Hope this gets preserved. LK

You are right Dennis. Friction bearing surfaces were protected from weather until used at the RIP with a liquid applied black coating (can't remember the name of it) applied after new wheels were appl

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Pinch gas is made by the railroad and is used for non electrified coach lights. Each car has a storage tank mounted underneath which is filled before each run. Usually you can see a gas line down the

Thank you very much Lloyd

Hi Sam, I'm a transplant from Iowa. As they say, I got here to Texas as soon as I could. The 11000 gal propane tanks seen all over the midwest were Phill Gas and Skell Gas. I just can't use the ones I

The Hardware store will have a small pair of cutters that are hard enough to cut music wire. I got a small pair at Elliot Hardware here in Dallas. Not sure the big box stores carry them only much larg

Bill Always looked forward to talking with you during all the years of RPM. Learned so much from your clinics and handouts. Our friendship has met so much and look forward to the future. Your techniqu

There were some people that tried to purchase Sunshine but Trisha would not sell and as far as I know she still has everything. LK

Also old crankcase oil to be returned to the refinery for reprocessing. Lloyd Keyser

Very nice Eric. Lloyd Keyser

There were a small number of the SS cars that were insulated and had plug doors applied. This was done to keep wet Pulp from freezing between WI paper mills. They were originally painted in the BR and

Stunned to hear about Greg. My condolences to the family. Always looked forward to seeing and talking to him at Napervile. Enjoyed his clinics and built two of his cars featured in Model Railroader. A

I agree I can't believe this girder is not mounted vertically except the tie down is much easier and cheaper. Does any one have a picture of how the cross members that go between two of these girders

Thanks Eric for the info. Lloyd Keyser

I would like to know more about that flat car. It appears to be on Andrews trucks Lloyd Keyser

There is an excellent full page article on the C&NW Lidgerwood car pulling a ten wheeler backwards at the 40th Street shops in Chicago. The brake shoes are replaced with cutters to reshape the tire ba

The C&NW HS had a special run of these trucks made by Overland many years ago. Might check ebay . The brake system shown is a passenger UC brake system. Cal Scale AB300. Lloyd Keyser

Sorry, I just did not think of it. Lloyd Keyser

Why is there not a Do No Hump sign on this load Lloyd Keyser