Tuson, and it seems to me there's at least one other. I'm not sure there are many more S scalers than that in the whole world (excluding tinplaters, of course). And how can anyone "like" X29s?<<< I ha

>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Soo Line Box Car Lettering Shawn - 1951. See our paint scheme section (http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/images/rolling-stock/Paint/Paint-S.html) for more detailed information.

By "just reporting marks" I meant no herald or any other large CGW ID; ICC required info only. Ted Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:35:47 -0500 From: "John Nehrich" <nehrij@ Subject: Re: Digest Number 357 Ted

I found some webpages that will help illustrate the difference between a sprue and a runner. http://www.keungsing.com.hk/ shows a phantom view of an injection mold. The bright green ring at the top of

some A couple of hopefully constructive comments (I'm often requested as a tester so I tend to notice a lot of things):<<<<<<<<< What scale are these items? Probably HO, but I don't like assuming... =

In the fifties (and later), I saw hoppers of lime unloaded at the team track of my central Minnesota home town, using the same kind of elevators used for unloading coal for the steam plant at the loca

re: too many MT eastern gons out west, I suspect that a good use for these may have been shipping utility poles back east. I recall seeing many loads of poles headed east when I was a kid. I never loo

Fertilizer Shawn. I should again mention this was a Minnesota elevator and shipped crops not grown in Iowa and received coal from Duluth in box cars. Iowa elevators received coal in gondolas. Clark<<<

I spent many late 50's - early 60's summer hours watching GN through and way freights in my small central Minnesota home town. Coal was delivered to the team track in hoppers (type and roadname unknow

Uffda, issn't that wonderful! She's a beaut fer shur. ===== Ted Larson __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

I remember in the early '60's watching GN grain trains head to Duluth through central Minnesota. Single sheathed boxcars were plentiful. We used to watch the built date to look for the oldest car in t

Nice photo Bill. I've made the following comment to some people, sorry if it is a repeat to you. I'm letting you know just in case you don't know! Your photo is not of parts on a sprue, it is of parts

Bill, what you have in your photo is a plain old milk cow. "Fattened" and "unfattened" cattle most likely refers to beef animals, so they wouldn't look too much like this lady, at least not western an

Don't feel that your small vintage town MUST handle milk cans. The town I grew up in had a creamery, so no need to ship out whole milk. We shipped out butter and skimmed milk. ===== Ted Larson _______

Regarding the files section filling up, I notice that many photos are in excess of 100kb. In general, for viewing on the web, I find that photo size of 300-400 pixels high is good, and compress the ph

re: matching color; my daughter's car has a replacement fender. The color is a dead on match............... in some lighting! In other lighting, it is obviously way off. Both lighting situations are o

I'm curious why this is a question. I frequently see LPG plants in urban areas. There are still many areas that don't have natural gas lines in the neighborhoods, so people that want gas for stoves an

Seems to me that a painted roofwalk woulda been rather more slippery when wet than unpainted wood. Any "been there" guys on the list that can tell us how it was really? ===== Ted Larson ______________

Here's some pertinent points from what I have read; - the tank is insulated to keep the heat out, similar to insulated boxcars. - there is a vent to let out gas that develops due to slow warming of th

Regarding the location of LPG terminals, I have seen many "new" ones that are out in the country, and I have seen many old ones that were in the industrial section of small towns. ===== Ted Larson ___