Schuyler Larrabee wrote: The men on the deck were typically in two-man teams, one team for each end of the car. One was called the splitter, and he divided the block usually into four parts,

Chuck Hladik wrote: Neither. On most decks, it was moved in full blocks along the deck by an endless chain, with dogs spaced along the chain to pull the block. If you see wheelbarrows on an ice

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, how did they break it into the various grades? SGL La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce!

Ice is available from a couple of different manufactures. Sunshine used to have some and may still. It's also available from CMA (Tichy), see part number 1012. There may be more but those are off

Norm Dresner wrote: Norm, the normal manufactured ice block was 300 pounds and it was NOT, repeat NOT, dumped into the bunker, both because it was too big for the hatch, and because it would

I'm currently modeling an icing platform and the question of the size of the blocks of ice has me stumped. What was the (typical) size of the block that one would see on a platform being dumped into

Tony, How was the ice distributed along the "icing platform"? Custom bins, wheelbarrow? Chuck Hladik Rutland Railroad Virginia Division ************************************** See what's free

A Dremel tool with a cutoff disc makes those rail notches real quick and only takes a light touch. Robert Federle ---- cj riley <cjriley42@...> wrote:

I have had good luck with flat spots filed on a FEW wheels and small notches filed in the rails (at 39' centers) on an up front section of track. stagger the notches on each rail for best efect. This

Jason, Two points here: 1) Given the date, you need to regard all reefers as being part of a national pool, since the car service rules for them had been suspended. Thus, with PFE having the larges

---- Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:

metal wheels make plenty of noise IMO. wheel squeal OTOH is a function button on many sound decoders.

The sounds don't need to be connected to the DCC system....just rig up some small sound recorders and put them in whatever freight cars you want. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

The best suggestion so far is from Schuyler Larabee, who showed me that the Atlas Trainman caboose has the right ladder, with the proper 45 degree bend instead of the more common curve. If I can pick

Broadway came out with their stock cars with livestock sounds, which sounds silly to some people (I don't care much one way or the other). Watching a train the other day, it occurred to me that a much

Hi All, It has been a while since I sent an update on the Pennsy S Models brass car projects. I painted another 12 X29 yesterday. They are all the freight versions with flat ends. They will be off to

In a message dated 6/15/2007 1:13:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, thompson@... writes: You may be thinking of the trolley/railroad museum in Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh (name

I had a former boss who was agent for the Mopac in western Kansas. He told me of a shipment of house paint that was shipped from Kansas City in an ART reefer. So during off season reefers were used

Hi All, I am helping a friend liquidate her late husband's collections of train items. Here is the selling

Caboose trucks I have 10 pair of Tahoe Model Works code 88 wheelset equipped Bettendorf Swing Motion Caboose trucks in stock. Priced at $5.00/pair. I have a 5 pair of code 110 wheelset equipped