Tony; It wouldn't surprise me, and they often were doing huge numbers of cars, and there had to be econonomies to be had in an industry that large. I have never seen any references to what type of

Bill; The shot of the GP20 has virtually no shadow, which would seem to indicate overcast, which has a dramatic effect on color in an image. Overcast pushes standard film toward blue, which many

Sometimes we thing too much. Brute force is always the answer : ) I pried mine out. Was so easy I don't even remember how I did it ! Probably the same as Tim mentioned. Car is much nicer weathered,

Rich; I sure can't answer the first part of your message, but interesting about the last part.... I am also incorporating consideration of loads in most of my modeling now. I spent a lot of time

Ed, I've attained a pretty realistic effect by coloring some boards with various shades of brown and gray Prismacolor artists' pencils. Richard Hendrickson

2 cents on the Wabash <-> UP interchange, from 1947/1954 Copeland reports, 80K+ loads at KC, 3900+ at Council Bluffs, <10 at Omaha, < 20 at South Omaha. -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO

OK, I poorly stated the question. I was referencing the need to consider the chemical reaction between loads, natural pigments and the environment to explain discoloration as opposed to weathering or

Gentlemen,   I need to start downsizing for our next move. I have a few extra Proto tank cars and would like to let one go--P2K Staley (orange) AESX #187.   I've added light weathering, Kadee #58

Thanks, Tim _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 9:44 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC]

I, too, have a hankering to remove these floors. I was thinking of drilling a couple of holes up from the bottom (maybe through the holes for the truck screws) and then pushing the floor up from

That probably explains it more than some blue paint or blue taconite (which is not really an accurate description). Seems to me to be the same cast or reflection of light that the steel beams of the

Kurt Laughlin wrote: Certainly blue can be introduced into images this way--look at the polished rail head in your daytime photos. But the iron oxide is not at all reflective, so I rather doubt

I wonder if it results from bare steel reflecting the sky color, like a body of water? KL

Viv I used an xacto chisel blade in between the sidewall and the edge of the floor. it took a few minutes of prying. mine wasn't heavily glued down, maybe just a couple drops of ACC or

Nah... it melts better than cheese! Bill Daniels Tucson, AZ

Tim, I also have one of these beautiful gons and I want to mess it about a bit to get that 'used gon' look. How did you 'coax' the floor out? I'm sure I'm not the only list member that would like to

Bill, no wonder you had problems -- using processed cheese in your camera! :-)

Sorry, Tim... there's nothing wrong with my ancient eyes. However, my use of Velvita came out best when I exposed it at about a half-stop more than what Fuji recommended. For

Considering recent disussion how about this- Adjacent boards can be dried in about the same location in a kiln or one can be from the middle and one can be from the edge. They can be from the same

Now that I think about it, could the bluish appearance be due to heating of the bare metal (bare where the loading of coal or ore would abrade the paint off the metal) by repeated attempts to thaw