"Hog" was derived from the Norwegian word "hogde": meaning "chopped" in English.

What is a DT&I hopper doing in Tracy in Oct. 1948? http://www.steamfreightcars.com/index.html Mark Pierce

Add steam line and emergency signal details (Branchline). Replace wood running board with metal (Kadee). Replace doors with modified Youngstowns (I've been waiting over six months for Andy Carlson to

Cranes are included in the wikipedia photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61) and there is some track and, on the center-left (double-click and enlarge the photo) are two railroad gondolas.

There is a photo of the Iowa in dry dock in San Francisco in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61). That wasn't a routine stop. After repairs, I bet there was a good chance it was re

Across the bay in Alameda there was also plenty of railroad track serving piers and warehouses servicing ships at the Naval base there (former home of the USS Enterprise). Also, there is still a good

Al, my understanding is that there are no income taxes in Tennessee on salaries and wages, but that there are taxes on interest and dividend income. While the state's various sales tax rates approach

For all the decades I've been a resident of California, the state has always required payment of sales tax for registered vehicles (cars, trucks, boats, etc.) to the extent CA sales tax exceeded the a

The market value (what people pay for on ebay) for these models is typically $180 to $200 each, and sometimes more. Well-built resins, particularly single-sheathed boxcars, always seem to be in high d

All the adhesives I'm familiar with are more attracted to human skin than the parts one intends to attach. Do any of you regularly wear gloves when working with adhesives? Are gloves a help or a hindr

January was when I had my last tool "adventure." I impaled my bare foot on a toothpick (used for applying adhesives)that had some unknown time before fallen on the rug. The toothpick, one of those stu

This site has some color photos of CM wine cars. There appears to have been a variety of schemes. http://www.geocities.com/jim_lancaster.geo/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html I like the photo of the gentlem

What is the description/function of that small rectangular device below one of the car doors that appears to be connected with the braking system? They don't seem common to me. Thanks. Mark Pierce

Rutland double-sided #8252 boxcar > Double sided! Don't you know I meant double sheathed?! Mark

Burgess is way ahead of us. Within the last year I've purchased Milwaukee #307802 gondola and Rutland double-sided #8252 boxcar from him. Me thinks he wanted to dispose of cars unlikely to frequent th

While the odds of any particular small railroad's car (most likely a box car) would be on another, far-away, small railroad's tracks is probably too small to measure, I propose that the odds of any on

wrote: receive the Sunshine kits. I've got 12 Westerfield, Funaro, and Speedwitch kits ahead of Sunshine's to be built. It'll probably be a year before getting to Sunshine's tankers. Mark

Here is the Sunshine announcement: http://www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sun87a.pdf Mark

the Red Caboose/Drake brass import. I am curious, with all the back and forth with the two experts,?why you would use the Kato truck when the final concenus is the Branchline Barber S-2A is the ticket

Actually, I was asking for recommendations for trucks for the soon-to- be-released Sunshine kits. I sent in an order for two today. I think I'll be using the Kato trucks. Mark PIerce on SP boxcars, wh