RichardMorrison suggestsholdingamotor tool roughlyparal-
lelwith the rails andmakinga slight dip that's the same radius
as a car'swheels (a smoothnotch) ineach. Thenotch should
be just bigenough so that thefirstwheel of a car or carson
the sidingwill rest thereandwon't roll past it unless it’spulled
bya loco.
“Greenville”hada steepgradewhereheneeded to setout cars.
“I drilledaholebeside the rail bigenough tofit thewoodenpart
of acotton-tippedapplicator. I positioned thehole in frontof a
signal cabinet so I couldfind it.When I stop the train, I put the
dowel in theholeandback the train slowly so thecaron the
uphill sideof thegrade restsagainst it. That alsobunches the
slack so I canuncouple.When the locomotive returnsandcou-
ples to the train, I pull ahead slightly tomake sure it coupledand
remove thedowel. Itworksgreat and ishardlynoticeable.”
Formanymore ideas about holding carsongrades:
ACI label placement
Q.
Could someone suggestwhere IwouldputanACI label on
this coveredhopper (6nextpage)?
–Deemiorgos
A.
JurgenKleyleinandRobSpangleroffered somegeneral
answersonplacingACI labels, but aprototypephotoof thecar
hasn’t turnedupyet.OncarswhereACI labelswereoriginal fac-
toryor railwaypaint shop installations, the locationwouldbe
dictatedby the letteringdiagram (7nextpage), andwouldbe
consistent fromcar tocar in the series.
Oncars retrofitted, itwouldmostlybedoneby someworkeron
footwitha rivet gun, sohewouldmount it someplacewherehe
