Cardboard is a generic, non-specific, lay term used to refer to any heavy paper-pulp based board, such as card stock, or to corrugated fiberboard.
Rural board fences are basic and simple structures. However, there are certain customs we should not ignore. For instance, animals lean against fence boards. Always nail the boards to the pasture side of the post.
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Railroaders are trained in the proper methods to board and alight from moving equipment. We are also taught many other aspects of dealing with moving and standing equipment.
Board and Batten Siding - Structural siding that consists of wide, butt jointed, vertical wood planking, with joints that have been covered by wooden strips (battens).
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Boarding Party Rules for Hand to Hand
In a boarding party or a siege, men are not fighting as units while they defend the walls and bulkheads. Each soldier in a fight roles a die. If it is one man against one, high roll strikes.
On board train sounds
Atlas, Athearn, Broadway Limited and probably others are now manufacturing some locomotives with sound units already included. They can produce exhaust sounds, chuff, whistles, horns, etc.
Footboard
A footstep running almost the entire length of a vehicle, on which a shunter (person) might stand while the vehicle is moving.
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FOOTBOARD"The step on the rear and front ends of switch or freight engines. Many casualties were caused in the "good old days" by switchmen missing these steps on dark slippery nights ...
Onboard battery power with un-tethered walk-around control.
The power supply is a battery pack in the tender or a trailing car that is controlled by a hand held transmitter.
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If you use any of these circuit ideas, ask your parts supplier for a copy of the manufacturers data sheets for any components that you have not used before.
Message Board
A message board is located near the Registration Desk. It can be used to request or offer rides for self-guided layout tours, leave messages for other registrants, etc.
Running board: Walkway along roof or along sides of tank cars.
Scale: The size of things on a model railroad relative to things on a real railroad. For example, in the most popular scale, HO, models are 1/87th full size.
Board on which operating switches for points and signals are mounted.
Panorama
A background picture that gives a wide sweeping view in all directions when seen from a central point.
Board
A fixed signal.
Bobber
A short, four-wheel caboose.
Bobtail Haul
Early slang expression indicating that a locomotive was pulling only a few cars and a bobber caboose; a short train.
Boarding Car
A term commonly applied to a car used as a place of lodging for workmen. In the case of wreck trains, they are more often called dining and sleeping cars.
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Baseboard
The wooden framework upon which a model railway rests. Usually called benchwork in North America.
Red board
A train order signal indicating orders to be delivered.
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Spotboard. A sighting board placed above and across a track at an established height above top of rail elevation, to indicate a new surface and insure uniformity of surface.
Spring frog. See Frog, spring.
Call Board
Bulletin board where crew assignments are posted.
A steam locomotive with the cab set astride the boiler. The fireman on this type of locomotive rides under a hood at the rear. Also called a "Mother Hubbard." ...
Extra board
Pool of employees not assigned to regular runs.
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Fascia Boards for decoration on the front of a layout.
Fiddle yard Hidden tracks where you can move cars around, often by hand.
Fill Add in dirt or 'fill' to bring a grade up to level.
Atlas Seaboard Coast Line E7A (Roco, 1977)
In 1977, Rivorossi introduced several steam locomotives including a 2-8-8-0 EL5, 2-8-4 Berkshire, 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific, and 2-8-2 Heavy Mikado using some of the earlier Rowa and Atlas tooling.
The video board's quality versus speed settings for OpenGL or DirectX as appropriate (provided the board offers such options).
The fascia board is installed but we have a serious gap problem.
Stuff the cracks the same way as with the seams in the foam using paper towels.
More stuffing.
If you do the board by board method for siding, for variations in the wood, prestain.
Baseboard - The baseboard is the structure carrying the model railway.
Basswood - A light weight wood used in model railroading due to its strength and smooth grain structure.
High Block A "raised" section of a station platform allowing wheelchairs (and sometimes strollers) to easily board LRVs that are 36" above top of rail.
Layout styles vary from the traditional "flatland" green painted board to weathered near exact scale empires. What will be presented here are general tips for layout design and construction. Scale detailing can be found in the scale FAQ.
Acceptance (of rolling stock) Final part of the process to introduce new types of rolling stock, onboard systems or infrastructure components to the railway network managed by Network Rail.
Dropper Wire : Feed wires soldered to the side or base of the rail and which then pass beneath the baseboard.
Dry Brushing : A technique where an almost dry brush is used to highlight details on a model with paint.
Platform That part of a station where passengers board and disembark from trains. Point motor A single or double solenoid device attached to a turnout so that the points may be operated electrically from a remote location.
Fit the masonite, mark seams Blend the edges of masonite and wallboard, by scoring the wallboard and making an 1/8th indentation in the wallboard, in order to get a flat joint.
Lift the black running board treads off the sill. Pop the metal tabs off the back of the coupler housing, slide the black coupler pin out and remove the Rapido couplers. Remove all clear plastic lights and windows. Disassembly is now complete.
Surface Transportation Board (STB)
Independent governmental adjudicatory body administratively housed within the DOT, responsible for the economic regulation of interstate surface transportation, primarily railroads, within the United States.
Architectural Moulding
A scale representation of structural or decorative items such as tubes, beams, girders, pillars, staircases, coving, dado rails, ceiling roses and skirting board. Commonly produced in plastic, wood or plaster.
Ditch lights: A pair of lights, usually found on modern locomotives, located several feet below and outboard of the main headlight, that may alternately flash while the train is in motion.
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Fusee A warning device consisting of a cardboard tube filled with a combustible mixture of chemicals that burns brightly when ignited and remains burning for varying lengths of time.
 See also: Track, Train, Point, Engine, Current
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