Greg Martin asked: = = = That's easy -- you start with a LARGE fortune. Peter Weiglin

My goodness, did I miss a meet in Napierville? Quebec? I was at one in Naperville, Illinois (founded by Capt. Joseph Naper, as I recall). Funny how folks confuse the two in so many postings... Peter W

Tony Thompson wrote: and Richard Hendrickson wrote: Yeah, but I hear that locusts are coming in droves to the SE states. Better take bug spray to Cocoa Beach. = = = My guess is the bugs won't begin ar

Prior message: = = = And before someone jumps on Tony as an author/publisher criticizing another, let me, as another author/publisher, that it ain't just competitive juices flowing. In fact, many of u

Clark Propst wrote -- "Doug Harding has made a couple of convincing gon loads. They were featured in his packinghouse presentation." Yes, and Doug may dive in here. But in a post-presentation conversa

Looking at the following message: = = = Fred Mullins wrote: It may not surprise you, Fred, that these were rebuilt from Class B-50-12. Those were USRA single-sheathed cars, of which SP received 1000 u

Mike Farina wrote: . . . You are not wrong, you are dead on the money. If you want to help, help. If you don't want to help, then don't. To smugly accuse someone of being a parasite is obnoxious as al

Bill Welch wrote . . . "In May 1948 Fruit Growers Express brought into service two cars rebuilt as insulted cars numbered 4200 & 4800 under the new reporting marks FCEX." - - - I know how that feels -

Let me warn about what will seem obvious to some. SLRX was St. Louis Refrigerator (Xpress) SRLX was Swift Refrigerator Line (Xpress) The two can be confused; I have a dim memory of some decals that we

Richard Hendrickson wrote: <snip> all the bogus freight cars you like, even Tyco searchlight cars or stock cars with giraffe heads sticking out of holes in the roof. and Mike Fortney responded: Bogus?

...and when/if, I wonder, will our moderator chime in on this topic with the theme song from the old American Airlines "Music 'Til Dawn" program? You remember the tune? "That's All." Peter Weiglin Ame

Lawrence Rast wrote: = = = And then I asked, "Why not just use the pennies? That designer lead sold in hobby shops is expensive. So -- Nine pennies is just under one ounce. .984 of an ounce. Ten penni

Not every car that needs weight is a "house" car, capable of concealing coins, sinkers, tire weights, nuts, or "designer lead" weights. The idea that lead shot could be glued into an underframe made m

Denny Anspach wrote: Paper is a time honored model railroad construction material, the most common type being Strathmore, the brand of a type of Bristol board, a high, or even pure, rag content paper

This poster failed to include the city in which this event is taking place. I attempted to reply to him privately to avoid embarrassing him. But my reply was directed to his spam box. So, since he sti

So let's see if we have this straight, for the non-expert: Per Diem is the fee that railroads pay to each other for the use of cars owned by the payee railroad. In the STMFC days, that was $2.00 per d

I have found that the #58 and #5 couplers work together, and am converting gradually (perhaps too gradually) to the 58s. Some mention was made of problems on curves because the 58s have a smaller gath

Al Westerfield is generous in giving credit to those folks who helped him, even if that help started out as the picking of nits. We're all grateful for those nit-pickers, perhaps not immediately, but

Given that the smaller the shot, the denser the lead weight, I reasoned that lead powder might offer the greatest density. And I found that lead powder was indeed available from a golf supply house. S

Called White River. Railfan was sent due to a printer error. Copy of RMC is coming.