We were figuring out whether latex must be shipped in lined tank cars ... I don't know why I tried to answer based on chemistry when Kaminski's tank car book was handy. It says (p 252) latex may

To those who ordered the new S scale Southern Ry. 1973 50' waffle side boxcar kit, I thank you. All shipments have been made with the last 3 going out yesterday. For your convenience, the 8-page

Hi I have found black straws here in Sweden. The straight part is about 45 scale feet. Takes away all the problems with painting. You just have to airbrush them with a dull coat. I would be

Etching is a very good idea. I made a pipe load with plastic straws and painted the load with Floquil (old formula) with no etching. Eventually the paint started flaking off even though the load

List, The Carolina Piedmont Division of the Mid-Eastern Region of the NMRA has acquired some box cars as a fund raiser. They are 40 foot Accurail PS-1s painted by Bowser. They are Gray with

In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:05:24 PM Central Standard Time, ch00ch00@... writes: During the early 1900's, the PRR used a rivet that went into a 13/16" hole. Does anyone know what

Guyz,            Now this discussion is way over my head.  The only thing I know is advertised as 'living latex' is in the ladies section of the store. Now, where did the tank car info get

I should preface this by saying I'm a small-molecule organic chemist not a polymer chemist. But a colleague of mine *is* a polymer chemist & I'll check this w/him. But, he's a Dean & subject to

A few of you contacted me re: Yahoo stripping the photo attachments from a recent product announcement. The web page has since been created .. there are a couple of code typos that need to be fixed

Thank you. I would appreciate that, 1'm doing a 2 dimensional CAD drawing and I would like the rendering to be accurate. Ed Schleyer ch00ch00@... - - those are zero's - not Oh's April

There was an article on rivets in Mainline Modeler, probably the April 1997 one by Gene Green. If you don't have that issue, I'll look it up for you. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

During the early 1900's, the PRR used a rivet that went into a 13/16" hole. Does anyone know what size the Rivet was, or is? Of all the drawings of the "sills" that I have had a chance to see, there

I note that on the History Channel's series "Extreme Trains" that next Tuesday's episode features a contemporary reefer train. The description says it also covers the competition between truck

Chuck, Many thanks. Jim

Good Day, Bruce. Don mentioned Stewart, Selley has some transformers too. http://bowser-trains.com/hoother/selley/Selley%20Drawings%20HO.pdf Sincerely, Mark Morgan

Our leader Mr Brock was quite restrained in his response, but since you likely have a digital camera, and digital images take virtually (snicker) no space, and could be put on a CD if they challenge

Larry Ostresh writes: "A UP A-50-12 (converted to bunk car) sitting in Laramie is about to be scrapped. It was built by Ralston Steel Car Company in 1929, one of the series 152001-152500. As far as I

Hi Folks A UP A-50-12 (converted to bunk car) sitting in Laramie is about to be scrapped. It was built by Ralston Steel Car Company in 1929, one of the series 152001-152500. As far as I can tell it

I, too, wonder about "brand identification" here, Bruce, but do not seem to recall large transformers with square ends until into the 1960's. It may be a question of cheaper to fabricate just as it

Jim, I will forward this to them. Chuck Hladik