Some Red Caboose B&O M-26b boxcars in the red "Time-Saver Service" slogan lettering scheme have been imported, both as ready-to-run boxcars and unassembled kits. This scheme was lettered by B&O car

I guess you can do just about anything if you have a big enough hammer. KL

Nevertheless, that's exactly how it was done, Kurt. I've sometimes thought that they probably un-riveted the top seam, as well, since they would have had to cut new openings for the end domes and

The C&O in the 50s did stretch a lot of 40-ft into 50-ft boxes at their own Raceland shops and then brought back building most of their 70-ton hopper cars in their own shops.  They tried their hands

It is my experience that most drill failures are from mishandling, not poor drills, especially when you are drilling into plastic, wood, or resin. I pick mine up at a local hobby shop and have at

Hello, All Pacific Fast Mail brass locomotives I purchased many years ago were supplied with a plastic coupler box which was KD No.4 compatible. As KD couplers (in those days) were metal, using the

I like the tie plates under the chair legs. Looks like the end of that board has some wear too. Might not be the best of jobs though on a rainy wintery day (or night) though. Nice shot. Robert

The train is stopped. He's a model railroader looking for free material for a scratchbuilt PRR double door round roof boxcar. Ah the good old days of modeling. George Courtney wonder if he look

Denny, Based on your and Pierre's comments on the MiniMate, I plan to buy one soon. I usually buy my drill bits from Micro-Mark, who advertise them as "high speed steel." Are these good to use in

The multiple posts are happening on a fair number of Yahoo*!* Groups, not necessarily just this one, and it is not limited to Earthlink clients. The problem likely lies moreso within Groups than any

Regarding the photo of that Kopper''s coke distributing yard, would someone please identify the construction on the end of the hopper bin building?. There's clearly a rail hopper car delivering coke

As Frank Fertitta observed, it's some sort of unusually large cleanout cover with some sort of small crane arrangement to support it when unbolted from the tank end. What Carnegie-Illinois Steel

Yes, a double-slip. There were two of them at the throat of the Taylor Yard classification bowl. There are several shots of the yard in the Life collection. Tim O'Connor

I know this is out of scope but can any suggest a resource where I can find when the ICC required daytime headlight illumination. I think it was between 1954 and 1956. Thaks, Bill McCoy Jax, FL

I'm with you Steve. I've used a sewing machine foot pedal for more than 20 years. I can control the RPM from about 5 on up. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon Steve Sandifer wrote:

Chelsea Money sometimes because the expensive than More expensive than bituminous coal or anthracite? Any idea where the coke was made? Where there regions where dealers sold both soft or hard coal

In the pressure vessel business, that thing that supports the manway flange would be called a 'davit'. Typically it's specified for any flanges that are too heavy for one man to handle, which often

Over the last week I have received multiple copies of a few Email messages coming through my server Earthlink. The messages all come from Yahoo Groups and all but one is a member of the STMFC.