I wonder if the building was a 'boxcar burner'? Back in the late seventies I had some dealings with Purdy Co., a scrap merchant in Hammond, Indiana, located just north of State Line Tower. We were buy

I only see four drawings listed for the Soo Line, searching both by common name and corporate initials. This isn't surprising, as the Soo bought very little from SSC, but begs the question, is Siems S

That is disappointing. SSC undoubtedly had a lot, order, or job number for billing purposes if nothing else, and undoubtedly had a list of drawings included in the Bill of Materials, but their failure

Bob, Did Standard Steel Car NOT use a system of lot or order numbers? It seems to me this is the one piece of data that will quickly pull all the drawings for a particular car together, irregardless o

A milk tank car. Note the passenger type trucks and three torched off rectangles on the near end; these are the guides for the buffer springs, the buffer has been removed. These cars typically had two

Well, it is "painted on"... on the negative, that is. Dennis Storzek

Rob, There came a point after the first few decades of the twentieth century where underframe design was being driven by train buff and draft forces rather than the load the car was intended to carry.

Also a new ladder, the result of a classic "cornering" collision, I'm sure. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mit-libraries/3441330455/in/album-72157614966285159/ Dennis Storzek

I wish I could remember where I read the info I cited earlier (requirement for steel centersill and a 26' minimum body length) which I recall was imposed by the ICC, but now that I read the above list

Bruce, Can't cite the exact source, but during the twenties two regulations took effect: cabooses were required to have steel center sills, and a minimum body length of 26 feet. It is the later that d

Garth, The fourth, fifth, and sixth photos down in this paper explains it all: https://www.ttnut.com/resources/dreadnaught-ends-richard-hendrickson/8959 Dennis

On the Walthers automobile car kit? Yes, tack boards also. Dennis Storzek

Although, since the first consignee had to call the local agent to apply new car seals, the railroad did have some leverage... don't re-stack or block the load, and we won't seal the car, leaving cons

Tichy has .015" phosphor bronze wire, which I happen to like better than brass because it's stiffer. Here is a link to their catalog page: https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/ho_wire/Defau

I don't do 3D printer work, but I do know something about designing plastic parts. I'm also familiar with "jobbing" work out to other shops. It doesn't make any difference what tolerances the Polyjet

Bill, it depends what you want to do. While the Prohet machines seem to be the only ones that have a large enough build area to do complete HO scale passenger car sides and roofs, the SLA machines, su

Thanks for the further informed discussion on the 3D printers. I have a further thought for Corey, or anyone else dealing with an SLA model: It's clear that if a prime coat will hide the diagonal laye

The real question is, when was the first retarder yard built. Until that time hump yards were "rider" yards, and there would be someone there to protest, "I'm not riding THAT thing down." I wouldn't e

Now that we have some folks with real hands-on experience in this discussion, can anyone tell me why SLA parts are oriented at an angle? Is it an attempt to change the angle of the overhangs so they d

But back in the steam era there was also the issue of tariffs on the foreign built equipment. However, I note the sign on this Grand Trunk Ry. car says the load is going via CN Ry. the Grand Trunk's n