Dave North wrote: But "stronger" is not what you want. Thermal expansion and contraction forces are REALLY big. You want flexible, which is why canopy cement is better than CA (CA is far sronger but N

Brian Ehni wrote: The owner of the Ulrich material and dies has said repeatedly to me that he WANTS to do the Ulrich gons as injected plastic, in the old Zamac-molding dies. But he has found the line

Tim O'Connor wrote: True, those Kadees are not great, but if you think they are worse than lots of brass trucks, I have some SPECIAL trucks you might like to buy. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press

Tom Hayden wrote: Small nit on nomenclature: the end is not, in my view, "reversed." It is simply inset. The ribs and edge darts stick up from the background on the end. A reverse end, and such did ex

Tim O'Connor wrote: You are entirely right, Tim, he DID say "inverse." But the reason I objected, and continue to object, is that people readily confuse inverse and reverse. In many situations, "inver

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Whoa! That's cold. But probably accurate . Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fa

Paul Hillman wrote: It's a trade name. You can see it advertised in Railway Age and in some Cycs. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signature

Gatwood, Elden wrote: And is that a hopper car of cucumbers?? Lotta possibilities here! Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com

Bill Keene wrote: There are several of the prototype cars shown in Hendrickson a & Kaminski's book on billboard reefers, if you don't have it. Full disclosure: it was published by Signature Press. Ton

Al Kresse wrote: Printing on paper is ONLY possible as CMYK. RGB and CMYK are kind of opposite approaches (additive vs. subtractive) to color rendition. Conversion from RGB must be done with quality p

Um, how many times does Mike Brock have to terminate this topic??? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

Jim Mischke wrote: Jim, there exist photos of combinations like this, but I am pretty sure they were rare. Your citations of dates when these features became STANDARD are correct, but it may be that w

Evidently not. Mexican cars operated into the U.S. with all-Spanish dimensional data. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (5

Dennis Storzek wrote: Well said. And anytime there is a yard or any reason for very many tracks, a Sanborn will often just label the area "full of tracks," which from a fire insurance perspective is a

Bill Botkin wrote: As I usually point out in these discussions, regular use of hoppers means that unloading the cargo scrubs off the rust, if any, and leaves pretty shiny bare metal. I used to see thi

Denny Anspach wrote: Rain is frequent in Pittsburgh in the summer, but I can't recall seeing any rusty slope sheets. Upper side sheets, yes. Lower side sheets and hoppers, sometimes shiny, sometimes a

Andy Harman wrote: I agree with Andy, lead sheet is far easier to work with than wheel weights. I bought my sheet of lead at a plumbing supply place, so if you strike with roofing supplies, you can tr

Fenton Wells wrote: Nope. The Varney/LifeLike cars were three-course, not four; they didn't have separate tank hold-downs like this; and they had a prominent seam along the tank top (probably a conces

Richard Hendrickson wrote: From the early 1930s, Standard Oil of New Jersey controlled Skelly Oil via a holding company called Mission Corporation -- which also owned Tidewater Associated, so the leas

paul doggett wrote: I use the Microscale Liquid Decal Film, works fine. I used to spray Dullcote on the decals, doesn't always work. If they are very old, better coat them. Tony Thompson Editor, Signa