I have no reason to question any of this — but I should point out that from the 1890s onward, there were many incidents around North America of horrific accidents with wood passenger cars in wrecks, a

As already mentioned, Pat Wider wrote an excellent summary of the aluminum cars in RP Cyc 26, including a sensible and well-written summary of the metallurgy of the alloys used. Please consult that so

I doubt the statement about leftover parts. I have the Alcoa document about their effort, along with Reynolds Aluminum, to find new markets for aluminum after the war, with all their wartime capacity

Lloyd Keyser wrote: Lloyd, you must not be aware of Dry Creek models. See my blog post: https://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-new-dry-creek-sp-work-cars.html Tony Thompson

On Jul 16, 2022, at 6:51 PM, Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:  Ed, In science, this is what is called "anecdotal evidence". Given that I'm pretty sure that the owner of this shop never actuall

On Jul 16, 2022, at 6:51 PM, Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:  Ed, In science, this is what is called "anecdotal evidence". Given that I'm pretty sure that the owner of this shop never actuall

If you model BN, you are on the wrong list. That’s a decade in the future for this list. Tony Thompson tony@...

Nice job on the door hangers, Clark. Nice project. Tony Thompson tony@...

I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet, but both the PFE and SFRD orange faded toward yellow. There are lots of examples out there. Tony Thompson tony@...

I have seen photos of workmen hand-painting to cover the stencil gaps. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: And without looking it up, you know it’s not a large car because the trucks look big, probably 8000 gals. or less. Tony Thompson

Nice model, Paul! Tony Thompson tony@...

Steve SANDIFER wrote: I just checked the Pantone 151-C chip against the PFE standard orange chip. They are quite close, so I guess Richard was right in saying that very thing. I would not have thought

The rule specified 2% as the _minimum_ size. If you look at the 1955 tank car tariff 300-H, for example, you will see that most tank cars had well in excess of the 2% capacity. That was one of the man

I don’t know about you, Tim, but my layout is indoors. Tony

Richard’s view was that the SFRD color was pretty consistent from about 1930 through the late 1950s. His starting point was Scalecoat, 4 parts Reefer Orange and one part Reefer Yellow, a formula from

For completeness, I should mention that the bulk of Richard’s SFRD models were pretty dirty, not like the one I just showed. Below is a more typical example of his view of SFRD appearance. Here Jerry

Attached is a photo of one of Richard’s cars, and it certainly isn’t Harvest Yellow — at least, not the jar I have of that color. Tony Thompson tony@...

Jerry Michels wrote: As a general statement about modeling, Jerry, I am in full agreement. But for PFE, since they washed cars frequently, I think the statement needs adjustment. Starting with the “ri

Nelson Moyer wrote: I never heard that from him, but will emphasize that he had an excellent eye for color, often effortlessly matching paint on pre-painted models. I watched him do it a couple of tim