That is probably the reason that floors that have been waxed with Future and others need to be stripped occasionally, especially commercial floors. Chuck Hladik

I have had and know a few people who used to use the ( Floor Way ) on there models. This is over 30 years ago. after a few years of being out in the air the models turned ( YELLOW ) Those that

Bill Pardie asked: "In a recent article in "O" Scale Trains Gene Diemling referred to using Future to "seal" decals. I had previously heard references to using this product to prepare surfaces for

Bill, Yes, it is applied with an airbrush. No, no need to thin in my experience... although I was reading Model Railroad Hobbiest last night and one author said he thinned it with ammonia. Future

In a recent article in "O" Scale Trains Gene Diemling referred to using Future to "seal" decals. I had previously heard references to using this product to prepare surfaces for decaling. For this

I agree about the NMRA collection although mysteriously, the online photos seem to be shrinking in number. When I first discovered this resource about a year ago, most of the Bob Charles Collection

I have found a few patents that are similar to the ends in the photo. Remember that the ends actually manufactured often did not follow any patents to avoid licensing fees and royalties. My

Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: Jim Eager <jeager@...> Reply-To: <RITSlist@...> Date: Friday, September 14, 2012 10:52 AM To: RI Models <RI_models@...> Cc: RITS

To the list of Archives, I add the NMRA library which is scanning their materials and making them available on line (http://www.nmra.org/ )and the Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum in Temple, Texas,

For those disposing of their car photo collections, perhaps it is wise to consider either donating to a friend or donating to a railroad archive during one's lifetime or making it mandatory in one's

Greetings Bob! The steel vertical corrugated ends installed on the W&LE single-sheathed box cars were two stamped sections with a vertical seam in the center. There is a rendering of this end in the

If its between about mid-November and New Years Day, the annual Christmas rush of mail and express cars saw a lot of cars in places you might not have considered normal as the RRs and REA used

I understand D. K. Retterer passed away last year. I have been unable to find out what the status is of his collection of builders photos. A variety of inquireies went unanswered, but I have not

Does anyone have builder and build date info for RI 5000-5292? I have the PS-built cars RI 5085-5184. Also, does anyone have info about the CRIP to RI change? Were cars with CRIP marks simply

Staffan, the photo caption specifically mentions Hillyard, Washington. There are at least 7 reefers in the scene, including one R7 stripped to its frame. Several buildings are in the background. It

Do you mean the cars are at the Hillyard shops of Western Fruit Express or do you really mean they are at the shops of the Great Northern (at the other end of the yard)? Staffan Ehnbom

Found this via Google, has a lot of info and company history, may have an answer to your question. http://www.oldgas.com/shoptalk/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001829.html There is a real hobby related to

The drawings in the CBC are not to the same scale as MM, for sure. UTLX was pretty consistent with the 6500 and 10000 gallon tanks, over the years. The 10K gallon tanks were, in general, always 87

They were used for storage mail/express, and I have seen photos of SP head end cars in Albany NY (going to/from NY or Boston for example). But I rather doubt they would end up in a freight yard in

Good point about the standard steel drawings being in the state archives in Harrisburg. I access them often. Roger, the photos I have are NYC&HRR 77971 and LS&MS 73558. I believe in your