One of the more haunting movie scenes for me was a video of Chicago commuter action. In the scene a mother and young daughter hurry around the front of one train and just as they get onto the adjacent

At O Scale West the number of rooms rented reduces our cost for the ballroom. On the other hand, if we fail to rent the minimum number of rooms called for by the contract, we have to pay for the short

Some of the Utah cars ended up in Nevada. You might find some help at the Nevada Northern Museum web site: http://history.nevadanorthernrailway.net Rod

80,000 _pounds_ would be meaningful if that small tank was lined with lead, as was IIRC the lone Victor Chemical tank car. I'm not saying this car was lead lined, just that some small tank cars could

An image of what may be one of the cars Richard mentions has been uploaded to the Photos area. Look in Rod Miller's photos. Rod

Bob, I think your 3rd sentence should read: "He wound up bringing out custom runs .... ". And there were two other cars produced in O by Intermountain: the tank car and the USRA gondola. Rod

1/48 decals for that car are available from Protocraft: http://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=178&Categoryid=22 Rod

I don't think that is right unless the change occurred more recently than two weeks ago. On Jan 23rd I sent a 2 lb. O scale car in a 16 x 6 x 6 box to Australia by air for $22.80 postage cost. Priorit

Is there a time line somewhere that shows what dates what aspects of freight car construction were mandated out (or in)? Also when improvements such as the PS-1 became available. Sounds like a history

Don, do you have any information on the ore cars used by Kennecott in Nevada before they dieselized? I recall a box on a platform, some with outside ribs and some with smooth sides. Sometime after I l

IIRC some coal loads were painted blue at the tipple. Rod soolinehistory wrote:

80 PSI! Be aware that at that pressure, sheet metal, e.g. brass on your favorite model, will warp from the heat caused by the grit's action. Possibly not a problem on smaller models such as HO where t

The below message started an interesting discussion about transporting phosphorus in tank cars. I need color information about the cars that Victor Chemical operated. According to the Champ set, the t

I'll look forward to that issue even more than usual! Thank you Richard. Rod Richard Hendrickson wrote:

This photo on eBay http://tinyurl.com/ygyqql9 has a couple of interesting aspects. For Gordon who was asking about oil distributors, it shows a portion of the Standard Oil distributor's facility. Dire

In addition to the one imported by CB, Lobaugh offered the car in kit form, and Sunset/3rd Rail recently imported them in J&L and one or two other (likely bogus) schemes. Rod oscale48@... wrot

We are all familiar with the photo of the man squirting oil into journal boxes as the car rolled down the hump. Is that how journals were maintained towards the end of the steam era? If so, then that

Thank you, Larry. Rod laramielarry wrote:

Thank you compiling this data Larry. laramielarry wrote: [big snip] [big snip] Is there any other information about the CDLX cars, e.g., car type, car number? Thanks Rod

Jim Betz wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some photos of how I provide electrical pickup for non-motive power equipment. It is O scale, but the techniques are scale-independent. I am a big believer in all-whee