In the foreground is what looks like a Dodge/Plymouth/De Soto.. That arrangement is called a hip tow - the tug has almost perfect control of the barge.

Ah, yes - those are the ones chuckable in something larger, like a sensitive press... I had one in my hands once, in a friend's shop[0], while I was working on the chassis of a 3.5" gauge TICH. [0] we

[has no problems with it] I can't be bothered; on the other hand, I'd buy a boxed set of discs of the first 40 or 50 years of high-quality reproductions without batting the proverbial eye. I, too, hav

On both first and second viewing I've thought again that some photos would be best with a link to an accompanying plat, and in this case, one with five foot contours. That is an eminently-modelable sc

I wonder if the cars on the lower elevation track(s) are loading pulp... and if so whither it might be bound.

That plume coming out of the goat's safety looks just like a wisp of cotton! (On the other hand the fireman seems to need some unpaid time off for overfiring.)

I got my start in HO before Kadee™ magnetics and Lindberg™ Delrin™ trucks arrived on the scene, and when I first experienced both of them on the same car I entered the land of Utter Frustration™. I qu

Hark hark, a car load of Larks, in particular. That wasn't so very long after steam disappeared from the SP...

On Jun 2, 2020, at 16:32, Bill Decker <sp.billd@...> wrote: [...] > At this point, the Toledo mill, a former US Army Spruce Division mill ... as in Goose? I've been wondering (idly) where the wood

My muse whispers "wood chips" in my ear.

For what her builders and operators called the largest railroad car ferry in the world, see <http://cprr.org/Museum/Solano/>, likewise with plenty of great images and text from the engineer who built

See the Wikipedia page:<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate>

Aron Alpha dates back to 1963; I ran out of E510 and a friend suggested I try the other. The web site, <https://aronalpha.net/>, bills it as "high performance".

Razorback Jug parts! The image has suggestions of interesting details, especially in the lower left foreground.

It's typical, now that Uncle Al and his friends are gone. The first ten years in PDF on an unlocked disc would suit me better; the earlier disc distribution of the archive as well. As to the on-line a

Strewth! Even the pick and shovel in the lower-right octant contribute.

I remember that one! Veterinary creamatoria aroma in a bottle! Dave was a dry one, as well as a master modeler.

It's also at Giggle[sic] Books: <https://books.google.com/books?id=0e9AAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Private+Freight+Cars+And+American+Railways&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR6a_zm8

This suggests a rail/marine scene, as in the 19th and early 20th centuries China came to North America in the holds of ships, packed just like that. Visit the 1886 steel sailing ship Balclutha[0] at t

Add paint stores and chandleries; it's a fine cleaning sovent. If you think of using it for hand sanitizers, though, it probably doensn't meet US Pharmacopeia standards — "Don't worry, boys, it's just