...Of course the German war economy didn't collapse immediately... Shared this thread with,Jack Sartoris,railfan and retired USAF who noted,"...I think that is...
My parent's had a house built in 1956 - it had lath and plaster. My aunt and uncle had a house built in 1954 - it had sheet rock (we called it gyroc). I know...
I have another question about dispatcher's offices with TT&TO circa 1953. Would the dispatcher have a track schematic of the region (division?) that he was...
...My parent's had a house built in 1956 - it had lath and plaster... ..."Lime continuing to be used on interiour walls of homes untill the introduction of ...
Dave and all, <quote> One of the great leaps that modelers have a problem with is understanding that the professional railroader, be it dispatcher, operator or...
... From: "J.C.L. Hoefnagel" <j.c.l.hoefnagel@...> ... The Federal engineer's "license" is just to operate an engine/train. It is essentially national...
Interesting, The house I currently live in in Newmarket, in a subdivison built from 1962 to 1964 has plaster and lath walls, as do all the rest of the houses...
... I thought we had a discussion about drywall (plasterboard, sheet rock, gypsum board) some time ago, but maybe it was on a different list. Gypsum board was...
... While the FRA license requirement is not for specific routes, there is a long history in the railroad industry that operating personal had to "qualify" on...
This reminds me of one night in the 1960's when I was hanging out in the KCS CTC office in Beaumont, Texas. The machine there controlled the joint KCS/MP...
In addition to our engineers' Certificates, issued by the individual railroad under mandate of the Federal Government, we still have and must carry with us in...
After gypbd. became the accepted norm Lath and Plaster continued to be used however it became the wall finish of more expensive homes or ones that paid for...
Having lived in both that era and also being an architect there is a good reason why both types of construction were found in the late 50's and early 60's....
I worked for U S Gypsum in Gypsum Ohio from 1972-74. At that time all the sheet-rock (USG's trade name) was shipped by truck. I was told that in the "old days"...
... During the steam era, the qualification could be for a very specific section of track. One example was descending Horse Shoe curve on the PRR mainline. You...
Dave Evans wrote: ... The only way I could see doing this would be to install inertia fly-wheels into the rolling stock. This would have all sorts of realistic...
I lived in New York City in the mid 1960's. I remember seeing a billboard in Queens that promoted lath and plaster construction, with the image of a house on...
The CGW had bulkhead flats for shipping wallboard out of the Fort Dodge Iowa plants. The bulkheads were short due to the weight of wallboard. Fort Dodge...
... Can't be done IMO. One of the reasons I wonder why so many railfans make no effort to ride trains and engs where they could see, and eventually try their...
... sheet-rock (USG's trade name) was shipped by truck. I was told that in the "old days" it was shipped on bulkhead flatcars. ... what years that actually was...
... Canadian railways used 40' boxcars extensively well into the 1980s as well on many prairie branchlines with very light rail. Also 40' boxcars in general...
... Rather than approach it from the hardware standpoint, approach it from the software side. The train is controlled by a DCC system. Between the operator...
Don't confuse MSTS with realistic braking. It dosn't have any. I can't even brakecheck out of a yard at 10mph without stopping. Trainmaster 4 was really good...
During the early 1990s, for a fairly short time, the USG plant in Sweetwater TX (I think thats where it was located) was shipping sheetrock in USLX all-door...
Until the housing market collapse in Minnesota Progressive Rail was handling 6 to 12 loads per week of sheetrock for our 3 sheetrock customers. ALL of their...
... Although I have never been at the controls of the prototype I have played with Train Simulator and its clones a fair amount. I've found that handling a...
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