I suggest that anyone with questions about rivets (real ones, not plastic or decal types) see page 47 in the April 1997 MAINLINE MODELER. There is a pretty good article on rivets that covers just

My name is Dave Friedman and I am looking for someone to share a 2 bedroom room at the Meet. I am arriving on Thursday afternoon and have a room already reserved. 2 double beds. i am staying til

Bob, Thanks, that helps a lot from the modeling viewpoint, but not from the prototype sizing understanding. However, having half the story is a good start! Al Kresse

I just received my first Archer rivets today. I ordered the 2 "HO" sizes. The packages are labeled as follows:   # 26: 3/8" (nominal) Rivets (5/8" head diameter)   # 25 1/2" (nominal) Rivets (7/8"

Two more, new today (drought for years and then a flood). Price is average. Don't know seller. ===================== 1. Moody's Manual of Investments and Security Rating Service,

--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Bill Welch <fgexbill@...> wrote: One of the Airslide schemes I would like to do is the initial group the CNW received, which used a very unique CNW on the sides

Ed - Thank you very much! Hope to see you at Naperville. A.T. Kott

Garth, Judging by the use of PS covered hoppers, the WP started using them later than other roads. But this is useful info just the same. Thank you. Steve Lucas.

Gene-- This is very useful info. Not because I'm modelling the CGW, but rather because your posting mentions different cars being assigned to assigned service within a small grouping of otherwise

I'm modelling an 87-mile-long stretch of railway line from Lindsay to Belleville in Eastern Ontario as part of a proto-freelanced system (as if the GTR had never taken the Midland Railway of Canada in

Steve, On the Western Pacific, the first covered hoppers were 37' PS-1s. Most, if not all, were assigned to carry ground limestone from western Utah. AFAIK, covered hoppers were more often assigned

Perhaps I should have added that the assignment of covered hoppers on the CGW began with the first series built in 1947. Gene Green

Steve, Don't know which road you are modeling but perhaps the CGW's experience might be useful to you. The CGW had 210 covered hoppers but only 82 were assigned to cement service - 31 to Des Moines

Hi, It's my belief that some of the earliest uses of covered hoppers and the concept of "captive service" (other than coal/ore hoppers and other 'purpose built' cars) was cement service. The

I think talc was still shipped predominantly in box cars in the 1950's. (For that matter so was cement.) Talc and portland cement have very different densities so it seems unlikely a covered hopper

For the post-WW2 era, what determined the sizes of the round or button head compression rivets used in building freight cars? What were the typical shank and head diameters used? . . . example: 1920s

There's a page on the site which notes that he was born c. 1884 and died in 1976, and seemingly kept photographing into the 1970s. I went ahead and ordered a number of photographs from the Frost

Sorry that was supposed to go off list. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Rich: I have two stashed away in the basement that are surplus now that the Athearn kit is out. Would you be interested? I am not sure if they are AAr or G26 though I could check. Brian J. Carlson,

Tony-- Thanks for your quick response. By the way, you read my mind. I did mean dolomite loading, not diatomite. Steve Lucas.