Thank you for the information Bill and Russ. I have an older GN map that shows the former Hamline yard in the current location of the BNSF intermodal teminal just east of the main Minnesta Transfer

Well, you learn something new every day. Thanks for pointing that out Tony. I take it this turns out to be a tip for more effective brass modelling generally - quick cooling it to minimize oxidation

Thanks Jim, You've guessed correctly - I am doing both CPR and CNR cars. What I noticed in one resource on the CPR cars was the use of earlier style latch equipment. This includes a curved metal

Rob Kirkham wrote: This would be true for steel, Rob, but not for brass. If anything, cooling it quickly reduces oxidation during cool-down. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

while at Naperville, I picked up one of Stan R's conversion kits for the Linde cryogenic boxcars. when I got home I read RPC 14 and saw Champ made a set HB 144a for the brown boxcar scheme and one for

Denny this is very interesting, so thanks for continuing to update the list with your efforts. One point worth noting: You said: "Jack Burgess inquired as to whether or not they could be annealed.

Since my last post on this fascinating subject, quite a bit has gone under the bridge, and I have gained considerable wisdom thereby: As you recall I had purchased brass air hoses in bulk from PSC on

My local newspaper posts the front page of an old issue of the paper every day on its website. Today's post was from 1 Nov 1911 and included the following ad from the lower right of the front

Being from Minnesota, I was one of the people that asked Bill about the location of Hamlin at Naperville. I promised Bill to check my GN station lists when I got home. I just looked through my

Knowing what I do about the transport of nuclear (i.e. radioactive or fissionable) materials today back to the early 1960's I strongly doubt if these sorts of cars were used to haul "nuclear

I worked at the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, SC from April 1970 until August 1996 as a Nuclear Physicist. Although we had our own railroad on the site, no nuclear materials were shipped off

Thanks Pieter - that's the type feedback I wanted, not quoting back the ads which I've already read and even asking NMRA itself (who basically quoted back their ad) Jerry Glow filler cars sort or

Actually, we're looking for the scale where the WFEX shop re-weighed their cars. It very likely didn't have the same place name as the shop, but rather was named for the GN station it was located

Hi Jerry; I have the book, although not in front of me. Since nearly all the photographs were taken of in-service cars in 1947 and 1948, the 1898 cars were in fact still in service at that time and

I doubt many 1898 cars were still around. It's still misleading or just plain filler material Jerry Glow commentary WW So

Topo maps (topozone.com) don't show Hamlin, Lac qui Parle County, as a station on any railroad: the nearest is the M&StL line from Winthrop (Minn.) to Watertown (S.Dak.) and points west, which

Not mis-leading when you consider the title covers the Post WWII FLEET, not Post WWII CAR DESIGNS. The fact that the car fleet at that time was unusually outdated has been covered frequently in the

Bill, already pointed out Hamlin was actually the name of the Western Fruit shops in Saint Paul in his original email. This continued discussion moot and quite funny actually as it shows how threads

That appears to be correct. Further research via the internet reveals that there is a Hamlin-Midway Neighborhood on St. Paul's South East side, near the major streets of Wabash and Kellogg, near the