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Does anybody know what happened to this website? It looks like the link now has a new owner. Thanks. Joe Charleston, WV

By Josef Horter · #69050 ·

I recently bought one of the full-scale Lionel trailer on flat car sets, intending to convert it to two-rail. The trailers are painted very nicely in the Pacemaker scheme, but another O scaler is

By Justin Kahn · #69049 ·

Re: Harold K. Vollrath

I can agree! Recently we needed 4" letters of the "Empire Builder" logo for repainting the John McLaughlin at IRM. I was able to scan an 8x10 Pullman builder's photograph on two scanners but ran

By tedander2000 · #69048 ·

silver halide photography

I was just repeating what Mr. Vollrath told me about the demise of silver halide photography. Maybe he's just tired of printing negatives; he doesn't seem to need any more money. So has anyone had

By ed_mines · #69047 ·

NS lowside gon

Hey guys, need a bit of help here. WrightTRAK is looking for photos of Original NS low side gons. Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards, Denis Blake Marysville, OH

By seaboard_1966 · #69303 ·

Forgot the link

Here is the link http://www.ismrif.org/db/showAll.asp Denis Blake Marysville, OH

By seaboard_1966 · #69302 ·

Re: Elden Gatwood, your server is blocking email too

Tom; I am sorry! I do not like this set-up. Try elden.j.gatwood "at" usace "dot" army "dot" mil And if that doesn't work, let me know and I will speak to IT. Thanks, Elden

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD <Elden.J.Gatwood@...> · #69046 ·

Elden Gatwood, your server is blocking email too

Very sorry to take up the bandwith here. Elden, I've tried sending two emails to your address as listed in TKM, one with an attachment and one without, both with benign subjects. Both bounced and your

By Tom Madden <tgmadden@...> · #69045 ·

Re: Question re 12-Panel boxcars

Tim; You are right. My C&BT X29B has rivets the size of my fist (well, if I was little, that is). Elden ________________________________ From: STMFC@...

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD <Elden.J.Gatwood@...> · #69044 ·

Re: Question re 12-Panel boxcars

The C&BT tooling is pretty crude by current standards.

By Tim O'Connor · #69043 ·

Re: Harold K. Vollrath

An important factor in pulling detail out of shadows is the scanner's "dynamic range". You can find inexpensive scanners now with a DR above 3.2, which is very good. But note that DR claims can be

By Tim O'Connor · #69042 ·

Re: Harold K. Vollrath

Rufus, do you know the size (pixel dimensions) of the scans on the NP freight car CD's? I usually avoid CD's because scans are often 1024x768 or some other 'tiny' format... (my screen size is

By Tim O'Connor · #69041 ·

Re: Harold K. Vollrath

Rob, You can get very good detail at 200 dpi in color, and 300 dpi in gray scale. If you have the processor speed and the memory, you can go to 600 dpi, which I believe is what is used for magazine

By Garth Groff <ggg9y@...> · #69040 ·

Re: Question re 12-Panel boxcars

Thank you, Carl! Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Carl J. Marsico Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:36

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD <Elden.J.Gatwood@...> · #69039 ·

Re: Question re 12-Panel boxcars

CB&T is 10'6" IH, Intermountain is 10' IH. Branchline had announced 12-panel cars awhile back, presumably 10'6" IH to fit their existing components, but I've heard a problem arose w/their die

By Carl J. Marsico <Carlmarsico@...> · #69038 ·

Fw: N&W in 1903 -- New Cars

All, Here is a posting from the NWHS mailing list that I thought might interest some here. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

By James F. Brewer <jfbrewer@...> · #69037 ·

Re: Question re 12-Panel boxcars

Guys; How does the C&BT compare to the Intermountain 12-panel? Is there some difference that makes the C&BT the only choice for this application? Thanks, Elden Gatwood

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD <Elden.J.Gatwood@...> · #69036 ·

Re: Speedwitch web site (Was Athearn C&NW 65 ft mill gon)

Guys; Sorry for using up your time. My server is blocking access to that site for some reason. I have tried changing what settings I can change, and no dice. It must be the Army filter or

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD <Elden.J.Gatwood@...> · #69035 ·

Re: SPAM-BL Re: Re: Harold K. Vollrath

Yes, I too greatly value traditional high resolution silver halide prints, for example, builders photographs from Alco Historic Photos. Contact prints made from historic 8x10 negatives have detail

By Rufus Cone <cone@...> · #69034 ·

Re: Harold K. Vollrath

I take your points Rufus, My comment arises from my experience with prints - and scanning them at very high resolution to identify tiny details in the background - often freight cars in a yard of

By Rob Kirkham <rdkirkham@...> · #69033 ·

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