There are two products that come to mind. first is "white liquor" the caustic liquid that breaks down the wood fibers to make the pulp and a by-product, "black liquor" which is the liquid separated fr

John the answer is yes. I get it from work, we always have a couple 55 gal. barrels sitting around. I'm not sure why we have it as most of the paint and coatings we shoot use mek or product specific t

I use 1 part paint 1 part gloss and one part xylene, mixed in the color cup @ 10-12lbs, no problems. Jeff Coleman won't weathering. than Glosscoat way. always spraying model.

Ed you are correct in the fact that most of the els on tank car expansion domes were street ells but these were not used with the heater coils. The safety vent or valve was screwed into the female end

the NKP had more than several lots of these 70 ton covered hoppers, known in NKP records as "Dry Bulk Cars" most were built by AC&F but there were a few other builders. All cars were euquiped with Ape

not to worry, B&W film photography is still very popular! Jeff Coleman Kodak dropped their paper it was no unfortunately NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Just for the record, there were carmer uncoupling levers still in use in the mid to late 1970's, I pull a few of those pins while switching. Jeff Coleman wrote: book the were carmer wonder the type gu

The Kolher brewery in Erie, Pa was serviced by the NKP and later the N&W, the crew that work them got a few cold ones off the line up until they closed in 1978. It was a nice treat on those hot Summer

Dave, High friction composition brake shoes were in service in the early 1970's when I went to work at the railroad. You can still find cast iron shoes on a few cars. Jeff Coleman iron and (having occ

There are three types of pressure relief devices used on tank cars. There is a safety vent with a disc that breaks at a set pressure. These are checked at time the car is loaded. The more common safet

last summer I ordered a new "staff" type hand brake for a PPGX tank car, very few of these cars left. Jeff Coleman

I use a scale 3" as the prototype mininum is 2" with most around 2.5- 3.5". Jeff Coleman

Car were (and still are) inspected at interchange points and if a defect was detected the car would be rejected. If the car could be moved safely it would be repaired by the handling line and the owne

The brake pipe(train line)is 11/4" pipe and the release rod is 1/2" rod. Jeff Coleman line visible on the side of the hopper) in HO scale? valve to the side sill of the car on both sides? Is this the

I like the detail and most of the time it's fun to do. But on the other hand I model HO because detailing in a larger scale would drive me crazy. just my 2 cents Jeff Coleman you

Tony I worked at the N&W's 38st car shop in Norfolk, Va. The cars came to the shop straight from the coal pier (just unloaded). All of the unpainted surfaces had a dull rust brown color, there was no

Tony That is interesting as I worked on hundreds of N&W hoppers in the 70's & 80's and all of the interiors had a rust bloom and some coal dust. Jeff Coleman

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Yes, G1 is correct for N&W. But looking at the photos I did notice the the N&W 90999 was equiped with an Ajax Hand Brake and th

Hi all, I'm looking for suggestions for box car red paint for a NKP car. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jeff Coleman

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