Bob, Consider the source. The use of stakes in the stake pockets was for a period between November 1st and April 30th as SNOW STAKES. You're correct there is no provision in this mythology for movemen

Seems Simple enough for me. What about decals? Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Dennis, We were talking about this as a very common load fro empty stock cars in CCB last Friday morning while I was putting out my ACCURAIL GN stock car, the mineral red one. A noted modeler said he

Garth writes in part: "I was also interested to see that the Southern's components are all listed separately. When you lump the four lines together, the Southern totals become much more significant. T

No Schuyler, the origin remains the same. A re-consignment only changes the last consignee. A diversion changes only the destination. You can divert and re-consign as one change to the waybill. Greg E

AMEN! There might even be a newly created hole... Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Hi Jim, Let me answer this in context so we all can get a clearer understanding as you have addresses several subjects that seem to blend but might not: Eventually all things merge into one and a rive

Tim, You might think in terms of "finished grades" and construction grades of lumber. I mentioned earlier that "finished grades: were more of precision kiln dried mouldings, profiles and siding, but i

Dave, Yes they were. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Hey Yuze Gize,

Just to clarify this a bit... Generally we call it SURFACED and ROUGH. Finished was a term that was often associated with finished goods such as siding, profiles or mouldings. Surfaced was material th

Hey Yuze Gize, READ and PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND ON LIST OR TO MIKE BROCK DIRECT. PLEASE CONTATCT ME OFF-LIST AT: tgregmrtn@... This is the official announcement for the 2016 Prototype Rails SHAKE N

Friends, Mark Kerlick had mentioned to Bill Welch and I that you can add photos to Stan's Obit' if you would like. I have added a couple one from CCB (under approval). I am still looking for a shot of

John, Jim, and all, I talked to Mark Kerlick after I got off work last night as our friend Jim Evans called and said he read it on the Internet. And of course the authorities called Mark first as his

When you are using a side view of a freight car to make decals you need to remember that the lens of the camera that took the photo is convex-ed and there is a slight distortion in the final product,

Steve, It may be that there was nothing there at all and so they were added. It should have been wire strands that were tightened with a wooden block IIRC. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into

Chuck, I noticed the same thing, likely because they SHOULD have been there and weren't. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Gents, I am not sure ho many will recall that at the end of the FRP era they had released a 40-foot boxcar with 4-4 dreadnaught ends, with the ladders and grabs cast on the shell. Just as before the s

Just one thing I did note in the photo is that there is what I believe to be a defect car placard along the sill. Also the stenciling on the brake reservoir appears new, perhaps it was in the shop for

John and all, I have been through airport lines where if I tell them that I have model railroad subjects they laugh and say, "oh, yeah that is what these are..." and they never even open the boxes. I