I've been using Detail Associates Alco FA/PA Century Type "Lift Rings" (Walthers Part # 229-1106) as an easy way to model roping staples, without having to bend them from scratch. So far, they just

Thanks, Mike. Those of us who cannot make it find inspiration in the quality of the work displayed. Tom Baker

Tom Baker asks: "Will someone post photos of the models appearing at Cocoa Beach?" I'm in the process of doing just that. Should be done in a few days. Mike Brock

I just posted two new files. Both are excel files of Southern Conductor's books copied by Tim Gilbert. I thought these had been posted years ago but a check in the files and Tim's old messages

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Will someone post photos of the models appearing at Cocoa Beach? Tom Baker

Ok, thanks for the input folks. Todd K. Stearns

No. Many steam era freight cars had both. Richard Hendrickson

Please correct me if I'm wrong (yeah right, like I had to say that to this group!) Poling pockets were used by the railroad to position a car. Rope staples (for the most part) were used by the

For the Milwaukee Road's Beer Line in 1950/55. How can I find them or can anyone help. TIA Dave Schroedle

Just out of curiousity, did these "loops" come into being after the use of pole pockets was outlawed? Todd K. Stearns

Hi Greg, I did not sign the sheet for decals in Cocoa Beach. I obviously need?a set. If I need to buy them at this time, no problem. What is my best course od action? Paul Lyons

The city where I live used to oil the unpaved streets each summer. The oil came in tank cars. The city had a holding tank for the stuff. They would apply oil then cover it with sand (or something like

Ed, As you say, you are talking about tar, not oil. Both were used to coat road surfaces in the steam era. Oil is fluid at ambient temperatures and often what was used was waste oil. One

There was a big, black topped playground behind the Y I went to as a kid. There were pools of "tar" that used to bubble in the heat of the summer. I liked to pop those bubbles; lighter fluid would

I believe Henry Ford had Model T's running between tracks to switch FCs on the DT&I. Pulling a rope is more stable than pushing a long stick. You can still do something stupid pulling . . . . cables

"Roping Staple". Learn something new everyday. Where I work they were called pulling loops. Used in conjunction with 'car pullers'. I wish I could remember when this practice was ended where I work.

that one couldn't back a gasoline tank *truck* up to a tank *car*: the That was my interpretation as well. But, having said that, Rule 1 of the same publication seems to allow for carriers and

To represent the simplest common type, I use Detail Associates "Alco Lift Rings." Of course, you can wrap brass wire around a drill bit just as well.

Eddie: Welcome. You will find members of this group to be among the most knowledgeable anywhere about freight cars, and are ready to share what they know. Generally we are pretty nice folks, though