Norm, Although I am not certain, I don't see why a mechanical system of rodding, chains, and springs couldn't be designed to pass under the depressed center section and connect the two sections of the

David Thank you. Mike Carson

FWIW, the MR article on the depressed center flatcar was published in February 1955. The MM plans and accompanying photos show the single reservoir & triple valve mounted on top of one of elevated por

Norm, Yup, the standards for freight car drawings have come a long way since 1971 (especially since the depressed center flat article was probably originally published in MR earlier). By coincidence,

People, In the November/December 2001 issue of "The Railroad Press" (TRP), there is a short article with pictures entitled "Indiana Railroad Remembered". The article has two pictures, dated July 1941,

OK, wouldn't argue with personal experience/opinion. And the price is probably right too! Mike Carson

Excellent, another "it depends" answer. With this information, both Mr. Hendrickson and Mr. Welch have equal claim to the proper way to interpret the historical data. Regards, Michael Carson

Although the Tropicana unit train to California is probably out of era for this list, one can speculate about in California Agricultural Inspection Requirements for this movement and how that might co

Dave, In the electronics assembly industry (as in printed circuit board assembly), a laminar flow booth or smoke extraction system is used to control fumes from the soldering process. Basically both o

In addition to the factors Alan has talked to, it is a recognized fact that different people have different tolerances to different pathogens, especially in trace quantities. If it were a straight for

To paraphrase Will Rogers, "All I know is what I read". On page 14 of the TRP soft cover book, "Freight Equipment of the New York Central Volume 1", there is a picture of a Big Four steel box car, hav

OK, Ben Perhaps because "Prototype Modeler" was one of number of similarly titled magazines by this publisher. IIRC, there was also a Southwest Prototype Modeler and a couple other titles published in

I believe "Prototype Modeler" was published from 1979 through 1990. Paul Gibson, d/b/a Railpub, has some back issues in stock IAW his latest on-line catalog (01/2002). Regards, Mike Carson

Jeff, Kindly stop wasting bandwidth. Thank you, Mike Carson

FWIW, Wolfe Trucks are available from The Old & Weary Car Shop @ http://www.theoldandwearycarshop.com/caboose.html , with a listed price of $10.00. Regards, Mike Carson

Gentlemen, Within the last couple of years, the Rutland Car Shops (P.O. Box 64947 Burlington VT 05406) offered a resin kit for a 36' Single Deck Rutland Stock Car. I understand they jobbed the casting

If I did my sums correctly, the Pennsy had 12.1% of their freight cars bad ordered in 1958. Isn't this a classic definition of "deferred maintenance", if the industry norm was 3%. Makes one wonder if

Hello, I was under the impression the "first" Class 1 road to be significantly involved with "Trailers on Flat Cars" (an alternate meaning of TOFC) was C&NW in the late 40's & early 50's between Chica