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Bachmann HO Scale Boiler
Good catch. The tubes coming out beside and below the furnace are also suspect. Then there's the length - Scotch boilers don't seem to be that long compared to their diameter. I recommend a web search
Good catch. The tubes coming out beside and below the furnace are also suspect. Then there's the length - Scotch boilers don't seem to be that long compared to their diameter. I recommend a web search
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Test
or what my high school mechanical drawing teacher called "the Pitha Gorian theorem"[0], ... He was of Veneto extraction, though, ergo forgivable. [0] sqrt(x^2 + y^2)
or what my high school mechanical drawing teacher called "the Pitha Gorian theorem"[0], ... He was of Veneto extraction, though, ergo forgivable. [0] sqrt(x^2 + y^2)
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Test
and I didn't need to cheat
and I didn't need to cheat
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Don't fall into the saur chasm (was Deciphering a Conductor's record)
On Oct 11, 2020, at 22:09, Kenneth Montero <va661midlo@...> wrote: > From Piedmont & Western Railroad Club website - Railroad reporting marks: First class source, that. > CGW = Chicago Great W
On Oct 11, 2020, at 22:09, Kenneth Montero <va661midlo@...> wrote: > From Piedmont & Western Railroad Club website - Railroad reporting marks: First class source, that. > CGW = Chicago Great W
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Nolan Hinshaw
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What car is this on the Rio Grande?
Dave "Silver Streak" Bayless worked the GEMCO job in Lozangelez for a long time; he's a perennial Bay Area modeler.
Dave "Silver Streak" Bayless worked the GEMCO job in Lozangelez for a long time; he's a perennial Bay Area modeler.
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Nolan Hinshaw
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roof contruction details
In almost all of these very busy vintage photos there's some eminently modelable detail that has very little to do with the obvious subject. In this case it's the air compressor on the street to the r
In almost all of these very busy vintage photos there's some eminently modelable detail that has very little to do with the obvious subject. In this case it's the air compressor on the street to the r
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Diosol Formula Again
I've read the MSDS docs for toluene and xylene so many times that I'm glad I don't play with Diosol any more. Nitrile gloves and an extremely well-ventilated workspace are necessities for me...
I've read the MSDS docs for toluene and xylene so many times that I'm glad I don't play with Diosol any more. Nitrile gloves and an extremely well-ventilated workspace are necessities for me...
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Nolan Hinshaw
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History Blog: Axes From 14th C. Polish Battlefield
Sure. Why not?
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Ship anchors?
Balclutha's last commercial voyage was in 1941, with the usual anchors, as the naval style still wouldn't cat up correctly. [prototype for everything, yaddida yaddida ...]
Balclutha's last commercial voyage was in 1941, with the usual anchors, as the naval style still wouldn't cat up correctly. [prototype for everything, yaddida yaddida ...]
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Ship anchors?
On Aug 21, 2020, at 08:16, Edward <edb8381@...> wrote: [...] > Anchors for a flatcar load would be more like those used on large naval vessels and ocean going ships since the late 19th century,
On Aug 21, 2020, at 08:16, Edward <edb8381@...> wrote: [...] > Anchors for a flatcar load would be more like those used on large naval vessels and ocean going ships since the late 19th century,
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Transformers and Runner to Skagit River Railway Powerhouse
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.
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.
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Nolan Hinshaw
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A better pin vise [Starrett]
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
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
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 2010-2019
[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
[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
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B&O Tank Car Explosion
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
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
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Photo: Unloading Sugar Beets, Oxnard, CA
I wonder if the cars on the lower elevation track(s) are loading pulp... and if so whither it might be bound.
I wonder if the cars on the lower elevation track(s) are loading pulp... and if so whither it might be bound.
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Photo: Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
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.)
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.)
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Car weighting
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
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
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Photo: Trailer Train Autorack With Studebakers
Hark hark, a car load of Larks, in particular. That wasn't so very long after steam disappeared from the SP...
Hark hark, a car load of Larks, in particular. That wasn't so very long after steam disappeared from the SP...
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Are these cars being loaded with sawdust?
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
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
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Are these cars being loaded with sawdust?
My muse whispers "wood chips" in my ear.
My muse whispers "wood chips" in my ear.
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