Reinhart Vinegar in Stayner, Ontario was still shipping vinegar in a wooden car in the early 1970s. The CNR guys called their car the "vinegar jug". Cheers, Ian ------- Ian Wilson Canadian

Stafford Swain wrote: Over several years of taking thousands of personal checks (cheques) from American and Canadian customers, we have NEVER had one bounce. Al Westerfield once attested the same

--- Dave Nelson <muskoka@...> wrote: Data point: ca. 1940, Gregory-Robinson-Speas in Rogers, Arkansas shipped 3,000,000 gallons annually in wooden tank cars to the South and Southwest. ca.

OK, the March Wish List for decals provide to be a less than rousing success. This one may prove more interesting to you. I have a new Wish List for April that is for detail parts. The link is

Jeff Aley - GCD PE <jaley@...> wrote: I'm not going to take that "other scale" bait, but I would like to point out that many fans of the Rutland RR agree that part of its appeal is

Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: Yes, well, chalk it up to graphic dyslexia. That can be looked into, but does not answer my question about whether handfuls of sets could be

ljack70117@... wrote: Sorry for misinterpreting what you said. While this type of assembly makes sense for model construction, I've never evaluated whether the assembly has low enough

The April Shot of the Month is up (link below). Can anyone help to identify the refrigerator car pictured in the bottom right hand corner of the photo (behind the Wabash single sheathed auto car).

Safford, I always thought that the correct spelling was "cheque" up your way! Bill Daniels Tucson, AZ Stafford Swain <sswain@...> wrote:

Hi: Allen Ferguson of Black Cat and I are good pals and live within about a mile of each other so please indulge me a moment to comment on this topic. In Canada we have always had very large,

Jeff: Actually they are white lettering. Yes they could be produced in a larger scale. My guess that the price would be approximately double and I would expect you to buy at least 4 to 10 sets to

Mike Brock speaks of the interrelationship between wheels and wing rails... drop at track What follows are links to three photos in the abpr archives. Please note the credits on each page once it

When did wooden vinegar cars become obsolete and what kind of tank car replaced them? ----------------------------------- Dave Nelson *** New E-mail address: muskoka@...

Mike . . . Better save your nickels . . . I'm sure pennies won't do . . . Since you have to buy three at least, two for Bill, and one or more for yourself . . . http://www.divisionpoint.com/ Enter

Sorry, Jeff, but the decal set is white (for black cars), not black. However, enlarging the artwork to 1:64 wouldn't be a big deal, and maybe you could team up with some other S scalers to order

<<.... However, the code 110 wheel actually doesn't drop at all. The reason is that the turnout frog/flange gap dimensions for track standard S-3 matches the code 110 wheel. As I think I may have

Tim O'Connor observes: Sure there are, Tim. I laid some of those, and I know they are No 10 or larger. And on the new section, when I did the CAD layout of the tracks, I used No's 5-12. You are

Bill Welch writes: I will do masters of one HO house car (36, 40 or 50 foot) for two "Divison Point" Louisville & Nashville Berkshires, one of each from Lima and Baldwin. Bill, thus, ensures that he

Jon, your credit union may not do conversions but mine does. I just walked in and asked for a check in pounds sterling (Scotland) and they did it. No questions asked and no charge. I ususally just

Jack Wyatt says: They actually have at least two functions. Even the prototype. To quote from the Track and Structure Cyc of 1955: "The wing rails, in common with the point, serve to carry the wheel