Elden, You did bag these flying pellets, didn't you? Nothing like the real item for making loads for cars. Bought an old blender at a yard sale for 5 bucks and it is great at making

Folks, Where is this CCB photo of a flat car with two Sherman tanks on it posted? Also, what is CCB? I've heard of CBC's (Car Builders Cyclopedias). Al Kresse

Thanks, Bruce! I had never heard that info on the arsenal & depot! See ya soon. Elden ________________________________ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

Are there any photos of only one tank to a flat car? Cyril Durrenberger Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote: Elden, Thanks! I would differ on this point. I think that saying an

Elden, Thanks! I would differ on this point. I think that saying an M4A1 and M4A3 loaded together would be unlikely might be too strong, and the reason used to support the statement is not

Eric; Pellets were created to allow more efficient charge in the furnaces. By binding the limestone or dolomite powder (flux stone) to the refined ore, with the bentonite, you had product that

On Apr 15, 2008, at 8:17 AM, David North wrote: <SNIP> > Is the Accurail 3 bay hopper a match for any of these? David, The Accurail 3-bay hopper was patterned after 1,000 class W-7 cars built for

Was there an announcement for RPC-17? Dave Nelson

No - and it's not as though we need yet more models of PFE wood reefers. The prototypes for the Accurail reefers were originally built for the Burlington in the early 1920s, then absorbed into

The early class Ga-21 (1929) and Ga-43 (1936) three bay hoppers were built to a design that, AFAIK, has never been modeled. The post-WW- II Santa Fe three bay hoppers, beginning with class Ga-73,

Elden, Thanks for your good information. It all makes sense. Do we have any good SHIPPING weight numbers for these tanks . . . vs. combat loaded weights? Al Kresse Romeo, MI

Group, Just thought I would post a follow up to my discussion about a month ago regarding the NMRA Kalmbach library and their photo collection. I ordered 216 scans (600 dpi TIFF) of various

What type of 3-bay hoppers were typically used by the MP in this service? Thanks, Rob Simpson today after viewing the photo on pg 25 of the just appearing War Bonnet, First Quarter 2008. They

Ed (with an apology to the Group), SBCGLOBAL.NET will tell you the problem lies with the sender of the e-mail message; that they have no idea why the messages are being refused; that they don't have

Guys; The old military guys I know told me that the M4 did not come with a dedicated lock as-built, but there were problems with damage to the elevating gears in shipment, so they made crude locks

Richard, ATSF rostered 70 ton 3 bays from at least 3 makers. Some of the classes were GA-43, GA-73 & GA-86 from ACF GA-77 & GA-81 from PSCM GA-100 & GA-109 & GA-121 from GAT Is the Accurail 3

Speaking of couplers,does anyone know what is happening with the Reboxx coupler?The design work was well advanced as demontrated at Prototype Rails a few years ago.A Premo

The Accurail reefer is a BREX prototype. CJM Bob Chaparro <thecitrusbelt@...> wrote: Does anyone know the prototype for these kits? Are they acccurate for any class of PFE

Des, I have the same problem with both of his addresses. I wanted to tell him that my check was in the mail, but my return address has continually been refused. Storey Lindsay Celje, Slovenia

Hi, Apologies for this email. My messages to Ed Hawkins on 2 different addresses (rpcyc@... and hawk0621@...) keep on bouncing. If Ed sees this can he contact me direct off-list,