A Salamander (or deadman's foot) in the metallurgy dialect means all liquid and solidified materials in the hearth of a blast furnace below the tap hole. After...
In a message dated 9/1/2007 11:34:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mundane_noodle@... writes: A Salamander (or deadman's foot) in the metallurgy dialect...
In a message dated 8/27/2007 10:33:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time, aepeszel@... writes: Somewhat, keep in mind, before they used gaseous centrifuges with...
Adam's comment was in reference to the activities at Oak Ridge during the War, not the current state of affairs. Jim T. ... From: STEEL@yahoogroups.com...
has everyone given up on models because there trying to find a way to extract gold from blast furnaces (hot or cold)? I'm about to try to resurrect an old...
Yep. I redid three of the P&LE cars. I body-mounted Kadee couplers, changed the trucks (mounted on new kingpins) and added Kadee wheels. I also added some...
If anyone wants one for $4.00 I'll bring it to the modelrs meet "Burlington" New in original box. Also Have a E & B 65 foot Mill gon tuscan udndecorated....
I forgot to mention that I also renumbered two of the cars using some Microscale numbers (if I remember correctly- it was about 25 years ago). I had to redo...
I also have a Bachman GE 44 tonner in GN paint for sale for $20. If interested in any of these let me know so I bring them to the modelers meet. If I don't...
In a message dated 9/2/2007 1:37:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Kyrailfan666@... writes: I'm about to try to resurrect an old model of an Evans coil coach...
The foundation of the Grace blast furnace at Brier Hill was recently excavated and the hearth cooling plates and six cast iron columns were uncovered. I put a...
We also found the Jeannette Blast Furnace's salamander. I didn't see any gold though! Pic of that also on the blog. Rick ... From: Chorby Vlidstok To:...
Mark R, I don't want to start another on-line argument but. You might recall that this thread all started with the theoretical extraction of gold from blast...
Yes, a Hydra-Cushion underframe would be a visual improvement to these cars. On the three I reworked, the Kadee coupler box/pocket sticks out a bit (to provide...
Article in today's Gary paper about the costs and other issues associated with archiving documents. http://www.post-trib.com/news/539962,archives.article Bob ...
Mark, I did not think my posting was nasty at all! It was all quite factual. I'm surprised at your indignation, as your postings always indicate that you are...
I notice they complain about funds to pay for new machines/programs, employees and safer incidentals. I think it is ridiculous that the libraries cannot form a...
If I am mistaken, then I accept the correction. I thought we were using/used a technique that we did not. I just mixed up the diffusion process with centrifuge...
In a message dated 9/3/2007 7:19:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, rwhjmeyer@... writes: Article in today's Gary paper about the costs and other issues...
Hello, My name is Rick Welch and reside in Cedar Point, IL. I Work for ArcelorMittal Hennepin works as a crane operator. This area is about 100 miles south...
I have seen the plans someplace, but I don't remember where. Maybe in Mainline Modeler? Keep looking they are someplace. Brendan ... From: Kyrailfan666@......
According to the MR Index of model railroad magazines, there is an article titled "Coil Cars", with a drawing of the Evans car in the October 1996 issue of...
After discarding the original Talgo trucks, I used 1/8" (I think, but it might have been 3/32") OD Plastruct tube for the new truck kingpins. I first drilled...