Ed, The caption on Mike's lovely loco states: "Mike's model was featured in the February 2004 issue of Railmodel Journal, 'Superdetailing the Genesis USRA 'Light' 4-6-2 Pacific as ACL Class P-5-A.'"

Mike If you want steam era cow chips (We less euphemistically inclined Britons talk of cow shit) go to a living history museum where they have preserved cows from past history. Remember the colour

That'll be at http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/ Volume 1, Issue 3. Beautiful work, Mike. -Clark Cooper

Oooooo-kay. I deleted the link to the SCL modeler pages, and NOW I'd like to look. Could somebody send it to me or post it on the list again, please? TIA SGL

I will note that Kanamodel Products has an ad for a new stock yard for cattle in transit. I think that it is a first, the others appear to be for origination of livestock loads for all of our

Mike that locomotive in SCL modeler is terrific. And it's plastic. Could you think of some venue where you can explain what you did? The traditional modeling magazines are apparently persona non

Could some computer wizards please contact me off line? Ed

Mike asked - What about sheep? Geeez. What color would their chips be? The chips are more like giant rabbit pellets than cattle chips, and darkish brown, depending on the species, time of year, age

rarely good enough to notice the Ah, Malcolm, you're just begging for smart remarks about your beady eyes . . . From one who should know: SGL

I grew up forking and shoveling "chips". But there is no way on earth I am getting into another color discussion!!! I once saw a UP stock car which had come into Germantown Md on the B&O with a

Doug Harding writes: A railroad stockpen with a history of disease Hmmmm. The pen I modeled is actually quite small. In fact, the real one I modeled was at Sherman, itself. Another was at Hermosa but

Mike, you asked if the stockpens/stockyards were cleaned very often? Yes they were cleaned, quite often, and for the same reason stockcars were cleaned, to prevent disease. A railroad stockpen with a

Laramie Larry...who apparently knows about such things...writes: "Mike, antelope doo-doo looks nothing like cattle chips. I live at the foot of Sherman Hill and would be happy send you samples of

Frank Greene says: Therefore, Wellll, of course I have some UP stock cars and some of other RR's as well. All of the cars will, naturally, be from 1953 but I can arrange for some of the cattle to be

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote: "And, besides, there's those &%*($$ analopes that were and still are found on the Hill. I can't tell if the chip is from analope or

Wow! What's this the 3rd or 4th color discussion we've had in a week? Or, does it only seem that way? LOL Now that analope and antelope have been discounted from the equation, we only have color to

People are overlooking the seasonal variations in color.? New spring grass yields a greener product.? Meticulous modelers will want to address this issue. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

This sure sounds like a bunch of "Buffalo Chips" to me. The hybridization of feed hasn't changed the colors of forage and grazing grasses enough to alter the chip colors. Until commercial livestock

Paul Catapano wrote: In LA DIvision TT 222, effective Oct. 28, 1962, trains 833/834 were still the Ventura sub connnections of Coast Division freights, as Shawn Beckert reported for 1955.

Hi all.......Has anyone received any info on the Sunshine meet in Orange County on March 2nd?.......Best Jim Williams