As Tony addressed, I wouldnt be surprised if the fish arrived via other means (like REA) and this reefer was just used as a facade for freshness and as a sincerity to statement stand. Maybe the reefer

Looking how smoothly the banner crosses the door and appears to have no thickness on the end I wonder if the picture is a photographers paste up, and the banner and the car never even met each other..

RE: PDF files. You may want to investigate the PDF/A variant, which is (supposedly) more "self contained" (IIRC regular PDFs use the fonts on your OS, PDF/A embeds the font definition in the PDF). It

One big issue is degradation of digital media. Writeable CD-R's are one of the worst storage mediums out there and so many people/organizations use(d) them as long-term storage (myself included),

While on a recent trip visiting family, I stumbled across a couple very interesting rail cars that were built more than 110 years ago. These are featured in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post.

Brian That looks really good. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I think the answer is we need to preserve the originals and in digital format as well. Digital format documents need special care to remain accessible over time. 1. Make sure at least one copy is in

The Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society has two archives: one in San Bernardino and the other in Temple TX. The Springer Archives in Temple are supported by the city of Temple and the

Brian, Congrats on bringing a family photo into 3D! It's very cool that you could personalize part of your modelling with a bit of family history. I may plagarize your efforts a bit and redirect a

Well, Owatonna, MN is on the old CNW “Alco Line” to South Dakota. It likely went west to Mankato and south to either Council Bluffs or (more likely) Omaha. Then west on the UP to California.

Mel, Why? What would be so interesting about the routing? Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

would have loved to seen the routing on this one ;-) mel perry

So I know this is not on point but in the 1960s as a kid, I was given slide lists from a company called 35 Slides located in Colorado. These lists featured all kinds of color slides of Northeast

The finished car. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni

Rubber Cement? Joe Melhorn Sahuarita, AZ 85629

Hi Tom, At the bottom of the emails in this thread, there are words to the effect 'View or Reply Online'. If you click on that link, it takes you to the most recent message in the thread, and under

Brian, how about using the thinnest stripwood you can find to make a rectangle for the sign, attach with Elmers, and then attach the wood to the car side with contact cement, ACC, or something else?

Thanks for your suggestions. Actually, I remembered (after sending the email, of course) that I had some 3M adhesive tape I bought for building some brass passenger cars that have multiple side

Tony, you wrote: "And though it does appear that such formats as TIFF and PDF are holding up -- so far — they may well be superseded in the future. Obviously any archive has to stay on top of such

Try a light coat of 3M spray mount adhesive. If you want it to be "permanent", slap it on the car right away while still wet. If you want it to be removable, let it air dry for a a bit, then slap it