Interesting comparison I wondered what the cylinder should look like if the brakes were off, so I modified a cylinder. As far as I know no one manufactures a cylinder with the push rod in. Ron Christe

The white fence on both side of the track is interesting, especially since there is only a corner on the far side. i think it is a mail box maybe for a RR section man? Ron Christensen Jack we missed y

With some talk about scrapers I thought I would photograph a few of my collection. I think most are out of this time period. You can judge. The manufacturer is marked on the photo, except the one mark

I found this one the internet "One of the first pieces of equipment I noticed was this 1954 Euclid S7 scraper. Powered by a 4-71 Detroit Diesel attached to a 5 speed manual Clark transmission this gre

Look at Alexander Scale Models. Tomar has been sold to a west coast company Alexander has the haunted house, school house and soon the B&O tower on sales In the Stewart line there are many castings in

I found a couple of pictures of 8 hatch reefers. These were taken by a Clint Laramie in Canada about 1970. Ron Christensen

I have a clinic on brakes and this is a side note on retaining valves. Hopefully the PDF works. Ron Christensen

This is funny. When we were making the CNWHS Modeler we had a Q & A. Well we ran out of Qs so we started making them up. As you see my name. What was missing from the original E mail was the correct a

Very nice model, good work. I'm working on a brake clinic and the third lever is very interesting. I would like to know more about it. I wonder if a prototype photo can be had. Thanks Ron Christensen

There are pictures of hoppers with K brakes on the web and a couple of drawings that indicate copyright, but I have not found any that can be used for a clinic on brakes. Any help would be appreciated

I would like to get in touch with Sid off line about lumber. This seems to be a good addition to the CNWHS Modeler story on lumber yards Ron Christensen

Has anyone used Kwik Poly to make castings? http://kwikpolyllc.com/#THE%20PRODUCT%20WITH%20NOT%20100%20BUT%201000'S%20USES. Ron Christensen

If Ken McCorry, is on the list please get in touch off list Looking for details on petroleum tanks Ron Christensen

My Uncle and his son were Milwaukee engineers at the plant.About 1953 I road the switcher with my uncle. They also used a board with handles at the back side what a man used to guide the board and mov

The name is now Penford. The factory is in operation. They had a set back as they were flooded out by the great Cedar Rapids flood a few years ago. This took out the bridge also. Was the sweetener use

Don’t knowmuch about sugar or soda pop, one is sweet and the other is good. In the1950s the Milwaukee served the Penick & Ford Plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,with boxcars of corn in, starch and sweetener

I have used Dap clear silicon adhesive to stick plastic miniature switches to homemade metal snap switch machines for well over 10 years and have never had a failure. I think clamping the items togeth

That is an interesting change as Bob and I spoke several years ago about C&NW articles and at the time he gave the society verbal permission to use any C&NW article needed for the CNWHS Modeler. Per y

I have lost Gary Frost's E mail if he is on this Yahoo list please get in touch with me. Ron Christensen

A new CNWHS Modeler is available now. The articles are; Building a 1970s Grain Boxcar Fleet: Part 6 Modeling Former M&StL Cars Essential Businesses: Part 7 LPG Dealers High Pressure Tank Cars Ammonia