Yes Todd, I know. Its a PITA! I wanted to post a picture of the nose of my (now on hold) E5 project, but I couldn’t find a good picture since the whole gallery isn’t accessible to me. I didn’t post that picture to my GRBlog, so I couldn’t link it from there. 
Yep, I believe Ted still has the originals. This situation is why Ted chose to let me host his work 
Greg
Steve Featherkile said:
Greg, is there any chance that yo could update the photos on this site? Neither LySOL nor AristoCraft dot com exist, any more. Thanks.
Todd Brody said:
The LSOL pics are still available. BUT!!! You’ve got to know their addresses. We no longer have access to our “albums” but if you can find the pic in an old thread or know the address, you can still get it.
Case in point. This pic of my car is on LSOL and I can access it because I know where to find the old tread searching the Corvette Forum. But, I can’t see the galleries where its stored and the old link to the gallery goes no where.
Nice '64 Corvette!
Wow, Joe that’s beautiful. Remember when those first came out. Drastic and cool!
Correction, I guess that’s Todd’s, but still a great picture.
Greg, today I ordered the wheels for my F3, the ones without the traction tyres. My F3 may have to gain a bit of weight now.
While I was at it I also ordered replacement wheels for my Aristo RS3, while they are still listed as in stock. We shall see if I gettem.
David, what you might want to do, is fit the brass tubing to the USAT “axles” now, before they split… good insurance…
Greg
Thanks.
Dear Mr. Steve: Ted has found the pictures, and they are now where they cannot get lost. http://www.elmassian.com/trains/lubrication is now complete. And THANK YOU for letting me know about this, I cannot review all 550 pages myself ha ha! The site is there to help others. Greg
Steve Featherkile said:
Greg, is there any chance that yo could update the photos on this site? Neither LySOL nor AristoCraft dot com exist, any more. Thanks.
Thanks, Greg.
I hope that I haven’t screwed up…
I found a tube of LGB 51010 Graphite Lubricant,
meant as an electrical conductive grease, in with some other lubricants that I “Put in a safe place so I wouldn’t forget where it was.” 
It is so old that the tube has yellowed a bit.
So, I says to myself, “Self, this stuff might work well as a lube for wheels in plastic journals. What could be better, grease plus graphite?”
Now, I’m wondering if the grease is plastic compatible. I’m hoping that because the plastic tube that it came in is still intact is a good sign. Does anybody know, or am I looking at cleaning the stuff out of all the cars that I lubed, yesterday? 
Is it the white tube with red letters?
It seems to be a lithium based grease with graphite. I would not use it actually. Many people use it, but but if you have plastic journals, I find that dry graphite powder works better and does not attract or hold dirt or moisture.
It’s probably ok with plastic, since it’s been sold so long. I do mention the “conductivity” of this grease on that same web page.
It is good quality.
Regards, Greg
Greg Elmassian said:
Is it the white tube with red letters?
It seems to be a lithium based grease with graphite. I would not use it actually. Many people use it, but but if you have plastic journals, I find that dry graphite powder works better and does not attract or hold dirt or moisture.
It’s probably ok with plastic, since it’s been sold so long. I do mention the “conductivity” of this grease on that same web page.
It is good quality.
Regards, Greg
Mixed message… am I going to ruin the trucks?
I don’t know anyone who has used this grease on plastic for extended times.
The grease is usually used on LGB rail joiners.
I personally would not use it on plastic sideframes, unless they were LGB plastic and of German manufacture.
Spend the $5 for a tube of grease or graphite is my recommendation.
Maybe someone on the forum has done long term testing of this grease on plastic sideframes.
Greg
Steve,
I still have a tube of the 51020 LGB Gear Lubricant that I use on plastic side frames, but I don’t think that is what you are referring to? White tube, black letters.
Or do you have the Conductive Paste 51010
I think Greg is talking about 51010, and not 51020.
Just a thought .
The weight of ideas here would certainly weigh down any loco model . Who’d have thought a simple question would come up with such interesting answers ? Certainly a lot of useful stuff too .
Is it because it’s a mechanical thing that everyone understands ?
I remember only too well at technical meetings , thousands of £’s worth of money got nodded through on things of a technical nature where the project management hadn’t a clue , yet the meeting would almost always get bogged down on things of a simple nature like how many cookies and cups of tea should be allowed for in the estimates .
Mike Brit
Mike Morgan said:
Just a thought .
The weight of ideas here would certainly weigh down any loco model . Who’d have thought a simple question would come up with such interesting answers ? Certainly a lot of useful stuff too .
Is it because it’s a mechanical thing that everyone understands ?
I remember only too well at technical meetings , thousands of £’s worth of money got nodded through on things of a technical nature where the project management hadn’t a clue , yet the meeting would almost always get bogged down on things of a simple nature like how many cookies and cups of tea should be allowed for in the estimates .
Mike Brit
Mike if only everyone understood those mechanical things.
Isn’t it amazing how project managers do not understand the projects they are to manage. I would thing they would want to learn. But there I go, making sense again. I am gonna haveta quit doin that.
Yep Craig, Steve asked about the 51010, red printing on white.
As you can see in the picture you provided, it shows application on rail joiners, not gears.
Greg
Greg,
A simple picture is worth a thousand words trying to explain.