Bill; Given that photo was taken at Havelock, NE on the CB&Q, it is likely a CB&Q Class XA-7/8 40' Single sheathed Automobile box being rebuilt (they had 5/5/5 ends). - Think Sunshine's CB&Q 22.6

Here is a list of the new Sunshine Models General American Type 17 Circumferentially Riveted Tank Cars that Martin will have for release at Timonium in February. 99.1 Sinclair Refining Co. (SDRX)

I alwas thought black car cement was similar to roofing tar but was dissolved in solvent rather than heated for application. Tar oxidizes to a flat, matte very dark grey finish. When I was a kid the

Dear list, I first sent this to the ESPEE list but if it is not a SP specific design this may a better forum. These are the devices used to insert heating coils through the dome of tank cars. Does

I just added a flyer for Sunshine's new tank car to my website. It will be available at Timonium. It's a GATC Type 17 8K gallon circumferentially riveted tank car offered in 8 different schemes. You

I can't see it... water transport was soooo much cheaper than rail, that's the reason for no all rail ore movements, at least during the shipping season, and then only when the following shipping

I had posted a doc like this under "return mtys via" in the files. Looking back at it I am surprised what I missed earlier: Provisions for hoppers of C&O - NW - VGN - LN – IC – CEI - CBQ -

I just posted, with Ed's permission, an Ed Hawkins scan of the painting section of the bill of materials from Greenville for the PRR X43 boxcars. The file name is "PRR X43 Paint

Ed Hawkins wrote: My only "view" is that the X43B/C and X44 box cars received the same paint treatment as the documented X43 and X43A cars. I have a copy of the the painting information from the

H.T. Guillaume writes: There is also...for our time period...another spec which was specified by...uh...Mother Nature. Well...maybe Mother Coal/oil Smoke. It is interesting to understand what some

I routinely use baking soda in my Badger media blasting tool to prep resin and styrene models. I use "A&H" or store brand baking soda . I do this sans cabinet outside. Bill Welch

Al Kresse wrote: Both statements are true, but the second should not be taken as an indication that galvanized roofs were not painted. The use of galvanized steel for roofing began around

Feight car folks only cared if the joints were properly sealed.  They used the same paint between the steel overlapping panels on box cars.  There they needed paint to properly stencil reporting

Baking soda is commonly used as a grit blasting agent in the electronics industry. Somewhere (!) I have a few canisters with baking soda that is screened to a particular particle size. The canisters

On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:49 PM, Andy Harman wrote: Andy, My approach on one project was to mask and spray the car cement area with a dead flat overspray, as opposed to a more satin like finish on

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:39:08 -0000, mguill1224 wrote I've never tried to model roof goo, but obviously it's not something that scales down very well. I've often thought that simply brush painting

H.T. Guillaume wrote: I have a photo of an SP caboose receiving a layer of car cement on its roof. It's being applied with what appears to be a string mop. But a number of paint specs

Thanks for the authoritative responses I received. The value of this list is that there are some real experts among the subscribers. Ed, I especially appreciate your input. I had previously done a

Thanks to Bill Keene and Jim Hayes, I'm all set. Randy Hammill http://newbritainstation.com

I'm no expert on this but I have seen specs for NYC freight and passenger cars. NYC usually called out a black roof cement which, I assume, is not much different from the black goo you can buy at