Brain, check our mopac.org. I think you can find good matches there. Jerry Michels

There is no specific size limitation to sugar beets. I hand harvested acres as a grad student working field research on sugar beet root maggot. All depends on if the farmer had a good year of sun and

First wooden Ambroid kit of this model I have seen assembled! Jerry Michels

I have used Excel for 30 years at least. Works for me. Jerry Michels

Thanks Claus, What magnificent skies! Jerry Michels

Charlie, Very much of interest to me. Jerry Michels

Very nice decal set. I take it not in HO? Jerry Michels

Ron, regarding the 50-year-old underframe retirement question, I started photographing MP cabooses in earnest in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Large numbers were retired and stored at Sedalia becaus

"Mix even a good truss rod car into a string of 100 ton hoppers, let the slack run out, and you have a lot of toothpicks." Would a railroad do this even when truss-rod cars were allowed? Jerry Michels

Also should have Allied Full-Cushion Trucks. Jerry Michels

I agree Dave. Facebook has too loose of a structure. Jerry Michels

One more comment on sugar beets, but a little different. In Wyoming the BN served a number of sugar beet plants. Lovell, Sheridan, Worland, Torrington, and perhaps some others. These were all active d

Wouldn't stock cars used for sugar beets and cabbage be cleaned out beforehand? They were cleaned out after a cattle shipment. Regarding sugar beets. They are refined to such an extent that no contami

The junk they sell at HD, Lowes and Ace is only good for cleaning brushes, spills, etc. Hmm, 20+ years of using HD lacquer thinner with excellent results. Of course I buy in Texas and perhaps it is re

I'll endorse brasstrains.com too. Wonderful folks and the website is very nice, even to the point that you can enter your personal brass collection as a list. Jerry Michels

I missed the beginning of this thread, but if it is in regard to Standard Oil, a more modern, and more historically accurate book is Titan, a biography of J. D. Rockefeller. Quite a bit about Standard

Uh, maybe yours was (or is), but mine is a faint yellow color, nearly clear. Still works fine and must be over 30 years old. Tony, The choice of words might not have been accurate. I'd agree that ligh

Glaze was amber Hi-Gloss and Crystal (Krystal?)-Coat were both clear as water. I never saw a big difference between the two. Any of you guys remember the red booklet Floquil had regarding their paints

Thanks Steve

Thanks Tim. Curious. I tried a Google search and did not find this site. Oh well. Sorry to take up time, but I thought someone might have used Bucyrus decals before. Jerry Michels