Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film primarily used in wood finishing but also for other materials. Varnish is traditionally a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and a thinner or solvent.
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Varnish
A passenger train, so called because wooden passenger cars used to have many coats of varnish.
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Varnish
A slang term for a passenger car or a passenger train, derived from the coats of glossy varnish applied to wood passenger cars.
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Varnish
A passenger train. Wooden passenger cars used to be given many coats of varnish.
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Run some VARNISH with a MIXED. How else can you reap so much extra fun from such a small investment of your time and money? The additional revenue from passengers, express and mail just might improve the operating ratio!
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Varnish Term used to refer to passenger trains, dating back to the late 19th century and the varnished passenger coaches of the luxury trains such as those employed on the LV's Black Diamond and the C&O's Sportsman
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Private varnish is often being shuttled around the country to different excursions or meets of car owners. In most cases the cars are picked up and delivered via the local freight railroad and shuttled to Amtrak for long distance moves.
My lakes/rivers have always been made using "High Gloss Yacht Varnish" with a painted river bed.
There are several low melting point plastics on the hobby market that can be used to replace the varnish. The plastic runs like water, so it is still difficult to get any depth to the scene.
When you are happy with what you have achieved, you will need to spray the structure a Matt varnish to protect the work done. Also the chalks won't come off on your fingers.
CUSHIONS"Passenger cars. Cushion rider may be either a passenger or member of passenger-train crew. (See varnished cars) ...
 See also: Consist, Train, Special, Car, Current
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