In 1943 the Northern Pacific rebuilt 90 of its 1903 36 foot boxcars into bay window cabooses. It also did 12 for the SP&S. -- Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

Tim O'Connor said: What a relief to finally understand those water drops on the top of my car in the morning--which is where Larry Jackman started. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Not to forget that the Petaluma & Santa Rosa had a converted boxcar caboose that was probably built in the 1920s, but certainly no later than the 1930s. I like to think that the P&SR was a trend

Tim is also correct as far as the biological side goes. The true dew that one finds on grass in the morning is often a combination of the grass's transpiration, little overnight evaporation, and

If you use Dow Corning J RTV rubber and leave the pattern in the mold for 72 hours, there will be no shrinking. But one draw back is you need a vacuum pump and chamber to work with the J. Thank

Actually Paul, you get virtually equal quality by casting a part from a previous generation of casting. Did you know that most of Al's and Martin's kits are composed of 2nd and often 3rd generation

Regarding the location of LPG terminals, I have seen many "new" ones that are out in the country, and I have seen many old ones that were in the industrial section of small towns. ===== Ted

Tim You taught me something. The kit was the special run that was done for the MP Historical society and the doors must have been Joe's since he was the one selling the kit. I "assumed" they were

First, I wrote: The "Keeley Cure" was a treatment for rehabilitating people addicted to liquor or drugs. Named for its developer, Dr. Leslie E. Keeley. Keeley was regarded as a quack, but the stuff

Guys I have just uploaded the SAL B5 drawings that I mentioned in yesterdays post to the file section of the list. Check them out there if you are interested in them..There are 10 parts

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LPG can be moved via pipeline. The pipeline that runs just south of Greenville, SC, has a lpg car loading facility near Rock Hill, SC. I do not know how lpg was moved in this list's era, although my

Dennis and all, The Rio Grande narrow gauge lines rebuilt some boxcars in the 4000 series into long cabooses at an early date...these cars lasted until the end of operations in 1967. I believe that

Tim O'Connor wrote: The B&M described the doors in their class card for the #71000-71999 series as "ARA" whatever that meant in regard to doors. (The #72000-72999 series doors were described as