Disregard my last post - it should gone to Dennis off list. (The dangers of writing before the first cup of coffee this Sunday.) If you want to continue the discussion on "historical" club layouts,

Thanks, Richard. So, my spacers should be .030", but my .025" have been OK . . . I'll examine that reference. SGL

See the SAFETY APPLIANCES: AAR Standards sections in your Cycs. "Minimum clearance two (2), preferably two and one half (2-1/2) inches." Richard Hendrickson

preservation color to paint Been there, done that. It's the "model railroader" syndrome. Because we as modelers might prefer one paint scheme to another, all we have to do is buy some Evergreen

Roof grabs, specifically. For a very long time, I've set grab irons mostly by eye, and if there were a group of them, such as on a corner ladder, I'd use a spacer to get them all the same, at least

To really appreciate your thesis, you need to sit in on a museum preservation meeting and hear the "educated" discussions that go on over what color to paint a piece of equipment. And, after it's

Is everybody involved with railway preservation an amateur, or does it only look that way? Read this quote from their web site: "The Museum's car was one of many under lease to the Minneapolis, Saint

And PLEASE post the answer to the list. For obvious reasons, for some of us . . . SGL

While this has little impact on steam era modeling current practice is to do as little painting of trucks as possible. Usually a list mist of black is specified for the frames and is often done

in the Ohio area. substitution of what look like ping pong paddles in their place. Can any of the more enlightened NYC fans give a short reply as to the exact nature of the devicces, and the era used?

Run on over to the Yahoo Milk train list and ask there. You will receive your answer. Ron Morse NYC/C&O O scale in Springfield,MO wrote: has a vague were subject? were out of

Denny, I have been brush painting all my trucks as well. I use Pollyscale water based paints and a good art store quality brush. My favorites have been Winsor-Newton or Langnickel. My wife says a new

I paint all of my trucks- by hand with solvent paints, and have been doing so for at least three decades. I perform no special preparations (blasting or etching), but I do thoroughly clean the trucks

Microscale printed decals for the O scale Overland SP GS-3 and -4 models. It is possible that they printed other decals for Ovl. Rod Miller Richard Hendrickson wrote:

At one time Merchants Despatch owned and operated flat cars with (milk?) tank trailers. Some years ago, Overland imported HO scale brass models of them. A friend who is a professional painter now

Richard, I believe that the flats were black, National Car, and the trailers were different depending on the dairy. Bob Brown on the Milk Trains List makes milk decals, unkown if for this

Hello all, I thought this would be of interest as this seems to be a rather intact reefer: http://www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.org/eq_reefer.htm Best regards, Tom Cornillie

List, Happened upon a photo of a NYC plywood sided caboose taken in the Ohio area. The unusual, for me, was the lack of marker lights and the substitution of what look like ping pong

I just put in some wheelsets with plastic wheels. That protects the bearing surfaces well enough. Regards, Spen Kellogg

Tim, that's a great solution that's evaded me. Thanks. SGL