John: The new Yarmouth kit represents cars in series 297500-297799 built in 1923 with 13-6 door openings. With all due respect to you and to Ian, this statement is not at all consistent with the

Pierre, That is amazing news! I will surely be buying this! I am so excited! Corey

First regarding George's response I don't think the Interstate owned any USRA twin hoppers or copies of same. Second, the Athearn Rib Side Twin Hopper is very close to several thousand cars owned by

Assuming the reviewer measured the bulk density correctly (hmmm...), and assuming the beads were at least approaching closed pack density, the the density of the mystery metal was in ballpark of 5.6

David, I'm modeling Southern's Natural Tunnel route, which interchanged with the Interstate. This was a heavy rail branch that ran from Appalachia, Virginia to Bulls Gap, Tn. There was a cut off

Tim O'Connor wrote: If the actual density is even REMOTELY like the 4.15 g/cm3 claimed in the review, it sure ain't tungsten. You could look it up. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

not tungsten ?

Ed, The Interstate Railroad, despite its name, only operated in Southwest Virginia. It interchanged with Southern (which acquired it in 1960), Clinchfied, Louisvile and Nashville, and Norfolk and

I can think of a photo of this series car with the ten foot "original" doors taken at Rossland, BC in 1948. Not sure exactly how long 10' door cars lasted but they were certainly around in the

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Something is amiss here. Steel's density is 8.05 g/cm3. Even if the person "measuring" the density included the air, they should have gotten about 2/3 of the full

Below is a partial list of CPR 40' steel-frame auto cars extracted from the extensive roster list created by Ian Cranstone from ORER entries.. The 8th column is the door width. The new Yarmouth

Something is amiss here. Steel's density is 8.05 g/cm3. Even if the person "measuring" the density included the air, they should have gotten about 2/3 of the full density, or more than 5 g/cm3. A

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Or you could apparently request them. When PFE started with mechanical reefers, they used the "original" type ends at the A end, since the barrier between the

This photo was taken in 1936 on the backside of the Searsretail store in Boyle Heights. The location is aboutthree to four miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. This was a time when the

"Shot blasting media" suggests to me that these miniature balls are for shot peening, an industrial process which smooths over minute surface "risers" on steel parts, such as crankshafts and

Thanks for checking with Pierre about this car. Given that it was originally built n 1923 it would be great to have an original version available for my 1926 focus. Pierre, count me in for at least

Ask and you shall receive! I've had a conversation with the pattern maker on this kit and we've established that we can indeed offer a "as built" variant set of parts for this

​Well, I guess that rules out depleted uranium ;) Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Part of an on-line review stated, "I am not sure what metal is used for the tiny little "BBs", but it is not magnetic and after a few measurements I came up with a density of about 4.15 gr/cm3 (lead

I have been using rattle cans of Dullcoat for as long as I remember. It does give a flat finish but not always a uniform finish. I am not building contest quality models , just for me to run at home