Exactly. Rick's article on scratch building a Southern Ks1 class consolidation was very popular. I imagine a series on steam era freight cars would be welcome to balance all the modern freight car wea

I like the blog idea (wasn't here when you proposed) as long as you can index it. I find searching my list archives to be ok but searches yield many false positives and I never know what the "final" b

I don't think it is necessarily demographics, but the rise of mobile technology. MRH has grown considerably and has a higher readership than RMC. Older demographics may not like the medium as much, bu

Are these the boxcar models with PRR Brunswick Green sides and SOU red cab roofs, and lettered for Santa Fe? I saw one in a color photo postcard dated 1928 so your memory is accurate! It was being pul

Thanks. Yes, I have the article and have collected photos of the cars. I just didn't get around to comparing the kits and photos yet. Dave Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone

I've collected a set of 8 of the F&C kits of the Seley hopper for the Southern (mix of K and modernized AB brake versions), as they were used on the CF line (A&Y, and, post 1950, Southern) for clay se

I have moved and hosted two "fallen" rail sites in static form. I used to worry about what will happen to A&Y info. I have now shared CDs and or DVDs with data and photos with most anyone who shows an

Thank you. Forgot this list differs compared to others on attachments. What a great list! Such resourceful people. I knew about parr.org, but not nakina.net. Thanks again. Dave

As I'm transcribing the SR Winston-Salem train conductor's book from 1934, some reporting marks are giving me trouble. This one I have not been able to resolve after consulting with William Edson's "R

The haze, as I understand it, is the talc in dullcote coming out of a certain chemical state. I have applied alcohol or more dullcote to return the talc into a state that creates a flat appearance ins

You could even apply a rank order correlation test to the actual and observed values to show that they match statistically, although the evidence was fairly clear. I'll have to go through your other p

Larry, I was able to access and read your uploads just fine. I had to zoom in and out (on my computer if I hold down the CTRL key and then roll the wheel on my mouse, I can zoom in and out). Thank you

I posted an example PDF from the conductor train book in the files section (see Southern Railway Trains) folder. This way any volunteers can use this as a reference. I hope to provide the transcribed

Would terra cotta water and sewage pipe be shipped in gondolas in the 30's-40's? I know that a terra cotta pipe kiln/factory existed on the line I model, and I know Seley composite hoppers brought in

I scanned all 88 pages of first book, May 15-June 9, 1934 at 600dpi. The TIF files, one per page, are 96MB each. I got a png format version down to 10mb. I'll have to batch resize and convert to compr

I used my iPad, but don't like the lighting much, or trying to focus! Getting out copy stand and camera this weekend! Dave ----------

Good to hear the value is not just in my eyes. I have a monopod and 35mm dSLR with remote trigger for my next visit to the national archive ICC valuation stacks. I imaged nearly all the Atlantic & Yad

I have a cache of conductor train books from the Southern Railway Winston Salem Division spanning 1923-1934. I have waffled between scanning and translating the contents into Excel spreadsheets. One r

If we replaced engineers with scientists in those committees, we'd still not have any models that would work outside the lab they were created, but the elegance of those models would be astounding. TI

I would be interested in the article when you get home. Dave Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone Begin forwarded message: