Rich Orr makes a point...although the message should have been off group: I have rewritten the rule to better cover the situation: "Announcements of products for sale as part of a commercial

Rich, I’d point out that there are other lists for precisely the purpose of “the dealer with a few items languishing on his shelf who wants to announce them here fall” The Backshop list is one,

There was some recent discussion about Archer Rivets. They look like a great product, as applicable. I'm going to try and use them where I can. But, has there ever been found / discussed, a method

Earl, ACL cars in the 47000-50699 series were constructed between 1922-1926. The cars were rebuilt with steel sides between 1939-1944 (classes O-16A through O-16-E). Classes O-16-A,-B,& -C were

Clarification please. I am not trying to be a smart a** here. I am really trying to understand this so I don't end up in moderator jail. What constitutes commercial products? Obviously under this

Signature Press is proud to announce publication of our newest book, _The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway_ by Pat Dorin. In addition to a complete railroad history and description of operations,

Denis Blake says: Apparently Denis is referring to Jeff's comment: "it is Mike who is verbose." I don't understand. Why should Jeff go to jail for making a complimentary statement? If General

Bill Welch wrote: Ah, so 20th century. Betcha Archer rivets would be easier. I haven't tried them for anything yet that didn't work. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

I applaud the moderator ( Mike ) for this post. It is, in my view, long overdue and I hope that we all support him and do our share to enforce the rules. It is to the benefit of ALL that we separate

When I was ask for input for the IM kit, I strongly urged them to design it so that two different side sills could be applied the cars in the 55000 series, which constituted about half of the postwar

One explanation I have heard that sounds plausible is that the gondola body was compressed so the same plastic underframe could be used that was common to 40' box, stock and reefer cars. That

Doesn't this constitute flaming someone? Shouldn't Jeff report to Moderate Jail for this? Denis Blake Formerly of Moderate Jail OHIO -------------------------------------------------- Sent:

Tim, No problem. The rule is short; it is Mike who is verbose. :) The rule: "Announcements of commercial products for sale are permitted but only with permission of the group owner

Dave, The 55000 series were post-WWII rebuilds with an eave height of 12' 11". Until recently I thought that these would all have had the 8" side sill, but Bill Welch recently pointed out (here

Tahoe Model Works' excellent ARA Buckeye truck is very close - probably as close as you're going to get. Richard Hendrickson

Dave Nelson wrote: The car body kinda looks like last year's Cocoa Beach Shake 'n Take project. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Earl Tuson's question about the ACL car got me to look at the web site he mentioned and therein I came across this image of a FGEX car: <<http://www.srmduluth.org/photos/fge_2007.jpg>> Two

Robert Federle wrote: He wrote the text, and Don Duke chose the photos and wrote the captions, many of which are laughably wrong. So don't blame Jack for that part of the book. Tony Thompson

I have used these as well and have a nice cache of them, as well as Grandt Line's sets of parts. PSC also does the more modern version which I accidentially got once so be careful about the Part #.

The PSC retainer valves are plastic, and as Jack Burgess reports, there can be some work (and money spent) in getting one's hands on them. I have purchased mine directly from PSC-piggy backed on a