Some day I will learn to change the subject. Richard H. When is the ATSF flatcar book due???????????????? The society pages say '08 but I know that's not true <G>! Jon Miller AT&SF For me time

Richard H. When is the ATSF flatcar book due???????????????? The society pages say '08 but I know that's not true <G>! Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr

Creating bushings to compensate for disarity in size between 2-56 screws and the gaping truck bolster holes is one path to solution- but it can be a remarkably frustrating one. The depth of

Hey Yuze Gize, I am not sure if you are aware of the new E-zine hitting the band width after the first of the year. Here is some information. Greg Martin

wrote: I'm getting a chuckle out of this. Back when I started my own feeble weathering attempts in the sixties, the stripes of swarf on car ends were a common fact of life; they were on everything.

Yes, Ned, you do. We'd all be pleased to see you again at Naperville, Cocoa Beach, St. Louis, etc. Richard Hendrickson

I've done much the same for years with contact cement with the same results...the screw stays put. If I'm doing a resin box car etc where the interior is hidden after being finished, I'll epoxy a

is readily apparent in many steam era freight car photos. I am surprised myself. I did a weathering clinic a number of years ago with photos showing common weathering patterns. Weathering varied

head, round or pan, might just fit close enough to prevent movement- and most do not. One thing I have experimented with is flat head screws. The tapered head can help fill up the larger hole in the

To a greater or lesser extent, whether or not the usual 2-56 screws will or will not back out of body bolsters holes will depend upon the tolerances of a particular screw, and in broad terms the

Thank You, we had quite a crowd and they are now on the way home. Got to run some trains for Jayden a four year old. In the tradition Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Sincerely, The Morgans

Another technique is to use a bushing under the head of a machine screw. While I have made these from styrene tubing in the past, I now make these bushings by shaving the center bushing off of a Kadee

I agree that is not a PCC body and it does not strike me as a Brill master unit, either. The body is, again, too short and the contours do not appear to be right. There weren't all that many Master

I may not have helped much. Clarification: Railroads here may not use shells much now days. I do know the Louisiana and Delta (former Missouri Pacific and later Southern Pacific facility) has alot of

Yes it is. Maybe not to the extent it was then but Oyster shell and others are still used. I had shells in my driveway till a few years ago and topped that with pea gravel. Those shells, when fairly

That might not be ballast. When I lived in New Orleans during the early '60s, it was common practice to use shells dredged out of Lake Ponchartrain in place of gravel, which was scarce in that part of

For a Christmas village that will be used in the office building of a state government agency next year, I need and accurate model of an RPO in HO scale. Car must be model of a preserved one built

I should have added that the listed prices are in NZ dollars. Currently; 1.00 NZD=0.573296 USD I ordered a bunch of parts from them, but years ago. It was easy then. Jon Miller AT&SF For me

I have ordered (long time ago) from a shop called "North Yard" in NZ. They have all sorts of neat stuff including shouldered screws for trucks. Don't know if they are still around but they are/were