Hello, A short article with roster of CG 40' and 50' steel box cars on the CGRHS web site (http://cofg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=44) shows 6300-6499, 6500-6599, and

Brings me back to my 20s when we built headers for our cars. We rented tanks and they always wrote down the new serial number on the tank and checked the old one in. Not sure if they use serial

As I recall, Linde, one of the dominant industrial gas suppliers, had two different deals for tanks; rental, and ownership. The pricing of the gas was different, since the rental fee was included in

To: STMFC@... Paul Hillman wrote: Any comments about these roof handrails? Were they particular to the NYC&HR, or other roads also during the early 1900's? Dennis Storzek then wrote:

Larry Jackman wrote: Whether acetylene is black depends on the supplier. When I was working in a research lab, the supplier would not fill anyone's tanks but his own. If you owned one, you

The tanks 15 feet away in my shop are green (oxy) and red. Rod

Alink to wikipedia may help but it styates "no law in the US regarding color coding" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_gas Stick with the green for Oxygen and either a red or orange for the

See Below Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most of it left If you were in the states of NJ, KS and state of Washington they would

I have worked in the oilfield (and still do) for 30 years. Oxygen tanks are green and virtually with no exception. It must be said though that the oxygen for breathing air is NOT the same as oxygen

AS Tony Said Oxygen is always a dark green even in the hospital on rip track. Acetylene is always black. If you have your own tanks and they are not these colors they will not fill them for

Gary, I was a diesel mechanic/welder for 20 years. Industrial Oxygen cylinders are a medium to dark green and Acetylene are in a black cylinders tank. There was a label placed on the tank which ID

gary roe wrote: Gary, each supplier in the U.S. adopts a consistent color code, but variations DO occur. Usually a flammable gas like hydrogen is red, and traditionally oxygen is green, but

I thought the tanks were color-coded by owner... not by contents? Is there a journeyman welder in the house??? -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA --------------------

gary roe wrote: Oxygen is always dark green. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

After a futile attempt to find the answer on the internet, I was hoping someone here could answer a question for me. If I were to detail a RIP track area on my club's layout (whose era is the late

I agree with the "Natural" wood but there are some I have personally seen painted. It has been some time back and memory fades so I dont recall the exact color, but if it is painted it should be a

Hi Folks Here are the DS/SS/Steel splits for the Rock Island and the Seaboard for January 1945, April 1949 and July 1950 for box, auto and ventilated cars in interchange service. Rock Island box

Eric, The few photos I have seen of boxcar interiors show the wood to be natural. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Denny wrote: Thanks Denny....that is what I need. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

Friends, I'm building a San Juan Car Company WP Boxcar with a door open on one side to show the interior and roof trusses. Would the walls and bracing all be "natural" wood or was it painted to match