Denny, You did better than I did... the only meal I had on a Southern Pacific Train (101) was courtesy of the automat. Yeccchhh! Fortunately, the train had five PA's on the point as we went over

Denny, Ours came out when it hit 125... half an hour later it was ready to slice and serve. And it was perfect... with enough left over for roast beef sandwiches for days to come. We can get some

Wow Denny sounds good. My father likes it simple and asked if pizza would be okay. My wife made fudge, pistacio puddy, cold vegetable pizza, cheese ball and marshmallow crunches. I made pepperoni

Bill Kelly wrote: The drawing in the 1946 Cyc, page 373, does not show anything about the center sill, Bill. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

The 1941 AAR Specifications for Tank Cars has a lettering diagram in appendix C, this is the same drawing that appears in the Car Builder's Cyclopedias. Note 6 to the diagram states "Car number and

Denny Anspach wrote: Aw, cut it out, Denny! You're making my mouth water all over my keyboard! Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Oh, yes. However, I have a children and grandchildren with whom I barter hospitality for such homely tasks. Well, today, I am chef, cook, and bottle washer with my capable son-in-law as assistant- a

My carelessness had me replying to what I thought was a PM. Please accept my apologies, and let me take some more of your bandwidth to wish everyone well. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Hello Paul, Add $2.00. I figure that by all rights, this should be Brian's best selling truck. Andy Carlson 111 S Encinal Ave Ojai CA 93023 805 646 3334 I will mailing after the first.

As a general guide, which (among other things) explains the required tank test data, one can hardly do better than the AAR Standard Lettering and Marking Diagrams, which were published in every

I lived in Minnesota from the mid-50s to the early 70's, More than one local TV news program proclaimed proudly "Here in the Great Northwest". Maybe that's what confused Tim. False advertising by the

Ahem, Tim. I have checked the statements in my e-mail. I wrote: I wrote: I wrote: Note that I my reference was to the Northwest. The Pacific Northwest consists of Oregon, Washington, and

Sorry List, and Mike, That was suppose to be off list to Andy. Paul Lyons

Denny Anspach wrote: As far as I know, Denny, this practice was at the discretion of the owner of the car (I've never seen an MCB or ARA/AAR lettering drawing with tank car center sill

Friends, would you kindly refer me to a ready source for learning standard tank car lettering conventions? I have studied many tank photos, some of them very nice high resolution, and either my

Hi Andy, I got the "flyer" and my answer from Brian as to the truck prototype. Looks like it was a big replacement truck under SP B-50-15 and 16 boxcars. Since this was a big Sunshine seller, not to

Tim, I agree, brake fluid isn't particularly volatile, but it can boil. Driving down a steep mountain and braking too hard can fill one's brakes lines with vaporized brake fluid and lead to

That was my understanding from the start. It is worth pursuing, assuming that it would be possible to just put a "X" image in the place of such material or a link to where it can be found. Military

Rich Orr wrote: Rich is right, though generally presenters would be likely to do this happily. A more serious problem is photos, maps, and other graphics which are in handouts and

Kurt, This is a great idea and I would certainly purchase at least one copy. The problem which may be the largest is the presenters own the copyrights to the powerpoint presentations and the