i think you may be tilting at windmills thinking BNSF will listen to a plan to alternatively paint locomotives. They have way too much on their plate right now to bother with it. On the other hand, t
Hi Don, I finally found it although it seems like you might want to get it from Bill himself. The phone number is (408) 296-1050 - and I made a slight error - it is in Santa Clara, not Cupertino (a f
When the Lifelike E-6s came out, there was some talk about how to make it into an E5. Delta models has listed, on their future products list, a resin kit to modify the LL P2K E6 to become an E5. http
The virus is not being sent through this list - but, by worms acting on members' PCs. Only those members using Outlook or Outlook Express will propagate the virus(worm). NO virus scanner will work, u
The Rocky Mountain Railroad has used this verbiage for years, with an indication that it came from "On Sheet" from dispatchers. At 06:13 PM 12/27/2001 -0500, you wrote: As someone that has been resea
" "OS" are the initials for On the Sheets, a reference to what station agents did to notify the train dispatcher that a train had passed his/her station and been noted on the train register."
BTW, should anyone have a BR rule book, it will be identified. In the 1938 D&RGW rule book, OS is the abbreviation for "Train Report" - said report being made by station agents as the train passed th
The D&RGW 1908 rule book has exactly the same verbiage. I suspect you'll have to locate earlier rule books to find the complete answer. The OS description (I sent), and the abbreviation are as they a
I fail to see any logic in the concept. Forget for a moment the price. A model paint manufacturer is bringing out a prototypically correct paint, yet is only running it for a limited time. Why? Were
Basically, it comes down to the coat that was applied. If it is smooth (i.e. no wrinkles or obvious buildup), there is no reason not to paint on top of it - assuming that the base isn't such that pai
Mr. list moderator - & list - would it be a reasonable idea to include links to both the file section of this list and the BRHS web page in the footer of each message? It would certainly help in area
Many, and of those (like PRR on some divs) were iron oxide - it was partially to protect against the ash content in the smoke. My guess is (and not remembering much) you'll see this far more on a coa
At 06:17 PM 7/22/2001 -0700, you wrote: Hi! Did anyone hear of a little incident at Union Station the other day involving an Amtrak train stopping a little too late? I heard something about it and I
While I would be happy to set up a group for the C&S & the FW&D and Lines West, i wonder if it is needed. I haven't seen anyone complain about the content when there are notes on these topics, and I'