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Micro Engineering has been making Tomalco flex ?track forever so as mentioned in the press release you should have code 83 in the next 1-2 months. I am Zooming with them tomorrow and maybe get a better idea of when. Code 100 will hopefully be for sale at the NASG convention. Micro Engineering/Tomalco has never made plastic tie turnouts. They were hand built wood tie turnouts that frequently were massively out of gauge when purchased.

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I am not sure how you could have missed it but if you are asking about my announcement last year of Pennsy S Models all new flex track and turnouts - we are concentrating on making plastic tie turnouts to current satandards. We are finding out how amazingly expensive that is going to be. Something like a concrete tie flex track may happen at some point but that is not a priority now.

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Until ready to run plastic turnouts are available we are recommending you use Empire Trackworks.

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Thank You,

Bill Lane

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Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987

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Re: New ACF Twin Covered Hopper Kit?

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Mike Fyten is/was working on a 3D print model of this car. ?I haven’t heard anything for a while.

Ben Trousdale?

Re: Back To Modeling, Sorta...

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Re: Today’s S Scale project

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Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info

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Ron,

Meant Trona.

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 12:10?PM Mark Charles via <mark_h_charles=[email protected]> wrote:

That's a very interesting document from the MoPac in 1972. I'm guessing something similar was on record at most railroads since the mid-1950s.

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I'm glad I wasn't employed by a shipper in those years.

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It's no wonder that the railroads lost high-value commodities to trucks throughout the post-War era.

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Ann Arbor, Mich. USA

Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info

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Ron,

Trina is interesting to view in Google Maps, Sat mode. The north end of town has a reverse loop with a 4 track, unhindered, staging yard. Pretty cool.

Tommy?

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 12:10?PM Mark Charles via <mark_h_charles=[email protected]> wrote:

That's a very interesting document from the MoPac in 1972. I'm guessing something similar was on record at most railroads since the mid-1950s.

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I'm glad I wasn't employed by a shipper in those years.

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It's no wonder that the railroads lost high-value commodities to trucks throughout the post-War era.

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Mark Charles
Ann Arbor, Mich. USA

New ACF Twin Covered Hopper Kit?

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? I seem to recall someone announced here they were working on a kit for this model from the late 1930's.? Or am I just dreaming?? I'm hoping for one with the triangle cutout sides to come to market.? I can kitbash one, but at my age it might take two years of solid work. (8-)

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Thanks,

George Courtney

Re: WP wood reefer

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Ted,

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I saw a wood-sheathed meat reefer at my local Swift Meats facility in 1965 or 1966.

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Many railroads in those days were like a living history museum.

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Mark Charles
Ann Arbor, Mich. USA

Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info

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That's a very interesting document from the MoPac in 1972. I'm guessing something similar was on record at most railroads since the mid-1950s.

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I'm glad I wasn't employed by a shipper in those years.

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It's no wonder that the railroads lost high-value commodities to trucks throughout the post-War era.

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Mark Charles
Ann Arbor, Mich. USA

Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info

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I went to Trona, CA 20 years ago on business. What an inhospitable place.  Dried up borax lake. Never saw so many literally burnt out homes. Outright depressing.  All but gone today I believe.

Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info

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As the logos on SHS cars would indicate==Trona, Borax.? My understanding also indicates that South Dakota state owned cement traveled East in C&NW hopper cars rather than farmer's corn.

Bob Werre

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On 2/28/25 10:38 AM, Ted Larson via groups.io wrote:

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Additional info from the STMFCL

1958 cuft 70-ton covered hopper

the Prototype Cyclopedia on these cars indicates they also carried soda ash, potash, phosphates, borax, sand, quartz/silica (for glass making), alumina, sodium bicarbonate and zinc oxide.?

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GN in 1965

WP wood reefer

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Still running into 1963??

Ted Larson

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PFE/WP Reefer 50187
From: Bob Chaparro
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:47:12 CST

PFE/WP Reefer 50187

A photo post from the Digital Public Library of America.

Description:

Side view of a Western Pacific refrigerator car 50187, most likely photographed upon completion of the American Car & Foundry-built car in April 1923, by Kaufmann and Farry Company, commercial photographers. The car although owned by the WP, was operated as part of the PFE fleet.

My Notes:

California State Railroad Museum collection.

As seen here, most of you know that there were PFE refrigerator cars with Western Pacific heralds.

