very thick paint. But then, I'm

I have used several of their colors although not the primer and did use their thinner. There dosen't appear to be an alternative but the results were worth it. Jerry Glow accupaint

And let us not forget slides that were removed from their holders for publication use, and the holders discarded, also discarding the info recorded on the cardboard slide holder. Lots of information

Has anyone had any experience with Accupaint primer..or other accupaint colors? ie does it need to be thinned? Any other thinner rather than expensive accupaint thinner? thanks Doug Gardner

David Owens wrote: This is certainly true about the rapid sale of lugs of wine grapes, right out of the reefers. There is some discussion of the Prohibition-era grape shipping in the PFE book.

Tony... (and also Richard H) Thanks for the guidance. This is definitely SP... and I now know where to look! I have a special fondness for this photo... My father was born on what he called a

Richard Hendrickson wrote: I won't deal with the factual parts already posted (though I made a typo in giving class size; it was 600 cars). The farther flat might be a Class F-50-4, but might

Here in Connecticut grapes were a popular commodity and would arrive by rail. The historical society in Torrington, Connecticut has accounts of grape-laden rail cars arriving in town with the

Richard, Tony Thompson can probably respond in more detail, but the two flat cars were definitely Harriman Standard cars, the nearest one an F-50-1 through F-50-3 with pressed steel shallow

Richard Brennan wrote: Richard, you need to study my volume on flat cars, Vol. 3 <g>. The car is a CS-35A design of SP, one of 500 built in 1903 by Pressed Steel Car, series 78900-79499. The

Al Brown writes: "I'm confused. Direct the *seller*?" Al thinks he's confused. Think about me. I'm confused and I wrote it. What I should have written is..."All selling messages must direct

Larry Jackman wrote: Correct. But the bearing supports were not brass, they were just called "brasses" by workers. They were in fact bronze. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Richard and Tom: He has passed on to his final reward, and all his stuff is now available at the railroad museum in Temple, Texas. Sic trainset gloria! A.T. had from this

I'm confused. Direct the *seller*? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

For some time, messages regarding the selling of items have been in violation of STMFC rules. Note that STMFC rules state: "Announcements of frt car related items for sell are permitted BUT

At 09:56 3/19/2007, Bob Chaparro wrote: [edited - RB] >I found the image below on Calisphere ><http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7779q91m>, a service of the >University of California Libraries.

Clark, The AC&F paint specs in the bills of materials normally do not give the paint number for shades of freight car red. Typically all that's specified is a paint color and brand name, such as

I guess this post is for Ed Hawkins, but here's the question: Is there a way to find out what a railroad color looked like? I have an ACF drawing with a paint spec of Gidden Co. MGL-8319 Red freight

Wrong address HYPERLINK "mailto:daveydiesel@..."daveydiesel@... Sorry about that. Dave Powell

One small correction. While the bearings were called brasses and brass bearings, the bearing itself was not brass. The brass held the bearing material which was Babbit. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca