For those of you who are thinking, "Great, but where the hell am I going to get walnut shells and what can I use to grind them into a uniform, small size?"....... They are sold in any fine Hobby Shop

Tim is correct that Coutts is in Alberta. It is on the Canadian Pacific side of the border with GN's route off of the "transcontinental" mainline from Shelby MT. It was - and still is - an active

John Stokes wrote: John, you are wandering WAY off list topic territory. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

It is really important to some people and not to others, which is one of those things great about America. You many be offended by something that I find amusing or inconsequential. Just remember in

A friend in SoCal was an ammo reloader and used walnut shell in a vibrator to clean his brass (probably not recommended for our brass) Jerry Glow

Brian, the earliest photos I have of NYC cars with the extended Gothic stenciling show two box cars with reweigh/repaint dates of BG (Beech Grove) 6-55. They were taken by Will Whittaker on the

" The first you cut in the shape of a (politically incorrect term coming) Christmas tree." Reading this brought to mind Christmas of 1958, my new wife and I had just moved to Loa Angeles, CA in Sept.

I now recall that I used "V-Groove" siding to make my "branches" and did not have to do any additional scribing but now that I think of it, it might not be a bad idea for the most common sizes.

Thanks all for the clarification of the location of Coutts; I guess it`s too much to expect of an Albertan archive to know what towns are in Alberta. The photo shows the cars in a siding that appears

Another gentle abrasive material are pulverized walnut shells. I remember seeing a show about repairing and upgrading Army and Marine HUMVEE's and they were using this material to remove paint. I have

Coutts is in Alberta; Sweetgrass MT is the other side of the border. The route is Great Falls-->Shelby-->Calgary (GN+?) via Coutts/Sweetgrass.

The best place I found for small screws is Micro-Fasteners.com Check out their on-line catalog. I have two of their original kits for this car. I remember I put them back in storage because I didn't

They were also shipped in box car loads. Around here, the arrival of the first load of the year was even announced in the press as heralding the Christmas season. I've occasionally thought it would

Frank - what you may find interesting is that inaddition to CPR traffic interchanged to GN at Coutts/Sweetgrass you will also find CNR traffic (Edmonton...) traffic interchanged to CPR Calgary for GN

Jerry-- He's taking a litle poke at poltical correctness. Even Ben Stein has opined on "Christmas" trees in a well-put article. Christmas trees, BTW, were, in STMFC days, shipped in gondola cars to

Coutts, Alberta, is a twin town with Sweetgrass, Montana. It's a significant port of entry to this day. The local railroad is a GN branch that comes up from Virden, just west of Shelby; I don't know

I know a late reply, cleaning up my Yahoo folder, but anyhow the RPC #1 by Ed Hawkins suggests Floquil #110179 Mineral Brown. Underframe and Trucks were black.   Rich C

Richard, Tom, Andy, and Group, Thank you for the info regarding the IM coupler box on the 70-ton flatcar. Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Have been using a countersink to make 2-56 flat head screws fit flush on the cover. Also tap the old pin hole for 2-56s. BTW McMaster-Carr & others are a good source for small screws at much better

Al: I wasn't sure of the date the reporting marks changed so I didn't want to assume anything. Hopefully someone on here knows for sure. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY From: