Speedwitch is not Ted's full time job. When he is on business travel, etc. it sometimes takes a while for him to respond. -- John

Aleene's was originally developed by 3M to glue foam insulation to wood or plywood. It's sales were poor compared to Liquid Nails so 3M sold the formula to the current manufacturer. Per its original p

I stand corrected. In this case you can decal right onto them. -- John

I could be wrong, but isn't that the Tichy model? -- John

Also, I was thinking (dangerous!). Decal setting solutions work by softening (partially dissolving) the decal film AND the underlying paint, fusing them together. Without something to bond to you'll g

I think Kadee cars are ABS plastic. Decals don't stick to them very well. Would use some sort of gloss coat. -- John

Just to wrap things up (pun intended). When pilferage became a common problem, only loads in large containers (55 gal drums and large wood crates) were shipped this way and solid-top trailers became t

Excellent resource. Thanks for posting the link. -- John

Oh, yeah. These tarped trailers were commonly carried as piggyback loads on flat cars in the day, so there is a legitimate tie-in to this group's subject.😉 -- John

Open top semitrailers were extremely common in the post WWII era. CMW offers one with many different logos in HO scale. I think maybe overhead cranes were more common then forklifts back then??? I hav

Dennis - How about running some of these in the original BAR and the USATC markings as at Mt. Union? -- John

I have a grab iron that "fell" off of one of them, some 30+ years ago.😉

Back in the early 1980's I made contact with Bob Weaver, who gave me a personal tour of his facilities up in Northumberland, PA (I was enroute to the Berwick nuclear plant). He showed me the ScaleCoat

Just a reminder. Although the PRR Philly to DC line ran right past the Baldwin plant, the local trackage down there was Reading (to Chester, PA). There was a Reading yard just north of this location.

It just dawned on me that, before bags, cement was shipped in barrels. For a bulk shipment, I guess you could just use bigger barrels, similar to the LCL containers used in the late 40s and early 50s

Same as today, by bulk hopper truck.

Oops! You're right. The diagonal panels are reversed.

Aleene's Tacky Glue has a long and storied past. Originally designed by 3M to glue blue foam insulation to plywood, it lost out in favor of tube-loaded products, such as Liquid Nails. 3M sold the righ

Union Pacific class S-40-12. This is one of the very few models that Athearn got dead-on right (but I think the brake gear has to be rearranged).

I use technical grade methylene chloride for very fast bonding and MEK when I need a few seconds of working time. Methylene chloride was the original ingredient in Tenax 7R and MicroWeld before they c