Hello all, and please forgive the multiple post: Wonderful discussion in progress on the On3 list concerning model railroad sound systems based on PFM, P-B-L,...
Can anyone in this group explain the nature of a Assay Office? was it a stand alone bussiness or can I combine it with a minning supply store and still be...
Yes, and yes. Assay offices acted (and still do act) as ombudsmen, providing generally acceptable analyses of a particular sample. Larger mines & mills had...
Assay offices in early Nevada mining camps were often in rented space in buildings which contained other business as well. Especially when the camps were new...
DEMISE OF DCC? Please, Luddites, let us hear more. DCC a "passing fad?" Wow! How about a little help to the kool-aiders who are sinking big bucks into it? ...
I'll wear the label "Luddite" with pride. I don't mess with these newfangled electrical toys. It's live steam all the way for me. DCC? We don't need no ...
Vance, some people have all the luck, man thats nice! I am one too, I am waiting for radio control to be invented for model trains. battery operated , simple....
That's right, guys... Drag your Neanderthaloid knuckles with pride! Heck, we're the ones who are still into steam technology (making us, I suppose, advanced ...
Hi guys, who makes some good shingles for a O scale depot? I need some for my structures. Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Somebody (?) at Dearborn had a display of the "pre-3-tab" asphalt shingles that came in octagonal and/or fish-scale shapes. Does anyone have dates on these?...
Bill, To the best of my knowledge, interlocking shingles are still available, although they may be special order. They are quite common on the farms around...
Darrell My experience with the "composition" interlocking shingles is also Ohio (south-central & S.W.). But your mention of slate also offers posibilities....
Hello, Try www.raggstoriches.biz. Bought some recently but have not tried them out yet. They are paper with an adhesive back. Don Don Kralik Xeodon Design 119...
Bill, Slate was indeed quite common on such buildings as schoolhouses, government buildings, and small industrial buildings. Houses with slate roofs tended to...
I've recently been in touch with Pat Turner of Turner Model Works about the need for decent barrel models. Here's my research: Pat, I've been doing some...
Darrell, Really neat article!! Has your research turned up any references to or pix of smaller stave mill operations? This has become a very important part of...
... I'm amazed they are that old. I thought they only came in in the fifties with widespread use of forklifts. Thanks for the detail on the barrels. ASM...
Don, I must admit that my research was the quick-and-dirty kind, utilizing Google, and limited to whatever might be found on the web. I did come across...
Andy, You're right. They're not that old. I got the wrong war. Pallets were developed by the military during World War II, not one. You made me check what...
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Very nice info on barrels. Please keep sharing. The Pennsylvania Logging book series has info on and some pictures of stave plants in north central PA, circa...
... They did follow the wood harvest out to Michigan and Minnesota. Looking at a flour milling magazine from Minneapolis,they listed the number of carloads fo...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We all have many things to be thankful for in our modern era. Although I have a strong interest in the Turn Of Century modeling...
