Steve, My guess, to judge from both what the earlier-mentioned C&O employee and the hints in the photograph suggest, is that the meaning of the entry is that the car is insulated, and used for

The entry in the UTLX listing is very cryptic, consisting of INSULATED LATEX at the top of the column with the car numbers. There are a number of car groups with INSULATED, but this series is the

I've dusted off the shelf in the storeroom again and put some items on ebay including freight car detail parts and trucks and couplers. Check out item number 180309878450 and my other

Cyril Durrenberger asks, "When did the UP begin to paint their cabooses yellow?" According to the late Terry Metcalfe in his UP frt car book, "...Begiining in the summer of 1947 and continuing

When did the UP begin to paint their cabooses yellow? Cyril Durrenberger

I agree with Kurt's suggestion of drinking straws. While many of the straws on the market are oval shaped I finally found some at a local coffee shop that were truly round (or so close to it that

I suspect much of that may be "brand identification", i.e. Westinghouse vs. GE vs. Allis-Chalmers and so forth, but there does seem to be better ability to deal with excess heat these days leading to

Folks, In looking at the Walthers Northern Power and Light Substation, it looks like there are a number of transformers that might make interesting loads. My concern is that the main transformer has

Lee wrote Nothing on my end. It's a mystery. May be a Comcast hiccup. Sorry that's how I write "Rectangular Panel" roof. I use DP for "Diagonal Panel". From my notes: RMJ 10/1999 pp.43-51 Ed

Brian I got 9 copies! Don't ask me... I only sent it once. Tim O'Connor

If it'd make a difference... the latices in question would probably be things like unfinished (i.e., uncoagulated) styrene-butadiene or other synthetic rubbers. The liquid output after the ingredients

Mark Feddersen wrote: "I assume your need to constantly make snide remarks is compensation for manly deficiencies." As Schuyler noted, this remark is blatantly in violation of the rules. The concept

I'm with you, Rich, but i think there is an easier way than finding either a vertical boring machine or even a drill press to reduce the thickenss of the wall to use this sort of material to depict

No, Tony, there is no way that the term "Latex Lining" could possibly be construed to mean "Latex resistant lining." If it meant that, it would SAY: "Latex Resistant Lining." And it's hard to think

Lee Gautreaux wrote: Rectangular Panel, the predecessor to the diagonal-panel roof. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Tim, Many thanks for the info. Many, many, many, many, many..... Well, you get the idea. I wonder what caused the multiple posts to the list? I hope it is not some sort of nasty viral

This is the plural I have fairly consistently found in the relevant technical literature that I have consulted. As to its origin, I don't know, I've worked mostly with Finno-Ugric languages, not

You can have some of mine.<G>Armand Premo

Six?I recieved Nine.Armand Premo