Thanks to all of you – I now know a lot more about car cement, and sealer. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

Thanks Bruce. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

Folks, I have seen reference to black car cement in some posts. Would black care cement look any different than black paint in HO (gloss or flat)? Does it have a texture? Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

Dennis, Thanks for the detailed answer. Jim

Great discussion about the AAR rules. Was there any other body that could impose rules on railroads? And I assume that the AAR rules applied in Canada and Mexico, as well? Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

Mr Probst, I enjoyed reading the article about your model railroad in RMC a few months ago. Great work. But your prodigious output of freight cars must have swamped the railroad by now. How do you han

One should always be nervous when a company is “updating their website”. Jim

I do hope to attend CCB sometime, but not this year – COVID plus crazy people on airplanes. I used to commute to our Melbourne facility (not Melbourne Beach) from John Wayne (Sanata Ana, Orange County

Thanks, Dave – that unconfuses me. Jim

I thought that carlines were the internal structure for roof and sides. But I have no source for that. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

Lindberg made an approximately HO cement mixer: Lindberg 14 HO Mini-Lindy 1968 Cement Mixer Kit | eBay I’m not sure if 1968 is when the kit came out, or the date of the prototype. It looks like it cou

There may be a self-evident answer to this, but were all the Essential Freight Cars articles ever reprinted, or placed on the net? Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

But, remember, they were The Standard Railroad of the World, so that must have been the right way to do it. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

Thanks for that information. How were the coal tar chips unloaded from the car? Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

You guys are sticklers for realism. Well done. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA (No horses near by)

Yes, but I can just see an American mold owner trying to get their molds back from a Chinese factory, especially in our current political conditions. Lots of lawyers and lots of years, with the Chines

But the molds and other tooling for existing models are in China. May be hard to move that production. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA (BTW, and completely OT, it is raining here, in July!)

Brian – thank you very much. Based on the box art of the kit, looks like it was the silver color, but weathered. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

I have a slightly different question – what paint or paint mix would be right for anodized aluminum? The color is necessary for a kit, but I’ve never seen anodized aluminum, so not even sure what colo

That Trains article may have been Case History of a Spud Train, by David P Morgan, September, 1953, page 60. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA