Originally it stood for Peter Built Locomotives (proprietor Bill Peter), in Ukiah, CA. Google Star Brand paint. Tony Thompson

Denny Anspach wrote: You can still buy Scalecoat, or the Star Brand paint from PBL is very dependable. I find myself using it more and more. Tony Thompson tony@...

Johannes wrote: You can do the Richard Hendrickson trick, just glue a little square of styrene behind the springs. Then you can't see through them, and they look greatly better. This would only be a c

Johannes wrote: Certainly older brass freight cars typically had awful trucks. Like most brass of that day, it was aimed at a collector market, not operators. Trucks were almost required to be replace

Thanks Tom. On Aug 24, 2020, at 12:24 PM, Tom Madden via groups.io <pullmanboss@...> wrote: I'll second Bob's recommendation of the Colorado sun and photographing outdoors (but not in

But Garth is right that usually there is no dome walk if there is no ladder. Usually. Tony Thompson tony@...

Dave Pfeiffer wrote: No, definitely Varney. Ben Hom's reply is clear. Tony Thompson tony@...

No, the kit instructions for the two companies are distinctly different, and it's a Varney. I admit I hadn't thought of searching on the web for old kit instructions. Tony Thompson tony@signaturepress

List members, I have two ancient flat cars, both the same, with a wood body, cast (Zamac?) underframe, and a steel sheet body wrapped around the wood. The plastic AB brake parts look like what Varney

Dave Parker wrote: Both blending wine and raw brandy are pretty much undrinkable. Your mouth would seriously clench up if you're not a vintner. These products are far from consumer-ready, and need sig

Bill Jolitz wrote: Three points. First, most wine shipping is in winter and spring. Second, this isn't table wine, it's blending wine in most cases. And third, the majority of wine shipments east were

Good-looking tender project, Paul, and as you stated, used behind a wide variety of small SP power, usually when in switching assignments. Yet another example of a job that would be pretty daunting wi

Dennis Storzek wrote: Certainly all true, but perhaps oversimplified. I was intrigued, reading issue after issue of _Railway Age_ in the first years of steel cars (up to World War I), how many article

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: True, unless you can seal the rust area so no more moisture gets to it (this is never 100 percent successful). But keep in mind that not being able to stop rusting, but stretc

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: This is certainly true, though galvanized coatings are not brittle. Note also, though, that galvanizing often fails at sharp corners, for example along the edge of the raised

This explanation certainly fits all the facts <g>. It is definitely what one of my colleagues used to call "A" theory. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: I agree, Bob, but note that the TITLE of the photo is "first refrigerator car," not "first orange shipment." I think you are reading the expanded caption wrong. But of course SFRD

Chuck Cover wrote: I would agree, Chuck. I have not found them objectionable, though I would prefer not to have the (minimal) 3-D aspect. Tony Thompson tony@...

Claus Schlund wrote: I did love the somewhat precarious looking planks. It's not a cable, it's a rod, called a dome yoke, and is attached on both sides. It prevents rotation around the long axis of th

Bob Chaparro wrote: Bob doesn't mention it, but this is one of the Rock Island's aluminum box cars, intended for head-end BX service. Nice photo, though possibly an excessive number of women, dramatiz