This is a copy of my reply to the same inquiry made recently on the Passenger Car List: Three lessons from life about the useful application of ACC from tubes: 1) When puncturing the tube opening, avo

I believe that Larry Jackman moved to the Puget Sound area to be close to family and support. I do not know whether or not he is still internet-connected. Denny Denny S. Anspach MD Sacramento

Tim O'C. expresses a need for protective devices, i.e. protective of ham-handedness, that will screw into bolster holes during kit construction. An easy device that will at least partly serve this pur

IMHO, there is only one way to check a proper coupler level, and that is to check the height of the coupler HEAD when coupler is actually LEVEL. There is no other way. The common handy Kadee coupler h

From painful personal experience (aching back, unholy brews of stinging salt and sweat running first into the eyes, then coursing down one's arms and legs; an atmosphere of stifling humidity promoted

Don Valentine writes- The problem of safely handling pointed-axles in the NWSL or other wheel pullers is a chronic one, and the solution proposed by Don is the easiest and most direct. In my own case,

Schuyler, these famous locomotive models are truly a curiosity, and there are those of us who are in great state of anticipation of seeing them soon completed, buffed up, shiny, running, and purring s

This discussion is another enlightening manifestation of the broad views that are so attractive to so many in this hobby. There are indeed an infinite number of "Model Railroad" hobbies. No two such m

Quite a bit of soft coal was mined on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, served by its own pretty heavy duty coal road, the Sydney & Louisburg RR. I have no idea where it was principally used, but inasm

Mont writes- Yes, that's for sure. Mark Vaughn's really interesting clinic at Cocoa Beach on a long-gone Illinois open pit coal operation on the P&E sure got my interest, even more so when I saw the m

I heated my home in northern Vermont in the '80s with hand-bombed anthracite. Very hot, and also relatively clean; and when banked, the fire could last for up to 48 hrs. without touching. Good stuff.

The RR at Hunters Point was US Navy and it connected with the SP. What is interesting to me is that like other similar naval shipyards, this immensely complex railroad was not only used for supply shi

The following freight car maintenance issues I believe to underly predictable, reliable operations of how a freight car actually will play its part in a functioning TRAIN on the layout, while continui

The Hon. Schuyler Larabee says- But, my learned friend, the Kadee 78's have neither a scale draft gear/ coupler box, nor a scale length coupler shank (it is far too long)....i.e., it is neither fish n

I simply do not understand the wisdom of replacing standard sized Kadee couplers with scale #158s. The effect of the 158's scale-sized head is completely lost by its hanging out on a long shank (like

If you will recall, all I did was to" report the news on this issue", without only a warning (Caveat Emptor) to alert the smart people who inhabit this list. I expressed no opinion, or judgment of jus

I am reporting the following very recent serendipitous comparative buying experiences. In both instances, the object purchased weighed between 0.2-0.3 oz. and both were the physical size and thickness

opportunity for you guys. No missed opportunity at all, but a fantastic wide-open opportunity to move on in fresh air with a much more interesting, democratic and creative concept. Moreover, it is als

Like many other aspects of our hobby, this is just another instance where we are again faced with givens and druthers. Measuring the inside diameter between the points of the conical bearing holes is

It is not at all unusual that any given molded styrene truck may optimally require two different axle lengths for best operation. This disparity can vary from one molding machine to the next, and in f