Ammonia was used in the compressor as Freon was in later years. I worked in creamery that had an ammonia system instead freon. Thank you Larry Jackman

Steve, I think fairly small amounts of refrigerant are consumed but since it's a closed system, you would not see daily or weekly tank cars coming into the ice plant. You know there just has to be a

Ted, when you're done please publish photos with explanatory text. I'd like to see how you tackle the running boards... I have two unfinished tank cars I've tried this on and gave up in

Therefore, I may do the CIM car with one AAR and one Andrews truck (VBG) Actually I'll probably use AAR Trucks since I broke one of the Andrews that LL included and that would make it different than

Weren't many of the early ice plants based on ammonia? Was that ammonia consumed in some way? I know little about ice plants. I am just thinking of the possible need to bring ammonia into the ice

Chris Barkan wrote: "Thanks to Soph Marty, some of us recently learned that some (at least one) of these B&LE cars were sold to the EJ&E and as such, was photographed by Soph in Iowa sometime in the

Has anyone bought photos from the Cal state RR museum lately? If so how much did they set you back? Same for the Merrilee's collection (the Canadian archives). Has anyone got photos from the Hagley

On reviewing this older e-mail the question of modifying the new Atlas car popped into my head. Could one replace the the bonnet with a dome (or different bonnet) and obtain a reasonably accurate

In a message dated 8/31/03 12:55:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wbkelly@... writes: << I've been doin' some homework in this area myself. Rule 3, section t, paragraph 3e of the AAR rules was

Walter M. Clark writes: "I was in Longs in Moreno Valley today and saw the new 2004 Model Railroader Calendar. Our esteemed Mike Brock has a beautiful photo in it. Great work, Mike, and

I purchased the brake wheel at a PRRT&HS annual meeting about 5 years ago. As I recall, I paid $80. The includes the bracket and about 7 feet of chain! - Al

I may be a masochist, but this was the answer I was looking for. I am going to have a lot of fun modifying this model to add the Apex dome platform and running boards. Thank you, Ed. Regards, Ted

Ed Hawkins wrote Ed, can you answer a question for me? How was the AB valve oriented? Was it upside-down compared to its normal orientation on the floor of a freight car? And how was the release rod

Darl Kretsinger wrote: At one time I had contemplated building a freight train to run on our club during public shows. I had one stipulation, and that was that every car had to be manufactured at

Thanks to Soph Marty, some of us recently learned that some (at least one) of the these B&LE cars were sold to the EJ&E and as such, was photographed by Soph in Iowa sometime in the 1960s. So

Further to Garth's message, the reason the domes are smaller on multi-compartment cars is because the dome size is proportional to the tank compartment size. So a 3-compartment, 6,000 gallon car

For those of you with a hankering for some reasonably accurate, multi-compartment tank cars that we recently have discussed on this list, you might ask Mr. Kretsinger if he has any of the old Thomas

Guy, I've been doin' some homework in this area myself. Rule 3, section t, paragraph 3e of the AAR rules was added to the rulebook with the January 1, 1947 issue. The 1949 issue had this paragraph

At one time I had contemplated building a freight train to run on our club during public shows. I had one stipulation, and that was that every car had to be manufactured at least 35 years ago. I

Thanks everybody for your thoughts on what to do with the new Atlas cars. Dave Nelson