The story behind these WP reefers appeared on a Tony Thompson's blog post on June 25, 2013. Here is a link to the post:

Some brief points from the post:

These cars were built to PFE blueprints and were operated and maintained by PFE.
PFE paid a fixed monthly charge to WP, and in turn collected all mileage payments resulting from operation of the cars.
There were WP 2,775 cars, numbered PFE 50001 to 52775. These had wood-framed superstructures and exteriors.
WP cars were never different in color from the rest of the PFE fleet. They were a color close to Armour Yellow when new and in 1929 were repainted light orange.
By 1950, less than 1,000 of the WP cars remained in revenue service
During 1952–1953 the remaining cars were rebuilt with steel-framed superstructures and air circulation fans. The sides remained wood. They were renumbered as 55001 - 55899.
There were still 31 of the WP cars in the July 1963 ORER. But the series was gone by 1965.

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Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info

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Additional info from the STMFCL

1958 cuft 70-ton covered hopper

the Prototype Cyclopedia on these cars indicates they also carried soda ash, potash, phosphates, borax, sand, quartz/silica (for glass making), alumina, sodium bicarbonate and zinc oxide.?

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GN in 1965

Covered Hopper Cargo Info

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Nice info on loads carried by covered hoppers?

Ted Larson

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Re: Commodities Carried in ACF 1958 cuft 70-ton Covered Hoppers
From: Nathan Obermeyer
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:04:49 CST

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William,

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I can't comment directly on C&O practices, but the Missouri Pacific Circular #1 shows a diagram (dated 1972, but still relevant) that outlines the progression of dirtiness and the cleaning process required between different types of loads for covered hoppers. I find it interesting that a car that carried cement has to be sandblasted to haul any other product. Silica sand and alumina being interchangeable with rice, soy beans, and wheat is interesting also.?

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Re: Tomalco - It is offical

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Very likely only flex track in current codes.

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Switches would require $$ in tooling.

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This may be one of those things that scale S guys will just have to be glad that the line of flex has been saved.

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Andre

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To: <[email protected]>

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Subject: Re: [S-Scale] Tomalco - It is offical

Only flex track???

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Rich G(ajnak)

Re: Tomalco - It is offical

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Only flex track???

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Rich G(ajnak)

Re: Today’s S Scale project

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Here is an update in the build.?
I had spent a month and a half of model powers trying to build up a better tribe train for this model. Due to the models weight but more so the amount of space I had for a gearbox and motor really deterred the size of the motor. I started out with a small motor and it overheated after one lap around the layout. Then I went to the next size up same thing then I went to the next size up same thing. Each and every time I change motor sizes. I had to work on the boiler and I had to make a whole new motor mount. I finally settled on the same size motor in the bronze boiler Mercado I had just completed. But because of the size of the motor a 2935 Sagami, I had to hone out the inside of the boiler to make it fit plus, I had to remove the back head that I had built and sided onto the back of the more space extension for this motor. Once I did that and got the locomotive down to less than 3/4 of an amp, pulling all my lit passenger cars and three cars and it performed perfectly on the layout. I got back to building the boiler. so here are some pictures of where I’m at tonight and as you can see, there are no handrail down the top of the boiler and there’s no whistle. These are the last small delicate details that I install on any steam engine that I’m building. Due to the breakage of miss handling during Work on the rest of the boiler. The whistle is always the last detail that I put on my boiler and when I do that, I consider it completed and ready for the paint shop. In the pictures you’ll note that the pilot truck is not on and that is because the boiler and everything is all bolted together, but it’ll be coming apart here shortly for me to start drilling and soldering handrail stanchions down the top of the boiler. At this time, the only other detail I’m kind of kicking around is maybe scratch making some parts for the back head And most of all. I’m really thinking about doing a smoke light up on the front like the Frisco has on their stacks. If I do a smoke light, it’ll have to go on after the handrails, but of course before the whistle.

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Meramec Valley Lines
Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16

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Re: Tomalco - It is offical

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Great!?

Thanks for sharing.?

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Mike Swederska
Meramec Valley Lines
Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16

https://www.youtube.com/@mikesscale3149

Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough! Keep model railroading fun!

Tomalco - It is offical

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It is official. Tomalco Track is now owned by Micro Engineering.

See attached.

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Thank You,
Bill Lane

Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987

See my finished models at:

Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale!

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See my layout progress at:

Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society
It's FREE to join!??
Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL

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Tomalco purchase announcement.pdf

Re: Diode Constant Lighting

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM, Charles Kinzer wrote:

To get way down in the weeds, LEDs are typically specified with a maximum reverse voltage of 5 VDC.? What saves them from serious damage is the series resistor.? However, damage can accumulate over time from a sort of micro damage to areas of the junction.

Seems pretty easy to add a diode to the circuit to protect the LED.

-Michael Eldridge