Pieter, Points well taken. As I said, this is not a reason not to proceed, just realize setting the standard is only part of the battle. I am curious if Sam Clarke would put aside his usual good

There are a number of new photos on Shorpy worth checking out. A companion of the one here from a different angle is next to this one, click on "Railroads" in the list on the right of the photo from

Hi Larry; Granted, some thought should be given to possible adaptation. Your example, however, is just one possible case. In the current "open market" case, how does someone like Tahoe Model Works

Mike, I'm not kidding, but I guess I'm not explaining myself well. By implementation I am not referring to the policing of the standard, I'm referring to the difficulty of making the transition in

Looks like somebody's no going to be too happy with their new Sears home! Clark Propst

Wow Scott, I wonder whose house didn't get built? Good find! Al Kresse

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote: <SNIP> > Hmmm. Lessee. You're saying that IF the new accurate standard O scale gage > is 4'8.5" between the rails instead of the current

Bruce, Thanks for the information and thanks again for the comment about the difference in color on the foil without a primer coat. Gene Green have however through On to

PREVIOUS POST: "By far, the best overall publication that would cover your, and perhaps others, interests is "Additionally Speaking" by Laurie A. Flori, &copy;2005,ISBN:

Including CCC&StL steel (roof view), GM&N single-sheathed, and ACL ventilator in dark-on-light paint scheme. http://www.shorpy.com/node/3424?size=_original Scott Pitzer

Bureaucracy is the structure and set of regulations in place to control activity, usually in large organizations and government. As opposed to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy> adhocracy, it is

Tim, I don't know of any available cross-references to identify a car's NYC Lot from an X-series number (i.e., in company service). But the car appears to be a forty-foot car, and possibly Lot

Anyone know more about this car -- original series, length, when it was built, rebuilt, etc? http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/nyc-x29550.jpg Tim O'Connor

Tim, The foil is far too thin. It conforms to the details and would nicely show the scribed wood below it. For a really radical solution, why not remove the sheathing by sanding the back of the

I think Pieter has the right idea. One thing mentioned to by Mike below needs highlighting. I don't think ANY standard proposed by the people here is going to appeal to trainset crowd, and frankly

Before things get to far along, all dimensional values should include tolerances, either limits (ex. .500 - .510) or MAX or MIN values (whose opposite limits are 0 and infinity, respectively).

Ed: hi. Whatever they be called, I think we need to distinguish between this "Buckeye steel end" from the Erie 78000 series http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie78249adb.jpg and the one I

Pieter Roos writes: "The way such a standard would be implemented is in the way I expect 99% of all non-safety related standards take hold. The standard becomes expected on new products, old products

Tim O'Connor writes: "We on the other hand, can build our own models to our own standards. Some people detail underframes. Some don't. Some convert everything to scale size Kadees. Some don't. Some

The way such a standard would be implemented is in the way I expect 99% of all non-safety related standards take hold. The standard becomes expected on new products, old products make up a