A great follow on

 To my weighing article form last month.  The one question I have is if there is a commercial firm offering the magnets?  Some of my load in last month's article would be upgraded with such magnets.

Gaming shops have the magnets

Try gaming shops that have Warhammer products, they will have those small magnets.

1976 AAR American Association of Railroads Loading Guide on Ebay

A CD copy of all of the loading diagrams of almost 1000 pages is available though eBay at this link,  AAR Loading Guide on Ebay, or you can email for my address and send me a check for $25.00 postpaid and it will be sent though the mail.  For those interested, I have been officially given permission by the MRH staff to post a link to this eBay listing.

my source

When I was coming up with this project, I just did a search on eBay for "rare earth magnet" and you get like 13,000 hits to choose from.  There are all shapes and sizes for sure.  I have read on the repower and regear yahoo group that you don't want to cut them as they will fall apart on you.  

Nice article, the word clever

Nice article, the word clever is going to get lots of use this month!

Nicely done...huge fan of

Nicely done...huge fan of open loads on flats or in gondolas..I like the visual interest they provide..

Received my CD today

Thank for the quick service. Can't wait to start reading though the sections.

Charles

Odd open load

I would never believe this if I didn't see it my self. In 1975 I rented an apartment on the main line west in Glendale Ohio just out of Cincinnati, Ohio. In the middle of a mixed freight of about 40 cars were 5 gondolas of loose straw. It was flying everywhere as the train went by. Each car was mounded up with loose straw and no tarps either. I assume 5 empty gondolas were set off somewhere. Does anyone have any conjecture as to what might have been going on? Blayne

Loaded by a model railroader?

From some of the models of open top loads I've seen, I wouldn't be surprsed if that one was loaded by a model railroader.  A more serious guess--the consist took off after the load was added, but before it was covered with a tarp.  If it was loose, it was possibly stuff ended in there accidently, or was being stored before being put into stock cars?  Just some wild guesses...

Great article, very

Great article, very interesting and useful.

Thanks for the comments.

Charles - Thanks for the positive comments.  I find myself going back and just looking at all the possibilities that are out there. 

Doug

No shipping to Canada?

Hello Doug:

I tried to purchase, but you don't ship to Canada.  Is there a way I can order it by alternate means?

Thanks

@Philippesdad & Shipping to Canada

The listing has been revised to include Canada.  Thank for you interest in the Loading Guide DVD

Dave

Inspirational

creative use of magnets and excellent article and photos.

Michael