Richard, I know your 1 year membership in 1990 gives you much knowledge of the organization, but I must dispute your regular assertion that NMRA is bleeding membership. The true membership has hovered

Folks, Is there a Freight Car List out there that deals primarily with prototype information? Al Kresse

I'll be going to the store today and get some but I'm not sure how I can report back.  Did you want me to scann the banana or tell you that it's green.  Ok, it's green. lol Maybe it one of those

Mike, Could I get a ruling on the exchange between Rich & myself? If I am a thin-skinned guy who is interfering with the free flow of information on this site, let me know and I will apologize. If

Schuyler wrote Ahem. We had MANY systems for MANY years prior to DCC. It wasn't until Lenz produced the first DIGITAL VLSI control chip that Stan Ames and others (not the NMRA per se) took it upon

I don't know, the research material is so expensive, maybe someone can buy one and report back to the group ;) Jim

Paul wrote: Actually, I said in maybe a twisted sentence "...and they don't have "painted ends"... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

In a message dated 5/18/2008 11:22:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, larry450sl@... writes: Mike, Could I get a ruling on the exchange between Rich & myself? If I am a thin-skinned guy who is

It is my understanding that the "painting" of the ends of lumber was in fact a waxy type of sealant applied to prevent the wood from drying too fast, thus splitting and checking. Wood loses moisture

The best part is you get to eat the bananas after you are done.  Remember to wait till they are banana yellow before eating.  ======================= My Model Railroad

Jack, I'm going to say painted ends of lumber in the steam era is to denote hardwoods, but I am not absolutely sure. You say you've got photo's of pine with painted ends? I'm surprised,

Walter M. Clark wrote: That would be a recommendation to DISCONTINUE the stripes in February, 1952. My SP Freight Cars, Vol. 1, DOES say it correctly on page 20; Mr. Clark edited the

<snip> I have in my possession several pieces of flooring from a PRR X31A box car. This flooring is well covered with a late PRR Freight Car Color (1950s-1960's)paint on the down (out) side and

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Sure, Ben, My examples are from Southern Pacific and Pacific Fruit Express, since I model SP. From Tony Thompson's Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 1, Gondolas and Stock Cars, and repeated in

Walter M. Clark wrote: "The third question relates to seemingly annual changes from the A. R. A. and later A. A. R. in what (and where) dimensional and other lettering was painted on cars. When this

All the talk about "Box Car Red" got me to thinking about a few things I've been wondering about. Way back in message 19373, May 22, 2003, I asked about the unpainted floor boards of box cars. To

Wow! This is quite an in-depth work, and he does make some very good points. Steve Lucas. http://www.thenrg.org/resources_shopnotes.html?redirect=7 and click on the subject "Paint and Colors for

Without attempting to get another thread of "what color is what" started. Your point is well taken. Just thought that by taking green bananas home one could match or come reasonably close to an

--- Paul Catapano <pc66ot@...> wrote It depends on your definition of "weathering", the coloring or texture of wood as it ages. For a good bit of the 1970's I worked at a