Would anyone of you Frisco models know the correct tan or beige color to use for the SLSF USRA Rebuild " Frisco Faster Freight" cars? What would be the closest paint match? Ditto on the

September 12-15 in Seattle may be too late on your visit schedule, but the National NG meet ( www.seattle2012.com ) starting then in Seattle would certainly meet your layout visit wants. Charlie

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "Packaged lumber (i.e., even-sized stacks wrapped in plastic) wasn't shipped on flat cars until the '60s and later." The move towards "packaged" lumber was underway

Apologies fpr misdirecting that email. CJ Riley Bainbridge Island WA

Samuel, I have forwarded your note to the Seattle NMRA yahoo group for layouts in this area and there are many super ones. I had to help a modeler with the same last name as the quarterback for my

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Sam; Unusual response: If you go to Vegas, you may end up missing a front tooth, married, and wondering where your girlfriend is... Seriously, if you can

Samuel, You may want to join the model railroads of southern california group, they have regularly scheduled layout tours and i suspect you would get several invitations there. Mike

Hello Me and my girlfriend will fly over the pond to the US in early September. We’ll drive from Seattle down the Coast to San Francisco and LA, take a turn to Las Vegas and fly back from LA on

Aaron Gjermundson wrote: My experience has been the same, in Pittsburgh, PA and here in Berkeley (my current house was built in 1926). It's certainly true that the wood is dark brown, but if you

I've live in a couple "steam era" houses and can tell you that the structural lumber used in both of them was NOT finished. The floor joists in my current house, visible in my layout room are 2x10's

White glue is water soluble, even after it dries, while Elmer's Carpenter's glue is recommended for exterior applications and doesn't dissolve once set. I was under the impression that yellow glue

Bill, Elmer's glue is "white glue" ... even if you are using the yellow version aka "carpenter's glue". Elmer's does not always dry "clear" (especially the yellow one). There are several

In doing a series of URTX reefer decals for Stan Rydarowicz, I did a spinoff version for my line. See: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/samples/URTX.jpg HO versions of the ones for Stan are

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Bob; I am sure you've already gone through the Fallen Flags site. If you want to invest more time, just about every large RR historical society has files

Hi Guys! I'm looking for an on line source of pictures of used and abused 40' gons, you know, where the sides are all whopperjawed and they are sway backed. Any load and any road. Any suggestions?

Is some of this dependent upon changes in the lumber industry? Ie era specific? As in moving from human handling to machine handling of each stick. I've had the privilege to tour a few sawmill

Jim, can you please give us some Brand names for white glue? Thanks Bill Welch, showing my ignorance

Sure. If you make puddle of the stuff, which is not the best way to employ a solvent-based contact cement like Goo. The instructions say to spread it out thinly on both parts. Sounds like people are

Dave, At least one way to connect these dissimilar materials is to use double-sided foam tape. I have yet to encounter a 'flexible' adhesive (such as Goo) that does not out gas solvents that

I realized that some historical perspective is in order to understand why the USRA turned to the ICC for their critique of the "Perishable Protective Tariff No.1" in 1920. Beginning in 1905 the ICC