Garth Groff awrote: Only if they are simple. The area near the SP in San Luis Obispo, California shown in the Sanborn shows nothing at all in the railroad area, with the notation "full of

could be worse....

Thanks for the compliment! Jack

Hello Jack, again fantastic modeling! Many thanks for the link! Many greetings Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Samstag, 26. Dezember 2020 um 19:23

Hello together, I for myself welcome this new model very much as it seems to me that we will now get a nicely done 2D-F8 truck with in-gauge brake shoes for the first time! If these won't be

At least we know why the helium car is for sale. J. Stephen Sandifer

I've shared techniques and tools to remove details in part two of the Lackawanna boxcar upgrade story. It's the latest post on my DesignBuildOp blog.

Not very long ago, probably in the 2000s, Boston dug up some rifle-drilled wooden pipes in the downtown area. They had been made from trees. And as a side note ,one of my colleagues while I was

Ed, To quote the instructions "Taper tank ends, using a dime store pencil sharpener. Use care to taper all equally." Sadly the modeler took it a bit too far! That's just one of the challenging

looks like someone had a pencil sharpener

Chuck, You bring up a point that I am very interested in: Carbon used for filtration in water plants. I model the B&O's Georgetown Branch ca 1945-55, and include the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant

The boxcars in the background are led by a CB&Q car in two of the cuts. And, if my eyes don't deceive me, they all have truss rod underframes. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast

I'm at a loss as to how the 1935 could be a correct address. This is west (geographically southwest) of the 16th Street viaduct, if that is indeed the correct viaduct. Certainly could be, since it

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 05:03 AM, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford wrote: Some cautions with the Sanborn maps are in order... Sanborn maps usually show railway tracks in detail.But, keep in mind the

Schuyler I pointed out the Wool Soap signs yesterday afternoon with a comment I thought this was a building that dealt with by-products. Wool Soap was a brand name of the Swift company for one of

I am surprised that no one has mentioned that there are “Wool Soap” stickers all over the place. I am sure that this is a location where Wool Soap is involved. I’d say that the closest reefer

Tony, the Alaska RR would be the fourth. Sometimes UP cars would go thru the Milw. Hope this helps, DSB. David S. Burnett On Sunday,

I apologize for the digression, could you name the fourth US line that interchanged to the Lower Mainland? I'm at a loss, there's GN, MILW and NP but I'm obviously missing something. Is it ARR

Hi Irv, The Nickel Plate's "swing tail R" was in use in advertising since the teens, but only used on some rolling stock and engines during the 1939-1947 period (and even then, was only haphazardly

Brian Carlson wrote: Kind of a twisted perspective on the NKP . . . Tony Thompson tony@...