I love the smell of diesel fumes in the morning . . . . 8^) SGL

I recently picked up some Great Northern Bulletins and Circulars from the Cascade Division. The following is from a re-issued circular from January 1, 1952. CIRCULAR NO. 27 All concerned will

Schuyler Larrabee wrote (responding to Larry Jackman): I'm sure Larry is thinking of the machine shop, where a micrometer is essential for accurate and reproducible measurements. A caliper, or

Larry (he of manifold experiences) Jackman writes: Um, why not? SGL

I have several pairs of tweezers, including to the amazement of several on this list, two pair of self-closing tweezers, which I like because they provide a handle which allows me to place the object

It seems I'm emailing myself here. I found the photocopy I made from a friends Train Shed magazine of a builders photo of a CGW 90000 series box car. I can only make out one spoke of the brake wheel

I just thought I'd pass along some highlights from this Morning Sun book that might interest freight car fans: - pp. 16-17 1956 views of a C&NW piggyback car & trailer - p.23 1957 photo of 3 CB&Q

I would bet they are still in the wrong holes if you used a dial calipers to check their size. The only way to measure them correctly is with a drill gauge. Do not depend on any caliper including

ed_mines wrote: In that case the cars are mechanical refrigerators, or cars (probably Canadian, as they had lots of them) with underslung heaters, not bunker heaters of the kind I was

Yes. Yes. Anthony Thompson 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail: thompsonmarytony@...

Tom Olsen wrote: This would be a charcoal heater; see pages 347 and 412 in the PFE book, 2nd edition for photos. The alcohol heaters which replaced them were much smaller. Naturally PFE marked

Were the sides of 40 ft. single sheathed box cars made of 17 ft. long planks or could shorter, less expensive planks be used? When the cars were painted would a rotten portion of a plank

--- In STMFC@..., Tony Thompson <thompsonmarytony@s...> asked: "Stacks? What stacks? Tall stacks sound like vents, not heaters." in reply to my comment "I'm surprised at how tall the

Two of the most useful items I have on my bench are the fine and extra fine sprue cutters by PBL. Yes, they are high cost items, but they are way superior to the $5.00 knock-offs I picked up a train

I have been told be two sources that the CGW 90000 series box cars had 'Vermillion Klasing' hand brakes. Both the photos I have (haven't found the third one yet) were taken for the A end. Does anyone

"Jack Burgess" wrote a very useful and informative post. Two items especially rang a bell: "an extremely fine pair of Vigor jeweler's tweezers. AND: " Dial calipers - Mine is a 30-year-old

George,The 4000 series had the following dimensions: inside L 38' E 8'6" H3'4"Outside:L 41'2" 4500 series inside same as 4000 except IH 4'2".Hope this helps.Armand Premo

George,I believe the boards were 10".I'll check my ORER.Armand Premo

Armand Premo Armand, The CDS lettering set is for the 4000 series. I'll have to scratchbuild the wood part (S scale) and was wondering as to dimensions or a guess from a photo. Thanks, George

I didn't have the chance to look into empty hoppers until the late 60s, but many cars from that era interiors were unpainted. Up here in the frozen tundra the coal (contents) freezes in the cars.