Scott; The big secret is out! Seriously, though, I have been wondering why some folks had been denying it. I also wonder what positioning is going on, to be the one to take over that time slot and

I am very happy to report that the two books I ordered from Lodestar Auctions arrived safely, and the condition was as good as the description. There were some technical problems around registering

Dave, I think I understand all that, but in this case I thought we were talking about designing miniature versions of real world objects. Or, more precisely, designing a series of smaller parts which,

Dave Nelson wrote: Dave is right. The more accurate your drawing is, in representing the real-world object, the LESS creativity was supplied by you. Lotsa labor, sure, but not creativity; and

Charles R Yungkurth wrote: I do 3d cad work every day. Drawings of utilitarian objects, such as blueprints, cannot be copyrighted. The exception are building plans and any creative aspect applied to

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Not necessarilly. See Meshworks v Toyota. Per that decision, 3d cad models exhibt no creativity for those elements that are accurately representing a real world object and

Ben, Just found the proto photos, and agree with your conclusion that the Atlas sides do not project as far as the prototype. Wish I had known more about this when I saw the car, although I did not

Not only that, Chuck, but as the creator (note that word) of CAD files that represent a pre-existing and no-longer-extant object (a steam engine) I can tell you that it involved a LOT of

Interestingly, Pullman Standard also celebrated their 100th year in 1952 and had a special builder's badge used on some cars built that year to note that. It was, however, not used on the RI

The manufacturer's CAD files are not files of an existing object. They are a set of enginering drawing to make a set of dies for a product. Beginning to detect a pretty gross misunderstanding of what

Dave Evans wrote: "I have submitted a photo (pending moderator approval) of just the car corner and bracket - it seems clear to me that this is not the same as the old T plate shown on the Atlas web

No, the RI did not use this special logo on any other cars. They were used on 2000 PS-1 boxcars as well as 1000 ACF welded side box cars, both 40'6" IL built in 1951 and 1952. Regards, Steve Hile

Dennis Storzek wrote: The law is pretty simple: 3d cad files of pre-existing real world objects are not protected by copyright because no creativity was used in producing the cad files. Lots of time

In 1952 the CRI&P or Rock Island Railroad celebrated 100 years of service by having a special herald on new cars. I have seen pictures which show 40' single door box cars painted this way and I have

I modified the Roundhouse cars to more closely resemble the Whiting cars used in New England. Here are a couple of shots of my models: http://www.freewebs.com/nynhh/milkcars.htm There are shots on

Fred, Many thanks for being so observant. I have a couple of Jay williams pix with N&W 90-ton gons going through Columbus, Ohio.  No more detail.  We are guessing Toledo, Sandusky, etc. for

Thank you Chuck.Quite a sizeable amount of coal for such a small road.Armand Premo

1949 Moody's says the Rutland received 244,395 tons of anthracite and 176,529 tons of bituminous. For some reason a few of the New England railroads reported in tonnage rather than car

Al,       All the photos I have seen are of N&W, and VGN 2, or 3 pocket hoppers with bottom doors. No gonds are present. The unloading was gravity, no dumpers. I wish I knew more about the RR's

The Roundhouse milk car is based on the 1928 MDT Pfaudler car. Drawings for this car are available througth the NYCHS. I have a couple of the cars but have never taken the time to check them