The film, Atlas Shrugged Part 1 will debut April 15th. For those unaware of the book, part 1 deals with building The John Galt Line. Its climax features a high speed freight as the first train on

Hi Dean! Step 1: go to "favorite home improvement barn". Buy 300, 600, etc grit sandpaper and spray mount. Step 2: go to "favorite drug & sundries barn". Buy tongue depressors. Step 3: go to

Rather than journey to my not-so-local hobby shop, I went to a large craft store looking for sanding sticks, but they didn't have any. I thought that was a possible source, dimly remembered... or was

You can also add the D&H.The CV added panels to some of their hoppers.They had some cars with only a few panels added.The Central Vermont also removed the panels on some of the hoppers that had been

Central Vermont had some, there was an article in RMC a few years ago on these cars. Roger Hinman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The Wabash had two groups of panels hoppers. The older cars included 1000 USRA cars built in 1919 and 750 cars built by Standard Steel Car in 1923, consisting of new bodies and rebuilt trucks. 500

The C&O converted 23 twin-bay and 1200 triple-bay rib-sided cars.   Did anyone find any cost data on the cost of these panels vs. flat panels? . . . documentation as to what monster-press they

Clark, Like the PRR the New Haven had a sum total of one car. Greg Martin

NKP 32000-32149 (149 cars, not 150). Rebuilt in 1936 from NKP 30750-31749 composite hoppers, originally built in 1923. These cars are a little odd, in that they only have six blisters per side,

Clark, D&H had some also. Chuck Hladik Rutland Railroad Virginia Division

The only other railroads that I know of that had panel sides are the Rock Island and the MKT. There might be another RR that I am kinda of sure that had them but it'll have to wait until when I get

I finished a Power Point presentation for Stan Rydarowicz last week. It's mainly about the Wabash cars. That's what Stan sells models of. Also included are C&O, NYC, PRR, and CNW. I have a couple

Thanks Tim for the great information on oysters. Not all of use that are members of this list can attend prototype meetings so we do miss a lot of what is discussed there. One of the more interesting

Don Valentine wrote: Remember that cars need not be loaded to "capacity," and often were not. Even several hundred pounds of fish might well be shipped in an express reefer. Tony Thompson

Great post, Peter! On teh norht side of Boston the B&M frequently had one or two express reefers of fish frm the Maritimes on the head end of the "Gull", which originated in Halifax, NS. Most

Frank, I have documentation from NP records regarding fish shipments you may be interested in seeing. Send me your e-mail account off line and we can go from there. Some of the comments I have

I spray Kadee couplers with various colors of Polly Scale thinned with distilled water per instructions (10 percent water) and 6 to 8 drops of Liquitex Flow aid per ounce of spray mix. I airbrush the

Thank you Paul: It appears the NYPL copy may be out of place or missing. The Stanford Library also shows something. I will investigate both further. I am embarrassed that I forgot to try

Regarding commercial fishing on the Great Lakes, this 1922 report http://www.glfc.org/pubs_out/fishing_industry_greatlakes.PDF contains some interesting information about fish products, packing, and

Bill, it looks like the NY Public Library and Stanford University may have it. http://www.worldcat.org/title/mechanical-department-circular/oclc/52389767&referer=brief_results Paul Seattle, WA