Very sorry to hear of Tim's passing. I have appreciated his postings over the years. We will all, I am sure, miss his expertise and his willingness to clarify or offer an insight.

In my youth during the depth of the Great Depression people would walk along the tracks carrying burlap bags.Their mission was to pick up coal along the tracks that had spilled from locomotives and

--- In STMFC@..., "ed_mines" <ed_mines@...> wrote: How can you tell anthracite from bituminous coal? Do they look the same? Here is a listing from a fireman's instructional book in our

Tim was always startlingly frank and direct with me about his health and I was always relieved to see him at Naperville or at the Springfield Big E train show because I knew his prognosis was grim.

lead will I have heard that most lead (at least in Germany) is somewhat contaminated by irradiation. Lead gets recycled many times over. Every bit might have a history of having been engaged in the

Technically, bitumen and sand. Crude oil won't adhere. Besides sand, you can use gravel, ash, steel mill slag, crushed glass, and sometimes, shredded tires. Nowadays they use synthetic mats and spread

wrote: afraid Pacific, in Andy, Marke is an unusual translation (in the sense of not using railway lingo) from the original French. In this context the German "Marke" means designation or class. From

I see an error. I meant cement asphalt. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most of it left

And here I thought Honegger's was a feed mill on the Wabash which Chet as switch lists for. Thanks for the switch list you put in the files yesterday Chet. Clark Propst

I have a copy of a 1901 Burlington Route "Special Instructions Regarding Fuel Economy." that goes into great detail regarding coal, boiler water, combustion, firing, etc.. It lists a number of coals

Ah, yes: Ravel. Best known not only for the exotic "Bolero", but also for the UP CA-1 caboose (long before Walthers did one) and the Superior Bakery. An excellent choice! -Jeff -- Jeff Aley

Anthracite has a sheen to it. Both anthracite and bituminous were sized. Lump was greater than 4". Sizes progressed downward from there to less than half an inch, or smaller. So you could have a

Anthracite is the hardest, shiny and highest heat yield. Bituminous is softer (still brittle) with a lower heat yield. It's nic eto have a simple classification, but just remember they grade into each

How about particle size? Was there much coke being shipped? I recall it was a byproduct of illuminating gas and some utilities burned coke in special plants. Ed

The news of Tim Gilbert's death gets my day off to a very bad start. Tim's knowlege, resourcefulness, and willingness to share were a major asset to the STMFC list and to prototype modeling in

Manfred, Thanks for providing the quote in Honegger's own words. But I am afraid it only supports my confusion. Did Honegger mean "Marke 231" as the number of the loco or the wheel arrangement,

Guys - Down here in south Texas, lignite was shipped in gondolas, and sometimes in hoppers. It was mined extensively in the Rockdale area for many years (still is today) and has a surprisingly high

A lot of the so call "Black Top" roads are oil and sand. Interstate 84 in Idaho is made that way. They spray oil on the road and then spread sand on the oil. The use rollers to roll the sand into

I am afraid I have to append my post. The 231 was a fast freight engine: freight car content at last. Here are some quote's of Honegger regarding his composition (sorry only in