Bob, I have thought of buying a brass propeller from Model Expo but have not. They may also have plastic ones if weight is an issue. Here is the link:

Garth wrote: or Garth, Many 14" and 16" naval gun barrels were manufactured and all were finished (lined) at the Washington Naval Yard (aka Wahington Naval Gun Factory) in DC. Barrels being shipped

Bill Keene wrote: "While I can not confirm where the big gun -- 16-inch -- barrels of the Iowa Class battleships were manufactured, I can tell you that the breach mechanisms were cast and machined at

Garth G. Groff wrote: Tony replied: That car was assigned to the Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet New York. Its primary duty was to transport shore battery guns to installations all over the right

My father was a career employee of the Army Corps of Engineers (Clemson trained). When I was about 5 years old, we moved from Albuquerque to Tullahoma, TN where the CofE would build for the still new

My father was a career employee of the Army Corps of Engineers (Clemson trained). When I was about 5 years old, we moved from Albuquerque to Tullahoma, TN where the CofE would build for the still new

Both Alexander and Stewart are now owned by Tomar, and Stewart has a few HO loads, including the propellers, listed on their website Cheers Dave North http://www.tomarindustries.com/sp.htm

The Milwaukee version of this distinctive and quite esoteric steel car with plated ends, plated roof, and plug doors was notoriously produced as an HO model by Gordon Varney in 1937 as his very

Perhaps "Baobab" was not entirely a nonsense name for "an excessive dimension car ". By some measures the Baobab is one of the largest trees on earth, at least in terms of girth. The largest is

Richard, Sorry for the late response, but I didn't catch until today your rquest of info on paint codes. I have a copy of a drawing labelled "PAINT IDENTIFICATION", but it has a 1969 date. It is

Alan - Any chance that you could give us the citation for that article? Thanks, Paul Greenwald [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Garth Groff wrote: "Selly (now sold by Bowser) and Stuart (Stewart? Not the locomotive people) used to offer propellers." Stewart Products. They did a line of white metal kits including transformers

Garth G. Groff wrote: That would be Hawthorne. For flat cars, I'd urge you to consult page 55 of "Coast Line Pictorial," where an SP photo shows a coastal defense rifle being moved on the

That's the car, Alan. Don't need to model it. I have one Stan Rydarowicz made for me years ago. I am supplying parts to a guy wanting to make one. I just want to know about the prototype. Clark

Bob, Selly (now sold by Bowser) and Stuart (Stewart? Not the locomotive people) used to offer propellers. Have you checked the Walthers catalog? I think Model Shipways also used to have

Technically, the barrels were not "replaced" but were relined - essentially a new "sleeve" was placed in the barrel and the rifling was cut into place. I don't have dates and times, but I've read of

Me too. And roster information. There's a picture of a similar MILW assigned car in some of the CBCs. If I'm not mistaken some of these flat ended reefers have round roofs too. Ed Mines

Selley used to. I don't know if it's still in the Bowser catalog or not. Also I don't remember how big it is. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI

Ben, Thank you for the corrections. Much appreciate the help to my old gray cells. Many years ago when I was doing architectural work at the NRL many of our meetings were held at the NAVFAC offices

Also, does anyone know of a source for an HO scale ship propellor, or drawings of same? The GN had a small series of well hole flatcars, and one of my favorite freightcar photos shows one of these