Wow! Chalk mark heaven! Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL https://www5.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."

Lookit the chalk marks! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> on behalf of STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date:

For boxcar I use self adhesive tire balancing weights direct stuck to the floor directly above and centered on the truck bolster screw with weight equally split between the two ends. Last time I

One of the photos currently being offered on eBay is Baltimore & Ohio B&O 467071 M-55H Time-Saver postwar AAR box car 8x10 photo ( 371360697673 ). Looking at the photo carefully suggests to me that

..with the era and kind of modeler here I thought some of you might want to know: At the very moment I have some HO Exact Scale Upper Quadrant Semaphore Signal Kits for sale: 3 home interlocking

Fred, Ben has it right. If I had to pick one thing that is causing this, it would have to be uneven track. From own experience, track sections not accurately joined, ( not flush and smooth),

I wrote: Classes G36 (1957) and G38 (1960) are actually in scope for this list. Correction - Class G36 was built in 1958. Ben Hom

Elden Gatwood wrote; "They even went so far to place Crown trucks from scrapped H21, on brand-new classes like some of the G36 gons, and the new ore jennies (G38 and G39). I have no idea what the

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Group; To throw more gasoline on your fire, the PRR, and it must've been knowingly, used their "Crown" trucks, which did NOT have integral journal boxes

Lead was and remains a significant component in aviation gasoline. During WWII, much of the AVGAS production shipped by rail to domestic airfields. The San Bruno branch of the National Archives has

I wrote incorrectly: I meant to say; Trucks were not required to have integrally cast journal boxes in order to be used in interchange. As Brian said, as long as they were not "I", "L" or "T" section

That line needs to be deleted. It never existed. Brian Leppert

Okay. Then what should the line in the AAR Interchange Dates file be modified to read? Here's what is on my copy of the file. 1957 - trucks w/integrally-cast journal boxes required in interchange

Eric wrote: "This is interesting. I see a 1962 reweigh date on this Wabash car. I assume this car was not used in interchange as the Andrews truck would be outlawed. As per the AAR Interchange Dates

This is not correct. If it were true, how could you explain the existence of roller bearing trucks. In my copy of the 1966 Interchange Rules there is no ban on Andrews trucks, as long as they were

We have the mates to those trucks under Soo Line 33096 out at the Illinois Railway Museum. Dennis Storzek

This is interesting. I see a 1962 reweigh date on this Wabash car. I assume this car was not used in interchange as the Andrews truck would be outlawed. As per the AAR Interchange Dates file

Clearly the Chinese factory screwed up... ;>) Bill Schneider Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 7:02 AM To: stmfc@... Subject: [STMFC] one Andrews truck, one Barber truck

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