Gents, I have used a very simple method for holding cars when airbrushing, both resin cars and others as well. I take a length of plastic pipe hanger material and bend one end sharply at the right ang

and am getting no replies to direct emails, so I too beg the lists' forgiveness in attempting contact via this route. And I as well, back to July of last year... Craig Zeni Cary NC Something is amiss

am speaking of had no ability to keep the door tight against the side. The function of the strap I am talking about was to keep the door from jamming against the bracing immediately adjacent to the do

Allen Cain wrote: boiler by passing steam thru the venture throat which develops the suction pressure to move the water." Mere siphon is not enough. The pressure of the water entering the boiler must

Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:21 am (PST) . Posted by: _"lnbill" lnbill _ (mailto:fgexbill@...?subject=Re:%20:%20completed%20helium%20car%20model) Military Modelers commonly use slightly lighter shad

These cars are basically flat cars with National Car Co. reporting marks that held two removable Borden's, Renkin's, Dairyman's League or Sheffield milk tanks. Users of these "demountable" tanks also

The MILW made its home-built rib side box cars with a "lumber door" about 18 inches square high on the 'A' end to facilitate loading of long boards. One of the last lumber loads I saw delivered to the

I spotted this tidbit on page 133 in the October, 1937 issue of SP did this kind of thing several times along the Eel River in northern California, especially around the heavy floods of 1961 and 1968,

Oh, and the smell of all that coal smoke. That is something I miss already. And I bet in the future -- say year 2011-- there will be people that have never had a whiff of it in their entire lifetime.

I doubt the AAR ever gave this design its blessing for interchange service. I'm rather surprised it even made it past the drawing stage, but some inventors are stubborn. Dennis Not only did DeForrest

What do you use to mix paints that is easy to clean afterward? Do you have any tricks for pouring the mixed paint into the airbrush cup without spilling? I mix the small amounts of paint in a cheap sh

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Do people actually buy "O&W In Color?" SGL At least all of the 760 members of the Ontario & Western Historical Society. . . and then, I presume all who just have one of everything! Mal Houck

From memory, the Waddell Coal Company of Scranton, PA had five cars, all ex-O&W, and at least four of which were painted orange. Waddell Coal had a breaker located in Winton, PA, right on the Scranton

Neolube is great stuff. I've painted locomotive wheels with it. But you can pay less than P-B-L wants for it. Look around. SGL Careful here......the Neolube contains graphite as it's lubricating mediu

Also, why do the cars in the rearmost track seem so much bigger than the ones in front? (Example, GFX 10236 vs. NP 8885 or NP 14368 vs. NP 35200) Were the reefers really bigger or is this an optical i

A great deal of newsprint was shipped into the Northeastern U. S. from Canada via the Central Vermont and then to the New Haven. Several times per week a "Paper Train" ran down from Lowell, MA on the

Does anyone know the metric screw size of the standard coupler pocket screw in brass HO freight cars? Tony, Most are 1.4 mm screws........with varying head styles. Mal Houck

So I assume the current crop of Blue Coal cars from Bowser on the Stewart triple offset hopper in RDG, D&LW and D&H lettering are bogus. Rich, I'd surely say so! After having checked the Bowser site I

What is the time period when the "blue coal" P/L was applied to hoppers by the Anthracite roads? To which roads and cars was it applied? "Blue Coal" was a marketing tool used by the Glen Alden Coal Co