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Good one Nelson, that crossed my mind too. regards, Fred Jansz

Thank you Fenton! regards Fred Jansz

This shows the way it was done before development of Evans loaders . One end of the vehicle is lifted, with wheels removed, and the axle is supported with wooden A-frames. Wood blocking and wire

Years ago, somebody on this list shared with me an ICC Valuation report for the C&O and PM listing all the freight cars and cabooses with there depreciated values. I can't seem to Key Word search for

When would they have quit loading cars in box cars this way? Tom in Texas

If Plastruct's ABS liquid cement does not work, I'd simply use contact cement. Any brand (Barge, et al) You can dilute the solvent based contact cements with straight MEK - it becomes less stringy and

These photos show some of the hardware used to position and secure vehicles. Bob Chaparro Hemet,

cool! what a great collection. https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH-AHB2009q23630&max_w=310 -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

 Hi List Members, Another good search is to type in SHIPPING CRATE in the search box... lots of color photos of wooded shipping crates, good for a wide range of era. I suspect these could be

 Hi Bob, This site has a few nice freight car images, thanks for setting our attention to it. One example can be seen below. PRR 50626, a 80,000 lb capacity boxcar reweighed in 1915. There is

I recommend plastic as they are easier to drill for 0.008 in. wire pipe. Nelson Moyer

Could be, I never tried a long soak. I spoke from the perspective of an electronics technician who often had to solder junctions including magnet wire. That was always a pain, but various tricks

Precision Scale Retainer valves are HO-3263 in Brass and HO 31796 in plastic Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Bill I am looking at Scalecoat, Vallejo and Model Master color charts only and photos on the Internet. I have not painted an MEC car ; however, based on charts a very dark green so I would start with

Hi all, here and there I read about a Precision Scale retainer valve being the ultimate part to use next to a brake wheel and housing on our precious HO-scale cars. However, I can't find exactly

Bill Welch

I would try canopy glue. Tony Thompson

I've done extensive modification to some American Limited diaphragms some years ago (don't recall if they were gray or black) and was able to use solvent cement, but I suspect they are ABS and the

Dan, you are right, a few wipes of lacquer thinner won’t remove the insulation, however, you are also wrong, soaking wire in lacquer thinner for several hours does soften the insulation, and then it