Kurt Laughlin wrote: Wow, Kurt, you are really attentive here. I hope you'll find the explanation perfectly reasonable. In fact, I'm at Richard's house at the moment, reading some e-mail

Wait a minute: Message was "from" RH but signed by AT and refers to pictures posted by AT as his own. Does anyone else find Richard signing another person's name to his posts just a little bit

WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: Yes, Bill, full 3-D relief. You need to see them to believe it. If it doesn't show up in the photos I submitted, you can see a bunch more examples on the Modern Freight Car

Steve Lucas wrote: In my view, Steve, a riveter doesn't do the same thing. It makes a rivet with a "run out" at the bottom. In cross-section, the rivet contour doesn't meet the plane of the surface

From: Bob Chaparro <thecitrusbelt@...> The image appears to be of a restored Canadian National double wood sheathed (Is there another term for this?) boxcar. Yes, it is near universally

For someone out in the middle of nowhere (as for as modeling is concerned) The Archer Rivits sound like a pretty good product. Tell me though, are these rivits simply a flat decal sheet or do

Bob, The following comments are mostly off topic as they deal with post 1960 events. If these "boxcar tippers" are still being used, I can assure you they are not unloading boxcars filled with

Tony-- Your thoughts on the use of Archer rivet decals as opposed to making up overlays using an NWSL Riveter? Seems to me that the two techniques would complement each other in a modeller's bag of

Chris-- Very nice work! Now I finally can do that CN auto box car that I've wanted, as the rivet pattern that you have on your Erie car appears to be the

The car number is for a CN car in OCS (on-company service). Origin of this car could have been any of CN's consituent roads (CGR, GT, GTP, CNor, IRC). Steve Lucas.

Another image I came upon is from the Portland (OR) Waterfront: Mid-Twentieth Century collection. The caption says the device in action is a "boxcar tipper" and mentions that the device is "now

I ran across the image on the link below while doing other research. The image appears to be of a restored Canadian National double wood sheathed (Is there another term for this?) boxcar. The car is

Group, Time to get some freight cars on this list. This is the interchange from the Wabash to the TP&W at Forrest, Il, on this date 55 years ago (5-30-54) CAR Type From TO

Esteemed steel mill modeler Dean Freytag has a connection to the company and is noted for somewhat fanciful kit bashed models. Perhaps DFG stands for Dean Freytag Gondola? CJ Riley

Dave Nelson wrote: Yes, numerous archives work this way. Tom Olsen's description was accurate and complete. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

tmolsen@... wrote: Tho it's been some years now, last time I was at the Bancroft library at UC Berkeley, they operated in exactly the same way. Dave Nelson

Tom, the Newberry operates in much the same way. There's a security desk in the entrance lobby where you have to sign in and out. No briefcases, bags, or anything which will cut or mark paper is

GUYZ,              I keep finding new applications for Woody's rivet sheets almost weekly. If it were possible, I would give him the inovation product of the year award. Ths only thing I

In the past, the U of Michigan Trans Lib (Ann Arbor North Campus) and State of Mich Archives (Lansing) had you lock up coats, back packs, etc. and then had you claim a table in an open group of

Eldon, I did research at the Hagley in Wilnington for the articles on the Panhandle Division a number of years ago. I had to have a library researchers card and to apply for it. I had to fill out a