Larry; Your data straddles the grain rush nicely. Having once lived in Laramie also, wasn't the vast majority of grain grown east (well east) of Laramie? And didn't most grain grown in the mid-west

Tony, Does that mean there will be a Naperville next year?? Has someone or a group come forward to continue this? Rich Orr

Hi Folks When is the grain rush? The reason I ask is that for the next Union Pacific Freight Conductors' Train Book I transcribe I would like to choose a report that includes the grain rush. My

Bill; Many of us share your frustration, and some of you have also had these same conversations with manufacturers over the possibilities of offering modular parts on more than box cars. Hoppers and

Does anyone know the metric screw size of the standard coupler pocket screw in brass HO freight cars? Tony, Most are 1.4 mm screws........with varying head styles. Mal Houck

I wrote: This is a coarse pitch thread (NOT fine), which is normally the default in metric threads. My mistake. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Thanks, Ray. YEs, NWSL has a lot of metric fasteners. I take it that the 1.4 mm diam. screw with fine threads is normally 0.3 mm pitch, and I can just choose the length. Tony Thompson

Hi Tony Metric thread of 1.4mm, should be available at NWSL and others. Ray Z

Jim Babcock wrote: The problem would be the venue at which to make the shirts available. One possibility is next year's Naperville. I've volunteered in the past to do a new shirt at Cocoa

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Thanks, Schuyler. I am among those waiting for the 1950 version, and I've just ordered one. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Tony, Am I detecting a willingness on your part to produce another run? Jim ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 3:06:42 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC]

in addition to the Duryea underframe, the B&O cars in classes N-35A, N-41 and (I think) N-44 had Z shaped end braces which were placed closer together on the end than the end braces on the Kadee car.

I was struck by how frustrated I was in my comments about the Kadee offset twin and I hope I did not offend anyone by my initial email on this subject. I went back to some notes I had made to

Do you have a micrometer (english or metric) that you could use to check the diameter of the thread on a mating screw? This diameter will always be slightly smaller than the nominal thread

Several posters report that in their experience needle applicators do not deliver enough ACC glue. That is commonly true if one does not spin/twirl the needle as it either drawn along, or the

Does anyone know the metric screw size of the standard coupler pocket screw in brass HO freight cars? I recently picked up some of these cars second-hand and the previous owner lost or harvested the

Thanks Larry!   Mark Morgan  

Brian Ehni wrote: That may well be the original distinction, but I can assure you that if you look in shirt catalogs, most styles can be had "with or without pockets" and are all called EITHER

AFAIK, there is a difference between golf and polo shirts. True golf shirts have pockets (for score card and pencil). Polos do not. Always burns me when I see "golf shirts" advertised that are sans