I have been using Testors enamel paint pen on rails and been satisfied with it. Have not tried painting ties with it. Has been a while since I bought any, the availability may have changed. Chuck Peck

The answer might be that there was little market for scrap during the Depression, At the same time, retiring unneeded equipment to get it off the books may have had advantages. Chuck Peck

Out of not knowing, I am wondering about the uses of lead oxides. Grandfather, an L&N RR boilermaker, had mason jars of red lead and white lead that he had brought home from the shops. I seem to recal

I would see a blacksmith and his car as attached to a Bridge Gang, sometimes called B&B. Little need for forge work and making parts on the spot for minor on the road repair. On the road repair, as I

I would guess that this is not a one purpose tag. My thought would be that upon use, one letter would be circled or marked. Perhaps a specific yard or routing, an interchange point or some such. Again

On the subject of MAJOR rebuilds, I recall a story from my grandfather who was a boilermaker foreman at the L&N RR South Louisville Shops. He told of "rebuilding" a locomotive where they could not eve

Penn Central Class L-6 electrics were cab-forwards. Chuckles Peck

This topic reminds me of a story I heard from back in the steam era. The Louisville & Nashville tried to deliver two tank cars to an online consignee. The consignee had declared bankruptcy before deli

I found that railroads were not the only users of Pintsch Gas. It was also used to light coastal buoys and such. The pictured car could therefore be delivering gas for those uses as well as rail needs

My thought was that everything got loaded from the far side. This door was opened by mistake. The tag for "unload from this side" having been lost. OK, I'm just justifying a mistake.

So if I got this straight, all the implement loads were outbound from MM and everything else listed was inbound to MM. Is that correct? Chuck Peck

One end might resemble a single furnace Scotch Marine but with the furnace not coming out the other end, I cannot see it being a good anything at all. Not that I have seen every possible boiler but it

Losing friends may be the worst part of growing old. Chuck Peck

Miss him, Yes. As will we all. Chuck Peck

If I recall correctly (a big if), wasn't anthracite used as carbon filtration in water plants? If so, fuel was not the only need for northeast hoppers far afield. Chuck Peck

In one old man 's view, if it were not for foobies and stand-ins, a lot of otherwise good models would never reach marketable numbers. Not a popular view perhaps. Chuck Peck

Maybe the pipes might not have been intended for municipal system . Perhap there was some industrial use for brine or something else reactive to iron pipe. Chuck Peck

Boilers are boilers, be it on a locomotive or in a building. They require cleaning and upkeep. Even if that hospital could handle cold weather with two boilers, they would have three. One offline gett

Kewanee made many different sizes. Look at the width of your model. Seven or eight foot wide, three would work in my opinion. Nine or ten foot wide, I would go with two. Some smaller sizes might sit c

Like many things in life, it depends. It could be a heating boiler or a power boiler, Both came in various sizes. A heating boiler would typically carry 15 PSI or so and be formed of lighter gauge ste