New ACF Twin Covered Hopper Kit?
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
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George Courtney
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Re: WP wood reefer
Ted,
I saw a wood-sheathed meat reefer at my local Swift Meats facility in 1965 or 1966.
Many railroads in those days were like a living history museum.
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Mark Charles
Ann Arbor, Mich. USA
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Mark Charles
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#176227
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Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info
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.
I'm glad I wasn't employed by a shipper in those
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Mark Charles
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Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info
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.
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Ron Kemp
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Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info
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
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Bob Werre
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WP wood reefer
Still running into 1963??
Ted Larson
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]>To: Ted Larson <mhrreast@...>Sent: Monday,
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Ted Larson
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#176223
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Re: Covered Hopper Cargo Info
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
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Ted Larson
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Covered Hopper Cargo Info
Nice info on loads carried by covered hoppers?
Ted Larson
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Ted Larson
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#176221
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Re: Tomalco - It is offical
Very likely only flex track in current codes.
Switches would require $$ in tooling.
This may be one of those things that scale S guys will just have to be glad that the line of flex has been
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Andre Ming
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Re: Tomalco - It is offical
Only flex track???
Rich G(ajnak)
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Rich Gajnak
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Re: Today¡¯s S Scale project
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
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Mike Swederska
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Re: Tomalco - It is offical
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
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Mike Swederska
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Tomalco - It is offical
It is official. Tomalco Track is now owned by Micro Engineering.
See attached.
Thank You,
Bill Lane
Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987
See my finished
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Bill Lane
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Re: Diode Constant Lighting
Seems pretty easy to add a diode to the circuit to protect the LED.
-Michael Eldridge
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Michael Eldridge
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Re: Diode Constant Lighting
This is where some of the confusion comes in.? The way Digitrax creates the waveform (and it is not the only possible way) is to hold one "Rail A" at common and apply +14 VDC (approx) to "Rail B."?
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: Diode Constant Lighting
Hey there
GREAT QUESTION?
Looking forward to the answer!!!!!
Roger Haag. S scale man
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Roger Haag
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Re: Back To Modeling, Sorta...
I wish the Pine Canyon kits were still available, they were very nice.? I built a small number of them, including the Rigsby Terminal kit which I had to modify to fit.? Cutting the walls was a bit
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Jerry Poniatowski
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Re: Diode Constant Lighting
So this is where, i think, there is confusion. My understanding...and I
could be totally wrong, is that DCC puts a half wave on each rail so that
one rail, for the sake of argument, is a 6v square
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Kim Hartshorn
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Re: Back To Modeling, Sorta...
Yes, the material used in the Pine Canyon Modules does have a pronounced
Oder when cutting or sanding, but they make great models. I have to say, I
have several DSL Models and they are also very nice,
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Stephen Kutash
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Re: Back To Modeling, Sorta...
Actually... I've cut many Pine Canyon kit walls using my chop/miter saw and a fine tooth blade (60 TPI, I believe). When I used this blade to cut MDF building cabinets, it produced a wood powder as
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pscandura
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