Richard, Thank you for the reply. In the NP Classic Steam Locomotive book their are a couple photos taken in 1939 showing the older lettering on some double sheathed boxcars and that's what got me

Tim O' asks, Any given well could use a range of pipe sizes. There are actually two kinds of "pipe" involved, casing and drill pipe. You start out drilling a big hole, with a bit on the bottom of

Isn't the vitrified clay pipe what was called, at least during the steam and transition era, "Orangeburg" pipe here in the east? I believe that name came from the fact that most of is seemed to

Maybe the Jordan 1940's City Transit Bus (#244) would be a better option. Chuck Hladik

Al and Virgil, Thanks for the information. I'll pursue the articles and see if the NMRA has any information on the old SIG. Was it called Pickles in Miniature? Jerry

You may want to look at some of the military paint ranges as dark olive is well represented. .vp

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Howard - I don't know if copies were sent to the NMRA library. You might check there. I have a complete set but it's not easily accessable. - Al

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Richard, I have two photos of NP wood sheathed box cars with the old lettering which were repainted and reweighed in 1937, so that stenciling arrangement lasted at least that long. However, the

While I was at Naperville, I ate lunch at Panera Bread several times. A Canadian friend said he enjoyed eating at Panera because their black plastic drinking straw made perfect pipe loads, as he grab

I'm surprised that some of the other engineers on the list haven't chimed in, but, at the risk of moderation jail... vitrified clay (sewer pipes) - most common during steam era - typically only 4'

Seems like different kinds of pipe came in different lengths. Is that the reason for 39-foot rail lengths, too: fit in a 40-ft gon? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. sections were because it would its

Al, Are these newsletters archive somewhere? I would like to get copies. Howard Garner

Since I have one of the Red Caboose express cars, I can say it looks like a very faded version of Dark Olive. I suppose it's ok for a 1960's version.

You could always ask Red Caboose what they use as a standard. I'd guess their Chinese assembly people formulate their own paint, but it will be chosen to match a standard provided by RC. If that's

Not sure about the Red Caboose match... but have you looked at: PBL STR-29 SP/ UP/ Rio Grande Dark Olive Paint ? <http://www.p-b-l.com> On-line Catalog - Category

There were several clay/brick works in this area (Beaver Falls PA) that made and shipped clay pipe and flue liners by rail. Additionally there were hardware distributors that received same. There

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Al SP bought hundreds of ore cars beginning in 1958 w/ clasp brakes (two brake pads per wheel). The cars had to be lifted over Beaumont Hill and I guess SP didn't want any runaways... Power for the