Here is a sequence of views of transformers and runner being delivered on the Seattle City Light Skagit River Railway in early 1950's. View 01 - Here we have Skagit River Railway center cab diesel No.

Would express freight such as"LCL, Overnight, reefers, etc" roam off of their home roads and if so, how far might they travel? I am modeling a Southern layout c1955 and have some SAL Express Freight

Rich; Thanks for that fabulous photo. This is a PRR F37B actual F37B in its prime, with obvious well “hole” flat features (no floor), including lack of support under the floor that does

Photo of runner for Ross Powerhouse generator No. 41 on C&O 80977 well car. Photo taken at Rockport, WA on Great Northern after the Skagit River Railway was abandoned and runner was delivered on

Here are four more photos of Great Northern well car GN 60002, including closeup of well. These were taken in October 1958 and shows runner for Diablo generator No. 32. Rich Wilkens

I have NEVER understood what was so bloody wonderful about Accupaint and now Tru-Color. It never worked for me. I paint a lot of brass, and when I painted a couple of things with the Accupaint

Continuing the well car / depressed center car threads. These are various photos from the Seattle City Light Skagit Power Project. PRR 470031 with runner for Seattle City Light Ross Powerhouse, car on

Like many I’m experimenting with Tru-Color paints. I’ve had some rude experiences, and also gotten some nice results. FWIW, here are my experiences so far … 1) The volatiles escape from the

Hi Bruce, Andy, and List Members, Thanks Bruce for the additional info and pointers, and thanks Andy for the very useful info. I think I found the 'blog' that Bruce refered to in his post, it is

claus: thanks for the clarafication, i think venting on the manufacture might (?), have better results, at least (?) he might wake up? ;-) mel perry

 Hi Mel and List Members, Mel wrote: "as an aside, why buy a half bottle of paint, better yet why didn't the lhs spot this?" If the paint were sold in clear glass bottles, there would be some

Actually, the "partial" bottle problem was a part I already knew about. As Andy Carlson pointed out, the bottles don't do a perfect job of sealing and can evaporate volatiles. That was one of the

claus: ever give a thought of discussing this problem with the manufacture? as an aside, why buy a half bottle of paint, better yet why didn't the lhs spot this? just asking? ;-) mel perry

 Oops, looks like my reply got truncated somehow - that shoud read "The boxcar closest to the camera seems like it might be CP 100016. Claus Schlund

Hi Bruce and List Members. I also had my first experience using Tru-Color Paint in recent days. I purchased one bottle each of TCP-822 FLAT RAILROAD TIE BROWN and TCP-830 FLAT RAIL BROWN. I was

Don; Here’s that B&M car you need for the occasional shipment of a GE turbine to your nearby hydropower plant (attached). Elden Gatwood

Group; Forgive the late date of photo, but I do not have one in NYC days. What does anyone know of this car in its early days? Was it an NYC product? I find the engineering

I am working on Sunshine Santa Fe Ft'V flat car. Virtually all Santa Fe freight cars had the brake reservoir mounted crosswise on the car. Neither the Sunshine instructions nor the Santa Fe open

Bruce- You may be suffering from the volitiles gassing off right past the lid (Tru-Coloe and AccuPaint use plastic bottles with often porely sealing lids. A real problem with AccuPaint over the years.

You bet, Don. Manufacturers of tall loads did design things to fit the clearance diagram, but were constantly pushing the RRs to provide them deeper cars. The most extreme of the “suspended