Compared to steelmaking uses? I seriously doubt it. But maybe you mean for fuel use outside of the in-plant or in-company consumption of coke made for blast furnaces. Tony Thompson Editor,

I was a little skeptical of using the Dremel MiniMite as it has some substance to it. I thought it much to large to use on small bits as it is substantially larger and heavier than a pin vise.

Denny= Even Kadee cast metal couplers will fail now and then in hard operation. However, HO operators around here (Chicago area) generally convert over to the Kadee couplers, some allowing the OEM

I did a Google search on Steam Heated Tank Cars and it revealed that US Patent No.4480370 was given for a removable heater tube assembly to be inserted into the end or ends of tank cars and charged

I'm not so sure that using Dry Ice precluded the use of top loading hatches and bunkers. The 1940 CBC has photos of what appear to be two different purpose-built cars, DICX 1001first described in

On 2/18/09 Larry Wolohon posted: I think a disclaimer is needed here. Larry per his signature is modeling Whitefish MT, on the GN east-west mainline between Seattle and St. Paul. The vast majority

I just realised, I didn't make it clear I was referring to MTH's HO line. Not that it seems to be that much different to their O gauge line in accuracy! Ed

I hate to mention toy trains on this list, but perhaps it's worth getting the record straight on it! What's the expert opinion on the new MTH PFE reefers shown in their catalog, along with their

Dave, Thanks. Jim

This must be a new photo on your site Terry?? DICX 190 was built in Oct 36 and converted in 1939 or 40 when the lease to Dry Ice Corp was increased by 30 cars. Car was scrapped in Jun of

High carbon tool steel can actually be harder than HSS. The downside is that it also more brittle, and easily loses that hardness when heated.   Carbide is harder than both and is also more

Up into the mid fifties, all of the DICX cars supplied by MDT were modifications to their standard cars made by building insert kits and modifying the doors; as Larry King suggested one can

Hello, I am completing a Sunshine SLSF kit# 80.8 150000 series SS tall boxcar. Can someone give me a suggestion for matching Frisco's boxcar red? I use ScalecoatII paint. I tried a mix on Boxcar

Some others have put forward answers. If this duplicates others, sorry. Was Coke used residentially? From my father, yes. You threw a few pieces of coke along with a good sized piece of anthracite

wrote: find kitbash? most makes suitable hinges. Clover House has the DICX lettering though you may have to play with the number. Larry King American over 250 the the

bituminous only used a noxious cloud Walt, there were some places that didn't sell anthracite. Was coke more wide spread than we thought? Whoever mentioned that coke is a byproduct of illuminating gas

The fact that DCIX cars had hatch covers doesn't mean they had ice bunkers, Claus. It was common practice on refrigerator cars converted into refrigerated box cars (I.e., insulated cars without

And they always break off with just enough sticking out, that one cannot get them out. Had a Cary shell that looked like it had a bunch of antennae sticking out of it. Chuck Hladik