I would be inclined to think that Larry is exaggerating... except that the same thing happened to me in Albequerque (actually Rio Rancho, NM) once. I was driving at the time and instead of rain, I

With the recent increase in postage rates (Jan. 8th $4.05 for upto 1 lbs priority mail) plus the cost of the box and packing material, an increase of $1 in shipping charges is not unreasonable at

From H. Beyer and W. Walter, "Organic Chemistry", transl. D. Lloyd; Albion: Chichester, England, 1997; pp 472-473: "The first step in the industrial treatment of coal tar is to fractionate it by

I was in El Paso once in 1955. It rained. For the first 10 minutes it was mud balls. It took it that long to clear the dust out of the air. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@...

This entire discussion about lumber, warped wood, etc. illustrates perfectly why all RR museums should move their entire collections of rolling stock to El Paso ASAP. Here nothing rots, warps or

Are you sure? Pentachlorophenol is a rather odd name for a hydrocarbon. I found this, amoung other things, when I googled "pentachlorophenol." "What is pentachlorophenol? "Pentachlorophenol

The moral of the story is: If you buy one Sunshine kit per year, consider buying five kits every five years instead. Oh, and order the next five kits during the fourth year. Scott Pitzer

Paul, you've got it right. I'm not trying to save a buck. In fact if you send an extra buck, Patricia will probably write you a refund check for the overpayment. I just want to get it right when my

The volunteer group, the SPCRR / SIA did not purchase the material or chose the supplier. It was purchased by by CSRM and the CSRM Foundation. As noted the wood was not kiln dried (not always the

Randy Hees says: As I recall, I had met Tony Thompson and Richard Hendrickson at Railfair 99 at the book store area and shortly afterward, we walked by the car...at least I think it was that car.

It may be the active part in preserving wood, but creosote contains a heck of a lot of other stuff too, as I'm sure Mr. Kott knows very well. For another example, you MIGHT say, "wine IS

Garth Groff wrote: Garth, what I was told was that somebody in that volunteer group decided to save a few bucks and not use kiln-dried wood. Maybe Denny Anspach can tell us more on that

There is also a factor in the way the timber was treated after felling and after sawing to lumber. The tree trunk may have been stored for several months, or even years, before it was sawn, to

Hello everyone, I'm looking for decals to letter a Seaboard Air Line 40ft PS-1 boxcar from series SAL 24000-24499, built October, 1948. The cars carried slogans, 24000-24299 lettered The Route of

By coincidence I was the project manager for the SN MW 32 project for the SPCRR (www.spcrr.org <http://www.spcrr.org/>). The project goal was to rebuild the car, using hand tools, over the 9 days of

My point is, Bruce, that tossing an extra buck into the check to more properly compensate Martin for the work he does is NOT inappropriate. If you're that tight for the buck, keep it. SGL

Pat, please drop me a line at Golden1014@... at your convenience. I managed to delete your home e-mail, and I can't seem to extract your entire e-mail address from the group site. Thanks, JG

Most copiers have this sort of bias and anyone photocopying plans should be aware that, even without reduction, there will commonly be a change in length in the horizontal (scanning) direction.

Jim Hayes asked: "...on the subject of changes, a recent New Products listing in a magazine said shipping charges were $5, not the $4 we're used to. Does anyone know if that's right?" It's still

Brett Whelan asked: "I'm modeling 1958 and would like to model a USRA panel side hopper. I haven't been able find any photographic evidence that any USRA (30' 6" inside length) panel side cars existed