Richard, I would also like to see these images of your stock car weathering. Any chance you could put them in the files section? Charlie

I have #27 listed as January 2005 RMC and #34 as October 2006 in RMC. Charlie --another EFC fan

Micro-Mark also sells the small spray cans --- principly to help preserve the RTV and urethane liquids. Around here, good wine in an open bottle doesn't stay around long enough to worry about it. Bad

This is from the NP freight car diagram book furnished by Rick Leach --- NP 21000-21499, 25200-25999, 35800-35999, 36000-36699 are shown DS w/steel center sills and truss rods. NP 7000-7499, 7700-7991

There should also be placard holders on the side running boards. These held printed cardboard warnings of what dangerous product the tank car was loaded with. If empty or loaded with a non-hazardous c

In the days before fork lifts and such, one man could easily move a loaded barrel around by hand that if the same weight were in a crate, he would not be able to budge. Charlie

Cured food stuffs like pickels, crackers, cured meats, flour, --- Charlie

I've had the same experience with this "Myth" --- at least the Goo version. I had a HO plastic flat car which took on a very "John Allen" shape due to the contact cement holding the wood lumber load t

Ahh Yes! The switching job that did the El Paso Mission brewery (later Falstaf) was a high seniority bid job. Culls from the bottling plant were free for the taking. Charlie

I also remember the practice of separating the boxcars at the freight house tracks in El Paso. I believe the reason was to allow access to the boxcar doors from the ground without climbing over or und

Is Vic's hobby shop still in business in Portland? They had a good sized O gauge club layout in the back when I was there a few years ago. Charlie

Tim, try saving the photo file to your computer. Then open it with one of your photo viewing programs and shrink or expand as necessary. Charlie

You want custom driver castings from 3-D printers --- check out Bill Brisko's webpages at www.pacificlocomotive.com Charlie

The SP made two versions of "This Is My Railroad". The first was released in 1947 and was all steam except for some diesel switchers and the City of S.F. The later version with mostly diesels was rele

The book "Decade of the Trains, the 1940s" by Don Ball Jr. and Rogers Whitaker also has a good number of WWII photos. Lots of railroader people and railroad structure interior photos and not just loco

Dennis, Thanks for the story from your Dad on drywall and boxcar shipment. I had been wondering myself about that subject relative to the plaster and drywall plant not too far from here at Acme, TX (a

Hmmm. Don't recall a brakeman or switchman ever trying to signal me with a whistle <g>. Lantern, hands, fusee, and a large piece of cardboard seemed to be the preferred methods on the old SP/T&NO. Cha

Also remember the era of roof walks and decorating tops of cars was before radios to pass signals were available. Signals from yard and train crews to the engineer were all visual both day and night.

There are photos of Stan Schwedler's excellent model of the Illinois River Packet box car on the P48 Modeler site. www.proto48.org/p48_photos_schwedler_01.htm Charlie

Woo0ps! Just reread the previous message and see the RMC photo is the hog fuel rebuild. So "never mind". Charlie