Ken, you are a wealth of information. Mostly useful😁

The lampblack was added to the linseed oil at 53 percent black and 46 percent oil with one percent Japan Drier. That makes what is called “semi-paste”. To paint with it it was mixed two parts

Thank you Ken. This is very precise. I love all the materials from a bygone era that were used to make “the recipe.” Doc Tom

3) 38ft ET&WNC flat cars with On3 trucks, couplets and decals. $55 each including postage or $150 for the lot of 3 including postage. Prefer Paypal to seaustin@... Steve Austin

I sell O scale ET&WNC decals for sale. $10 plus $2 for shipping. Does three stretched lettering cars and one Pre 1936 car. Contact me for payment options. Johnny Graybeal

Tom: looks great and very good level of detail. I did my Sn3 hoppers in a very dark grey (NYC Dark Grey with some black added as I remember). My view being that black is too dark under artificial

Lampblack, linseed oil, and japan drier was the railroad recipe.

Hello Fellow Fans of the ETWNC, I hope this finds you well and anticipating a joyous Easter. My model railroad friend, Bill Nelson, and I have just completed a scratchbuilt “Tweetsie” Hopper car

I got mine two days ago on the west coast. Another great newsletter! -Lee

Hey y'all, For those of you Historical Society members who get paper copies of the newsletter mailed to you, Patricia Jennings put them in the mail last week and they should be getting out to many of

Thanks Bill and Mike. Saving this good info. in an electronic folder for the new layout. Tom

Go to PETCO and look for black aquarium gravel. Mix it with gray and you'll get the right colour.w --------------------------------------------

So .030" to .050" in O scale.Take some calipers along. Bill Uffelman

Going out on the old ET&WNC right-of-way now you'll find almost all mine tailings...mostly black with some very dark gray...about 1.5 inches to 2.5 inches in size. Mine tailings were VERY

Check Arizona Rock and Minerals they should have a dark gray almost black color. As to size I used an HO ballast to get a fine look of gravel on my old On3 line. Used N scale black as a cinder

Thank you Johnny for this very well thought out contribution to this discussion about roadbed. Also a very good explanation why the pictures we have show the “down in the weeds look.” The

I have looked at all the ICC data on the ET&WNC/Linville River. The ET&WNC in the teens and twenties had a very good roadbed. None of the regional railroads at that time had the high ballast that we

Frank. Those are some great pictures and I appreciate your input on this subject. Doc Tom

Tom, https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/etwnc-?family=editorial&phrase=et%26wnc%20&sort=best#license Here’s a link to some really good pics of the ET with roadbed health clearly visible. Be

Thank you all so much for the valuable information and ideas regarding the roadbed of this wonderful little rail road. I agree that most of the pictures I have seen show the tracks down in the