Al, I don't know if eggs were ever shipped in ventilators, or not, but they frequently were shipped in reefers. Pacific Egg Producers, for example, had a modest fleet of these cars, and there

Would they ship fresh eggs in reefers or house cars or ventilated boxes? Al Kresse

Here's a conversion table, from Wikipedia: American Metric #000 1.4mm #00 2.0mm #0 2.5mm #1 3.2mm Hope the formatting holds up. Dennis

Thanks to all. I ordered some 2.0mm, 1.4mm, and 1.2mm. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

What era? Today nitrogen is pumped into LPG cars to force the contents out.? Once empty, the cars are then depressured for transport. ? Mike Del Vecchio

I'll take it a step further and say that McMaster-Carr sells pretty much every tool you could think of. Carl J. Marsico Jack Burgess <jack@...> wrote: I'm not sure

Jon, I don't believe such a beast exists. To my knowledge, the Philips spec defines the head only, while the thread can be US or metric, so what you really need is the Phillips size that fits the

A google search shows excelsior is still readily available. The bulk form seems to be bales, but no matter how much it's compressed, it's still a relatively low density cargo. I have no idea whether,

Folks, I really appreciate the feedback so far but . . . . . and this may seem a little picky but . . . I was looking for information on the particulars of their original primary usage (as to why

I just spoke by telephone with a gentleman who worked with my late father at a propane terminal. (I just happened to be on the phone with him for another reason when the message below popped

I'm not sure about metric, but McMaster-Carr has phillips screw drivers down to 000 http://www.mcmaster.com/ on catalog page 2779 Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

I keep trying to find metric phillips screwdrivers in the 1mm and 2mm range. Typical screws used in our freight cars. Have done all the searching and only place I ever got one was a order to NZ and

From Chicago too, When I was a yard clerk for the C&NW in the early 1970s at 40th St yard (now abandonned) Hall Printing used to ship Sears catalogs and Playboy magazines, among others, to the west

The pump pulls vapor from the top of the customer tank and pressures it back into the tank car. Perry Scheuerman boyds1949 <E27ca@...> wrote: I was looking at a recent model

I was looking at a recent model railroad publication on building a propane dealership and it said that the liquid propane was unloaded by pumping air in the tank car to force the liquid propane out.

analysis is tanks for propane tank. It could where it trailer be a One thing's for certain, the guy is safety conscious. Note the old soda-acid fire extinguisher standing on the ground just in front

Hello, The Copetown, Ontario, Train Show is this Sunday (http://www.caorm.org/PDF/Copetown_2008_flyer.pdf.) To meet list guidelines, I can tell you there will be many excellent steam era freight

Steve, My friend who grew up in Britt IA uncle ran an oil dealership. As I remember his story his uncle would put a pipe into the dome. That pipe was connected with hose to the pump. I have no idea

Ben Hom wrote: Lot 633-B, steel automobile boxcars rebuilt in 1935 from Lot 357-B DS automobile boxcars... NYC 56000 is equipped with auto racks, but they aren't Evans Auto~Loaders. The

Jon, IIRC Sears has them in the Crafstman line, never have to buy another again. Chuck Hladik Rutland Railroad Virginia Division NMRA L5756 **************Ideas to please picky eaters.