Re: Layout Progress
Ben -
What thickness are you using for the spline and how many layers are you going to "build up"?
Bill
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Bill Hawk
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#174773
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Re: Nimco wheels
I'll get a caliper in it but Nimco only made two sizes...one for large for
road engines and one small for switchers.
[email protected]> wrote:
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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#174772
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Re: Nimco wheels
What diameter?
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Robert Carter
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#174771
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Finest Trucks Ever Made -- RRM (brass imported passenger by Boo Rim)
Gents........
Here are some ultra-fine passenger trucks from the not-too-far distant past.? Dan Navarre really pulled out all the stops for these.? Two types called:
Plank Style (aka 41-N-11)?
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Ed Loizeaux
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#174770
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Re: Roy Meissner
He sees this list, he should reply. Jeff Madden
[email protected]> wrote:
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Jeffrey Madden
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#174769
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Re: Layout Progress
The last glue and clamp of the night.
Ben Trousdale
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Ben
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#174768
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Roy Meissner
Would anyone happen to have a phone number for Roy Meissner?
Thanks........Ed Loizeaux
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Ed Loizeaux
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#174767
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Stockyards
I've found a very helpful history of the Chicago Union stockyards, published by the University of Chicago Press: Slaughterhouse, by Dominic A. Pacyga. I found my copy online very reasonably.
I should
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JGG KahnSr
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#174766
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Nimco wheels
I'm looking a single Nimco wheel....anyone happen to have a spare in good condition?
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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#174765
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Re: Sandhouse (was Riverton Stockyard
Okay now we've found the sources of S sandhouses.? We've also seen one version--but the other unit probably wasn't a strong seller!? Somebody must have built one or has a photo tucked away!
This is
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Bob Werre
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#174764
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Re: Sandhouse (was Riverton Stockyard
Talk about getting it from the source! Thanks, Dan.
Roger Nulton
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2024 7:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [S-Scale] Sandhouse (was Riverton Stockyard
The
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Roger Nulton
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#174763
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Re: Riverton Stockyard
As Brian points out rail traffic on the once stable mid-states rail lines was in trouble.? When I had a 'guest' Rock Island unit, I paired it with one of my Milw units to simulate how the roads
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Bob Werre
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#174762
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Re: BRASS ALCO S-2 from Overland (Ajin)
Hi Ed, just checking how I look on the S2 ? I can go $400 if that brings a bigger smile. Let me know.
Charles
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Charles Williams
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#174761
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Re: Riverton Stockyard
Sometime in the early 70s, the stockyard was moved out of Chicago to a new facility in Joliet. I don't know the history of the packing plants however. I suspect they were still in operation in their
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Brian Jackson
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#174760
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Re: Riverton Stockyard
MILW had a large sheep pen at Kirkland IL. CB&Q had theirs at Montgomery, IL Q's grain elevator might still be there. You could see it from the Mainline. It had a large CB&Q herald painted on the
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jjmannmmr <jjmannmmr@...>
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#174759
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Stockyard/Sales yard tour at 2015 NASG Kansas City
One of the highlights of the 2015 NASG convention in Kansas City was a tour of an active sales yard auction, and a relatively intact stockyard that was no longer using rail service.
In my teens I
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Mark Charles
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#174758
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Re: decals
K4 has lots of choices, good prices, good quality.
Jace Kahn
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Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2024 6:23 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [S-Scale]
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JGG KahnSr
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#174757
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Re: decals
Try this:
https://www.cmrproducts.com/Burlington-Northern-BN-c64892036
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Kim Hartshorn
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#174756
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Re: Sandhouse (was Riverton Stockyard
The sandhouse was indeed from the original Norfolk Southern, located at their yard in Norfolk. ?Attached is a photo I shot of the prototype in January 1974, shortly after the Norfolk Southern was
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Dan Vandermause
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#174755
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Re: decals
Ken Zieska worked with a decal maker for some.
Ben Trousdale
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Ben
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#174754
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