Well, it couldn't have been beer in 1929-'30, as prohibition was still in effect. Congress made 3.2% beer legal in April of 1933 but it wasn't until December of that year that enough states had

John, by early 1953 the mechanical fans originally fitted to SFRD 37365-37389 had been replaced with electric fans, and other cars in the Rr-30 class had also received electric fans. I have a photo

Three DSDX cars showed up in the 1929-30 B&M Wheel report I am working with. Two, 1427 & 1455, were carrying unspecified 'beverages' destined for Grand Island, NE, and Grand Forks, ND, respectively,

NONE was indeed the New Orleans & Northeastern, and it was (at least later on) affiliated with the Southern Railway. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails

stays Yakima name ... marks original out I looked at the list before reading this message and was wondering if NODM might not be a typo for the NOTM or New Orleans, Texas and Mexico which was a one

Warning: this might be long for some and I hope the formatting stays together. Beginning in mid 2007 I started researching the corporate files of the Yakima Valley Transportation Company which are

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Hello All, I am looking for information that will help me determine how the Santa Fe would have located the dimensional and weight data on the RH (non-fan) side of the fan-equipped (37365-37389)

I buy from HF often and their sets are nowhere near the small metric sizes. Smallest I have from HF is 2.4mm. and 1.2mm is #0000 ?????????????????? I'm not sure the conversion is correct but I

I've used McMasters for over 25 years, mostly for my employers but i've had some home deliveries too. They are expensive but you can expect delivery quickly. They have a lot of items and multiple

Checking my latest Harbor Freght catalog and sale flyer you can buy a complete set or just under 3 bucks. And thanks to Dennis' quick conversion you will find these in this set as well as others.

I got a set of Radio Shack Kronus brand screwdrivers. It has three normal flat blade and three Phillips with IIRC, #0, #00 and #000 for around $10. Doug Brown

Al, I don't know if eggs were ever shipped in ventilators, or not, but they frequently were shipped in reefers. Pacific Egg Producers, for example, had a modest fleet of these cars, and there

Would they ship fresh eggs in reefers or house cars or ventilated boxes? Al Kresse

Here's a conversion table, from Wikipedia: American Metric #000 1.4mm #00 2.0mm #0 2.5mm #1 3.2mm Hope the formatting holds up. Dennis

Thanks to all. I ordered some 2.0mm, 1.4mm, and 1.2mm. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

What era? Today nitrogen is pumped into LPG cars to force the contents out.? Once empty, the cars are then depressured for transport. ? Mike Del Vecchio

I'll take it a step further and say that McMaster-Carr sells pretty much every tool you could think of. Carl J. Marsico Jack Burgess <jack@...> wrote: I'm not sure

Jon, I don't believe such a beast exists. To my knowledge, the Philips spec defines the head only, while the thread can be US or metric, so what you really need is the Phillips size that fits the

A google search shows excelsior is still readily available. The bulk form seems to be bales, but no matter how much it's compressed, it's still a relatively low density cargo. I have no idea whether,