Tim and others, I have a builder's photo of C.O.P.X. 1001, new 8-52, that looks identical the car in the photo in the link. To the right of the door was "CONDENSED WHEY TANK CAR" on two lines

Interesting flat load on a AT&SF Flat car! Look again at the car markings! Sincerely, Rich Yoder

Interesting... the caption reads "A Canadian National Railways flat car transporting a boat from Qu�bec to North Bay". Funny, but last I checked, Canadian National was not spelled A.T.S.F.

Here's a third image of the boat load (the original two are below

Who would ever think to ship a large boat by rail . . . on its

There's just something about the paint scheme on that box car and the paint-outs that says "Airco/Air Reduction/ARDX" to me. Unfortunately I have no ARDX photos that match it, but they did have cars

Rich's 1962 photo of CMWX 1001 shows a 40-foot box car with stenciling that reads Chateau Martin lettering. It's now there, along with another new photo from Brian Ehni. See

If you have been around a commercial machine shop, you know that they usually do machine work with cutting/cooling oils involved. The oils cool the pieces, wash out the cuttings, preserve the cutting

Most photos of the CMWX 1000-series cars show Pfaudler cars. But Rich's 1962 photo of CMWX 1001 shows a 40-foot box car with stenciling that reads FRAGILE CONTAINS GLASS LINED TANKS DO NOT

Hi Claude, So far, I have been very fortunate and have been able to retrieve these little broken pieces whenever I have done this in a cast locomotive. A plastic one should be easy, you may be able

This works on brass models. I don't know what will happen with your diecast boiler. You might want to experiment first. Perhaps others have more information on diecast. I remove all ferrous parts and

Claude, I find that the lack of a tail, be it a power cord or a power shaft, really improves the control I have. I can't recall the last time I snapped a bit while drilling a model part with the Mini

Go to http://www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sun59b.pdf for a picture and info about the Sunshine QA&P boxcar. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

All, I'm sure you've read my last posts asking about the Dremel Work Station and MiniMite held in the hand (drilling "freehand"). The reason for this interest: I have a locomotive shell that I was

Pat, Martin Lofton, Sunshine Models, has already produced these decals and they are included in his resin kits for the double sheathed cars. The?Prototype Data Sheet that comes with that kit? has a

Thanks Pierre. Is there that much more control of the MiniMite over a "regular" Dremel fitted with the flex shaft? The flex shaft in my hands feels like a pencil, and I get some good control, but I

I am producing a set of lettering for the QAP double sheathed boxcar, The only photo I have is the one that is included in the San Juan Car Company for the "O" scale version of this car, #502, and the

Brian- They probably had the Fast Tracks jigs... http://www.handlaidtrack.com/ MiNiModuTrak has some of them in N Scale as well as some similar custom fixtures made locally for our own

Brian, The company that you're looking for is "Fast Tracks" http://www.handlaidtrack.com/ The point/frog filing jig and the "StockAid" are but 2 of an amazing line of tools and jigs created for making

I need some help. While at naperville I talked with the Midwest Mod-u- trak group about the tools they were using for handlaying track. They had two tools from a company for making the point rails,