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    Greetings from California

    San Dimas checking in.
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    Lake Terminal RR. 66’ gondola of 1899

    Bernhard, I didn't see where anyone answered your question about expressing opinions about the quality or lack of quality of products. I have never heard of anyone in the US getting into legal problems for expressing such opinions. In fact one reads negative opinions frequently on the various...
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    Making turnbuckles and truss rods

    Perfect. This is the best approach I've seen. I'll certainly follow it. Many thanks. Bill S
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    Magazine choice

    I've subscribed to MRR, RMC, and NGSLG (Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette) for years. In my opinion RMC has slowly improved over the years and MRR has been on a steady decline since about the time Linn Westcott retired as editor. I guess i'd rate them now as follows: For overall content of...
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    Spam... I Cant Stand Spam

    I've never understood why so many badmouth Spam the food. I really like the stuff. Fried slices with eggs or in a peanut butter and jam sandwich on true sour dough bread --- smells great; tastes even better! But then I also like sardines occasionally --- much to my wife's disgust. Bill S
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    Walthers & wood structure kits...

    The discount game is changing the playing field for a lot of small businesses. Around the mid-90's my company stopped selling personal computers because by then they could be purchased retail from the big stores for LESS than we were paying a distributor for them partially assembled. Bill S
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    wooden hopper car

    This thread, having kindled my interest in period hoppers, encouraged me to haul out my copy of “The American Railroad Freight Car” by John White. On page 328 are drawings for a very similar car --- nearly identical proportions, but a hopper-bottom gondola rather than a pure hopper. The...
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    Which pollute more -- steam or diesel?

    Wow! This is a truly interesting discussion. I've not seen steam turbine locos mentioned here. Would they have been more efficient in both fuel use and maintenance, had they been allowed to develope further? For the record, there HAVE been a number of cases of birds --- mostly raptors I...
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    wooden hopper car

    For weight I was thinking of making the bolsters, frame pieces and sills (all the stuff you see in fig 3 of the original article) of brass. For that matter, the spaces between the frames and the center sill (still looking at fig 3) could be solid brass --- no one will ever see it if they don't...
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    wooden hopper car

    Miles, I was thinking the same way. Let us know how it turns out. Bill S
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    wooden hopper car

    Thanks Kevin That is a great little hopper I've dug up the original magazine article, and think I'll make a batch of them. Bill S
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    wooden hopper car

    Great job. Nice to see some work still being done with illustr board. Did you detail the inside? If it's not too much trouble I'd like to see a photo of the inside too. Bill S
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    Who make a good General?

    As noted above, there are several 4-4-0s around now or recently manufactured. Check EBay. I totally agree about the less expensive Bachmann. It doesn't run well, and is poorly detailed and finished. Doesn't even have counterweights on the drivers. The MDC represents a late-1890s or early...
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    Mystery Man: The Gauge

    Speaking of old computers. I confess that I'm still using my 1986 Wyse Technologies 286for CAD. It's been in near-daily use since late '86 and except for adding some RAM and installing a bigger (30 Mb!) hard drive in '88 (RAM at that time cost about $100 a megabite!) it's never had the lid...
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    Maybe a new way to make Decals?

    Look forward to your review. Thanks, Chris. Bill S
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    Maybe a new way to make Decals?

    That does look interesting --- if not too expensive. Please let us know if you find out more. Bill S
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    Question of the year, 2007

    I swear I'm going to get active in the hobby again in 2007. In the last 3 or 4 years my wife & I've done a lot of travelling (There we were sitting in a hotel room in Prague watching the 1st day of the Iraq invasion on TV but with no narrative in a language we understood --- wierd) and I did...
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    A BIG B'Day

    A belated Happy B'Day, Paul. 70 won't hurt too much --- I survived it a couple of years ago. I've not been on the Gauge (or doing any modeling) for about a year --- busy, complicated life --- but I'm trying to get back into things now. Glad to see that you are back too. Best Wishes, Bill Stone
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    Modeling the 1870's in OO/HO - Update

    White's books --- "The American Railroad Passenger Car", "The American Railroad Freight Car", and "American Locomotives" --- are invaluable for anyone wishing to model the 19th century. They may seem pricey, but are big books full of information and drawings, and more than worth the investment...
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    How many Guage members model 19th century?

    There are at least "several" of us nuts enough to do it.
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