Owing to the holidays, I'm several days late in responding to this, but I feel obliged to say that Brian is entirely correct and that my post was based (though it should not have been) on an

This will bear on pipe loads. My Father-in-Law was in charge of large plumbing crews, (as I recall) several hundred men, at Clinton Corn Processing. He told me of working in a pit with up to 1200 PSI

I have been trying to get a better understanding on the changes to the lettering on Northern Pacific boxcars. In looking through a number of photos from around the late 30's I'm seeing NP cars with

Aren't lot of these construction pipes (like the vitreous clay pipes) a lot shorter than 40 feet? Wouldn't at least some of them be loaded in gondolas? I'm guessing that they are too heavy for a

What is the typical diameter of drill pipe?

Hi, At one time or another I believe there were some good articles on the Heinz fleet in either Rail Model Journal, Mainline, or Mainline Modeler. I cannot remember which,and I wonder if

Gents, There's bee no mention here of "Drill Pipe" as used in the petroleum exploration and well drill drilling. This certainly was shipped via rail, given the remote locations (distanced from

I suggest that you all look at "Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Vol 3".  There are a number of photos taken in the 1950's of flat cars loaded with steel pipe See pages 244,  257,  267 and

I have started a photo album, if approved for photos of loads of pipe on railroad cars.  I loaded a photo of a ML&T flat car with a load of corrugated pipe circa 1914.  Early for most of you, but

That's what I was talking about. But is "Fernco" a trade name? Doesn't sound like a generic term. I think we'd better drop this anyhow, Sheriff Brock is very humorless these days, and I'm

--- On Mon, 12/1/08, Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote:From: Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee@...>Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: Pipe loads on the cheapTo:

Jack Burgess wrote: There exist photos, I think at CSRM, of this pipe loaded in box cars. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

In discussing pipe types and modeling them, we need to keep a couple of things in mind. First, which types of pipe were not manufactured locally and thus might be shipped by rail? Iron pipe might be

I've heard that term, yes. But it doesn't ring right on my ear, so I think there is probably another term. "Pressure fitting?" "Pressure connector?" Something like that. SGL ,

Not necessarily. Both steel pipe and concrete pipe can be joined for some non-pressure uses (drain lines, for instance) with a band which is drawn tight around the pipe. There is a

I'm in the process of changing my email over to Comcast. If you would like me to add you as a contact please reply to? toddchorton@...?? Thanks for your time

Are you thinking of a saddle clamp? These are primarily used to repair breaks without removing the line. Rich Orr

Don't most of these construction pipes have a bell on one end? Ed

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Is this the pipe load we are discussing? Life-Like Products - SceneMaster Flat Car Loads http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-1510 It is described as "steel pipe,"