Find the January 1987, vol 3 number 1 issue of the UPHS magazine, _The Streamliner_. There is a very good article by Frank Peacock titled "Box and Autocar Nomenclature". This is the first

Same as today, by bulk hopper truck.

I’ve been using Styrene Tack-it

I use Aleene’s for a lot. Gluing down my track, for example. It is a bit flexible when dried, I use it for gluing etched running boards on plastic models. Randy -- — Randy Hammill Prototype

Tim (and others on this list), Is there a single source that lists the "almost dead-on right" Athearn cars - hopefully, including: -- the prototype to which the model is

Hi, Although not directly related to the topic of this list - I have no other good place to ask ... If you have a cement plant and it is shipping bagged in box cars and bulk in hopper cars ... how

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The cars show that they were built in September of 1910, if that helps. Ken Montero

Richter 1316 Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Fritz Milhaupt via groups.io" <fmilhaupt@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Sunday, June 6,

Very close to dead on right. But the major error is the MIRROR IMAGE roof ! Oops. The *almost* dead-on right award goes to several Athearn models including the R-40-23

Richter Vinegar had four of these, painted school bus yellow, from the late 1960s until about 1980. They cycled between an apple processing facility in Scottville, Michigan (about ten miles east of

At one time, the Southern owned and moved a considerable number of stock cars. In addition to cattle, several hundred cars of horses and mules were sent to Pinners Point, VA for export to Spain

Oops! You're right. The diagonal panels are reversed.

Aleene's Tacky Glue has a long and storied past. Originally designed by 3M to glue blue foam insulation to plywood, it lost out in favor of tube-loaded products, such as Liquid Nails. 3M sold the

I have used(with good results) Aleene's. I buy the smaller bottle as it will dry out over the years. There is no strength to this product so it should not be used for 'pulling' surfaces. However,

RE: Cattle chewing on coating Note the caption said the coating was tested “on 25 cars for 3 years”. I’m assuming someone would notice if there was a problem with the cattle chewing on the

Garth You are correct they are cut backwards or the wrong way round. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

John, Aren't the roof stiffening panels cut backwards? Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Union Pacific class S-40-12. This is one of the very few models that Athearn got dead-on right (but I think the brake gear has to be rearranged).

Thanks Jack. With that information I was able to Google more information on it. Turns out there is a survivor car at IRM! Pretty cool. Thanks Scott McDonald