The Home Machinist!

Did Dave say he tested it to 140psi with that same spring?

Link to a K&J builders plate: http://csxthsociety.org/images/whitewat ... in0699.jpg

Dave ( Trainman4602) our pal, when he was up at Sandy Wittum's place working on the Robert Harper built Green 15" Hudson (12 years ago) said: "Eventually, I've got patterns for the 3" scale Cross-compounds, and were gonna put those on the front". Here is the quote at 1:34 from Da...

Do any of you guys pay attention to any real world events? There are not going to be any more toy trains, period, end of story. "They" are telling you this over and over.

The hobby is dying the same death that our country is dying.

The West-Side lumber company used equine excrement to temporarily stop boiler leaks.

Unless some genius has made it recently, the H6 does not work in 1/8 scale. If you want real automatic WABCO type brakes, I would pick a bigger scale, or plan to use straight air for a very long while. The smallest functional automatic air brakes I've ever seen/heard of (and I have seen them in piec...

I didn't post the program, just that I had the programs, but back then they were posted in lots of locations. Charlie wanted me to hang onto them and keep them for you guys. I'll dig the disks out and copy the notes on them. If I don't post here soon, remind me.

Charles J. Dockstader died sometime after 2008 I believe. He and I used to talk back them. He sent me a final copy of everything he had. I think I posted that on here back then.

The problem is going to be in getting the truck frame drawings, everything else on a diesel is easy to model. I've got the Prior GM truck drawings, but I've never seen the later self steering design drawings, or heard of anyone having them. You'd probably have to kill someone to get them, but give i...

Didn't Docksterdale do this years ago in DOS?

Get a GAB GAB dot com) account and this will all start to make sense to you. The world we grew up with in is gone. "You sit on your couch while brave men fight for you". This admonition is most likely misguided. The site in question is considered highly controversial due to the promotion o...