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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Tank car “dome” platforms, Part 4

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In the previous post in this series, I showed both a prototype photo, and a model under construction, for an insulated, pressurized tank car...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

A fishing boat for my Santa Rosalia waterfront

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On my fictional SP branch, I imagine that the track ends at a town called Santa Rosalia, located at the mouth of the Santa Maria River, and ...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

Bay Area Prototype Modelers 2015

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On June 20, the annual Bay Area Prototype Modelers (BAPM) meet was held in the multi-purpose room of St. David’s Church in Richmond, Califor...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

More on tank car “dome” platforms, Part 3

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I have posted a description of my efforts to create a properly sized platform on an Athearn high-pressure tank car, surrounding the valve bo...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The East Shumala stock pen, Part 2

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In Part 1 of this thread, I talked about stock pens in a general way, and provided some citations to sources of information about the livest...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Waybills, Part 41: overlay bills

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I have described in previous posts the idea of “overlay” or partial waybills, which permit different loads to be assigned to a particular ca...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Richard Hendrickson’s lumber loads

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Awhile back, I showed photos of several dramatic freight car loads built by Richard Hendrickson, loads which required two or more cars to tr...
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