Use of a non duty paid conveyance to carry goods between two points within a country is "cabotage", which is indeed illegal in most countries. Thus, a freight car would normally move across the border

North American did, indeed, operate the AESX tank car fleet, but the cars with those reporting marks were owned by, and assigned to the service of, corn oil manufacturer A. E. Staley. It's certainly

Bill, Both the Car Service Rules and US Customs regulations required that cars of Canadian ownership built in Canada be either loaded to Canada or returned empty to Canada. Same with Mexico.

Tim, Thanks again for the analysis. It keeps me interested in releasing the data. The thing that surprised me were the 2 Canadian cars that were loaded and sent on their way. I had always heard

A few years back we tried a sampling of the IM, McHenry (and clones), and Accumates on our relatively large 60' x 30' HO scale club layout. While not scientific the test cars which ran for a few years

In the January 21st through March 15th, 1949 List Bill Darnaby provided, there were 42 boxcars and 21 tank cars. Of the 21 Tank Cars, the lessees appear to be the receivers rather than the shipper.

Tony, that's a tough one. I wouldn't know how to systematically test that. My own experience with the scale Accumates is good (no reported problems) but that was only half a dozen cars on a very large

TIm O'C wrote: Tim, I don't think a destructive or "limit-load" test is the most important. I have heard tales from club usage of plastic couplers of slack running out and elastically bending

Tim, the skeptic in me says "absolutely nothing"... But I suppose one result may be that more waybills will be showing up on layouts listing the cargo as "bean meal" whatever that is... :-) Is bean

Tony, that's a great question and it seems to me like a perfect subject for a magazine article... maybe RPCyc, because none of the major mags would publish an article that might point out flaws in an

William, only one problem: If your magnet is moved away from the ball (upwards) then the effect of the magnetic field is diminished as the inverse square of the distance. To work, your uncoupling

Tim Gilbert wrote: That data are fun? There are plenty of folks who still need that lesson <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

I agree. I have examined this coupler for both dimensions and proportions, as well as draft gear box, and it is excellent on all those counts. I guess I wish it were a metal coupler, but aside

Andy Sperandeo wrote: Andy, What are the implications of the boxcar mixes of outbound traffic from Swift's Soy Bean Processing Operation in Frankfort in 1948-1949 upon your ATSF model (of Cajon

Dave, The way my memory plays tricks on me sometimes I might not get "what car does the AAR Mechanical Designation XM signify?" more than 75% of the time. That pesky memory is why I have two 5" ring

Tom, et alia, I've been thinking about trying to make real, functioning top operated coupler release bars to use with the Sergent couplers. I looked at the size of the pieces and think it can be

Denny (and everyone else), Back in the late 1960s and 1970s several of us model railroaders, mostly in our teens and twenties would gather at Harper's Hobby Shop in Riverside, California on Friday

What's wrong with an aftermarket product?I think they would sell well enough to more that cover the cost of tooling.Armand Premo

Tony, I think Paul said it best, and you agreed with him -- we need a scale coupler, with a scale draft gear, that is compatible with Kadee... (This also is what Denny has been saying all

Paul LaCiura wrote: Heckuva good summary, Paul. Few of us would argue with that. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705