Tim: Thanks for the CNW links. There are a lot of interesting details to be spotted in these photos. http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34600/1a34690v.jpg features a while string of

Links that work: http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34600/1a34660v.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34800/1a34826v.jpg Other

HIPS (High Impact PolyStyrene) is high impact because it is rubber modified. An example would be Evergreen styrene strips and sheets. ABS, as Tim already pointed out, is a blend. Earl Tuson

oops... Didn't include the obligatory STMFC-specific bibliographic link: <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?fsaall:113:./temp/~ammem_W6L3> "Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the

<snip> Well... HERE's the problem! <http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34600/1a34613v.jpg> Choices... choices... SO MANY choices... Lets see: I think it's the 3rd on the bottom

Recent threads again dealt with color preception, weathering and the "correct" color for a particular railroad. Here are links to a couple photos in the Smithsonian's FSA/OWI collection which may

I have uploaded a photo of the new HO scale MILW 40' double door ribside boxcar from Rib Side Cars to the Files section of the STMFPH overflow/photos group. (No file space is available in this

Tim Gilbert wrote [ implies bituminous production of 156 million tons ] Tim, that sounded WAY too low to me, so I looked it up. Coal production in the U.S. in 1939 was more than 447,000,000

For those not in O scale (and perhaps even for some that are and have missed it), Weaver is now offering their catalog list with a factory-weathed option. I think it ranges from $15 extra for freight

Paul Hillman wrote: The NMRA weights, as are well documented, were chosen for good operating behavior, and had nothing explicitly to do with scale weights. Tony Thompson Editor,

Jim, Well,...some of the formula manipulation results and posted information in this thread, apparently turn out to yield that the scale-weight calculations ARE very close to the NMRA figures for

Marcelo Lordeiro writes: I kinda hate to do this but I think I'll respond here on the STMFC. Actually, while the subject has a closer association to steam era frt cars than several recent posts, this

Thomas Baker wrote: According to the US Dept. of Interior's MINERAL YEAR BOOK of 1945, 6,088,000 tons of coal was produced in Iowa, Kansas & Missouri - the combined production from these three states

Southern Iowa was laced with coal mines. Even today--or the last time I drove through the area--I was very surprised to discover that many of the coal ceposits were strip mined, and the scarred land

I'm going to 'weigh in' on an -entirely- different scale ... Modeling "scale weight" serves no purpose. It sounds good on the surface but you have to ask your self the question "why"? I suggest

Jigs are easy to make, as well. -- Thanks! Brian "On the workbench, under the stack of Sunshine kits" Ehni

It is easy to forget that Illinois was a large coal producer (is it still?), and at one time there were a fairly large number of producing coal mines in Iowa (a mine on Iowa family land lasted into

Ya know, unless you're using thousands of the things, it takes about 5 seconds to make a corner grab with a pair of pliers and a piece of wire. There are many sizes on the prototype cars, but only a

So basically all model cars should weigh about the same according to length? That's why a 40 ft flatcar would weigh the same as a 40 ft boxcar? Maybe THAT's the reason that one wood, kit-built boxcar

The corner grabs I have are made by Tichy. I don't recall if they are equal leg or not. So I can't say whether they are the same as either of those you have. They are made from a hard copper .010