Sorry, but no.  Dagny Taggart was the owner of the John Galt line.(Re)read the  book before commenting. Tom Warne

that's exactly what makes the double entendre so delicious! :-) Tim

I'm relieved that this thread is not about a certain east coast model RR manufacturer no longer caring about accuracy..... Andy

And John Galt was the owner of the John Galt Lines, in the book Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. SGL Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 11:46 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] aTLAS

Charlie Vlk wrote: True, Charlie, but it begs the question entirely <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Dennis Storzek wrote: An article about these panel replacements in Railway Age also observed that they retained the advantage of being supported by the side stakes, like the original flat

Easy now.  Rob maybe a youngster amongst us chronologically challenged types.  Wink! Evan Leisey Bennett, CO

.....the John Galt Line is/was Al Westerfield's home road.... something all STMFC guys should know!!! Charlie Vlk

Chet, These cars may have been rebuilt with yet another variation offered by Union Metal Products, designed to be used with 5-1/2" bulb angle stakes. The common panels projected 4" from the normal

I can't see the forming press being anything unusual; the side of each panel was about the same as the size of the panels that made up a Dreadnaught end (also made by the same company, Union Metal

I'm looking forward to the movie. The trains look good but aren't they the wrong era to match yours? Jim westerfield@...> wrote: [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Rob Manley wrote: Rob, Rob, you're flubbing the straight line. You're supposed to say, "Who was John Galt?" Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

I use the Walgreens nail sanding boards and cut them down to thin strips with my xacto or boxcutter. If I am in a hurry I'l cut the ends to shape with my side cutting rail nippers. Rob Manley Midwest

I tried Google earth to find the Galt Line as a possible prototype for my steam era freight cars. No luck. Who is John Galt? Rob Manley Midwest Mod-U-Trak "Better modeling through personal

My idea of a useful sanding stick is a little patch of sandpaper on the angled end of a stick, useful for sanding small surfaces between rivets and other details. I agree with Ray that 3M wet-or-dry

Northwest Short Lines sells the same spring loaded handles as Woodcraft, but NWSL has two additional grits, 400 and 600.  Have found these indispensable. Evan Leisey Bennett, CO

Extra South, top of p.115; on the C&O in 1951. David Thompson

There's a photo of NKP 32108 in Kline and Culotta, "PFCF", p 153. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

NEAT!!!

I just dug through my photo stash, and found a photo of CN 117717, which is a pre-USRA rebuilt into a panel twin. Also not mentioned yet are the P&LE panel twins, which I suppose should fall under