It was probably that "Nashville Sound" that took them worldwide. Chuck Peck

The fellow on the right appears to me to have goggles up on his forehead. Posing for his picture, perhaps? N95 being in the future, I guess a wet cloth on his face might be some protection. Chuck Peck

The car appears to me to be missing a knuckle on the left end. This suggests the car may be in stationary service. Chuck Peck

Tony, some railroads observe Rule G. And some observe the exceptions to the rule. C. Peck

Yes, I have in the past bought alcohol at such places. Can't buy from an empty shelf. Chuck Peck

Stripping paint is my usual use, sometimes just lifting lettering. As for local stores, Publix supermarket, Walmart, Walgreens, and CVS. I also priced Everclear ethyl alcohol but for only 75%, it was

I am out of 90% isopropyl alcohol. Local stores have none, not even 70%. What are you guys using as a substitute? Chuck Peck

GE's Appliance Park in Louisville KY got a dedicated group of high-cube cars, not all from just one road. Park opened in 1951. Chuck Peck

So, would a satisfactory solution be this? A pair of metal Andrews sideframes, an engineering plastic bolster, and two split-axle wheelsets. Somehow it would need, I guess, a wiring connection at the

You spell weed wacker your way, I spell it M-A-C-H-E-T-E. Never runs out of gas. Chuck Peck

I seem to remember seeing a similar picture years ago. It was undersea telegraph or telephone cable. It was wound spool to spool to spool and continued across from car to car in one long continuous le

Lloyd's question raises another question. When was the first hump yard built and where? Chuck Peck

I would guess the simple explanation is that he was paid by the hour. Chuck Peck

Every sort of manufacturing has to deal with tolerances. The tighter the tolerance, the higher the cost. Those last few percent from perfection can raise cost by a factor of 10 or 100 times. At some p

Sources of magnet wire in small quantities include: Motors with the magic smoke escaped. That switch machine that just quit working. Any kind of electric coil at the bottom of your junk box. Most of t

When I was working at the Kentucky Railway Museum, I met an old carman. He told me he had just started on the railroad the only time he had to deal with truss rods. He said they tightened trussrods by

I believe that "hogging" would be exactly the correct usage. I have worked on paddlewheel steamboats that had what were called "hog chains" for exactly that same purpose, to take out the sag. If an em

If I were doing that painting, there would likely be both overspray and underspray as I would be in a hurry to get back to a warm crew shack. Note the snow on the ground. Chuck Peck

I note that the year of the photo is 1943. The wartime years of 1942 through 1945 saw a lot of exceptions to normal peacetime practices. Chuck Peck

The why? Those stockyards had to get rid of it somehow and it was cheap fertilizer on the farm. Chuck Peck