A few of you contacted me re: Yahoo stripping the photo attachments from a recent product announcement. The web page has since been created .. there are a couple of code typos that need to be fixed

Thank you. I would appreciate that, 1'm doing a 2 dimensional CAD drawing and I would like the rendering to be accurate. Ed Schleyer ch00ch00@... - - those are zero's - not Oh's April

There was an article on rivets in Mainline Modeler, probably the April 1997 one by Gene Green. If you don't have that issue, I'll look it up for you. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

During the early 1900's, the PRR used a rivet that went into a 13/16" hole. Does anyone know what size the Rivet was, or is? Of all the drawings of the "sills" that I have had a chance to see, there

I note that on the History Channel's series "Extreme Trains" that next Tuesday's episode features a contemporary reefer train. The description says it also covers the competition between truck

Chuck, Many thanks. Jim

Good Day, Bruce. Don mentioned Stewart, Selley has some transformers too. http://bowser-trains.com/hoother/selley/Selley%20Drawings%20HO.pdf Sincerely, Mark Morgan

Our leader Mr Brock was quite restrained in his response, but since you likely have a digital camera, and digital images take virtually (snicker) no space, and could be put on a CD if they challenge

Larry Ostresh writes: "A UP A-50-12 (converted to bunk car) sitting in Laramie is about to be scrapped. It was built by Ralston Steel Car Company in 1929, one of the series 152001-152500. As far as I

Hi Folks A UP A-50-12 (converted to bunk car) sitting in Laramie is about to be scrapped. It was built by Ralston Steel Car Company in 1929, one of the series 152001-152500. As far as I can tell it

I, too, wonder about "brand identification" here, Bruce, but do not seem to recall large transformers with square ends until into the 1960's. It may be a question of cheaper to fabricate just as it

Jim, I will forward this to them. Chuck Hladik

Steve, My guess, to judge from both what the earlier-mentioned C&O employee and the hints in the photograph suggest, is that the meaning of the entry is that the car is insulated, and used for

The entry in the UTLX listing is very cryptic, consisting of INSULATED LATEX at the top of the column with the car numbers. There are a number of car groups with INSULATED, but this series is the

I've dusted off the shelf in the storeroom again and put some items on ebay including freight car detail parts and trucks and couplers. Check out item number 180309878450 and my other

Cyril Durrenberger asks, "When did the UP begin to paint their cabooses yellow?" According to the late Terry Metcalfe in his UP frt car book, "...Begiining in the summer of 1947 and continuing

When did the UP begin to paint their cabooses yellow? Cyril Durrenberger

I agree with Kurt's suggestion of drinking straws. While many of the straws on the market are oval shaped I finally found some at a local coffee shop that were truly round (or so close to it that

I suspect much of that may be "brand identification", i.e. Westinghouse vs. GE vs. Allis-Chalmers and so forth, but there does seem to be better ability to deal with excess heat these days leading to

Folks, In looking at the Walthers Northern Power and Light Substation, it looks like there are a number of transformers that might make interesting loads. My concern is that the main transformer has