Perfect! I even found the size of the facility in Redding in 1924. Doubt that I’ll have the 170 vehicles that were stored there. Still trying to find out more about asphalt suppliers for northern

In the '50s there was a large field behind the YMCA covered with some kind of asphalt based material. In the heat of the summer there were patches where bubbles would form (maybe liquid was used to

Recently I bought some drills designed to be used on PC boards. They have an 1/8 inch shank which tapers down to the actual drill. I've found them to be more brittle (likely to break) than

Are there any photos of the top of the dome of an insulated tank car like UTLX 60036, pictured on p. 216 of the Kline Culotta book? Ed Mines

Paul Dave Laleme does custom printing - contact info here. I think Highball (now Dave?) does all of Mask Island's printing. I think most or all of it is ALPS

The state of California published a monthly journal focusing on the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways from the late teens to the late seventies? Within its covers were up to date

Asphalt is also known as pitch, tar, and bitumen. Asphalt to road surfaces is the same as cement is to (concrete) sidewalks – an important part of the whole aggregate. Thinking of it as a tar

Hello- I have a special offer for fans of the 1937 AAR 40' box car. Ten new, mint kits, all factory painted and lettered. Contents look to have not been disturbed. No dealer stickers. A fine batch of

Does anybody have any suggestions for short ru8ns of decals? Jerry Glow did many sets of ten for me before he retired, is there anyone else doing short runs? T^hanks Paul C. Koehler

Dang. I proofed everything but that first line. It should read as this: I think there are a couple things here that we see when a CAMERA is positioned six INCHES from a model. Sorry 'bout

Hey Don! I think there are a couple things here that we see when a car era is positioned six from a model. First, the F&C decals are a bit thick, or heavy, so they do look different from the finer

Cooler there than inland. In the late 50’s/early 60’s many streets in Taft and Bakersfield had asphaltum. In the 110 degree weather, it would get a little soft. Some areas would be black and

The rural county I live in here in South Central Illinois still oils and chips many roads annually as do most of the small municipalities. The oil is dispensed from a truck that looks

Wasn't "asphaltum" also used sometimes to describe"car cement" (?) or other heavy roof or rustproofing compounds? I always think of the gooey stuff you slosh onto the roof of buildings,or

At least here in the West, many early paved roads were made with surface mined asphaltum. About 5 miles RR East from San Luis Obispo, CA, the SP and the Narrow Gauge Pacific Coast Railway shared

Rich Orr wrote: According to several web sources, asphaltum is merely the old name for asphalt. It was in use before the 20th century. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

I agree with Tony. A set of pipes go from the top of the tank car to the top of the heater/pump trailer. The product then goes into the pump, back out the top of the trailer, then to the tanker

There are two photos of the UTLX car at Marietta MN being unloaded into a road oil truck. The date is June 1954. I don’t think the photo has anything to do with asphalt. In the mid-west it was a

Not to muddy the waters more but what is the difference between asphalt concrete and asphaltum? Are they the same or is asphaltum the recycled asphalt concrete which is stripped from the road,

Peter Hall wrote: I don't agree at all. The background is much lighter (hazy?) and the hose to the dome top is dark. I see a continuous line of hose from the tank car to a fixture on the top of the