Re: Reservations Needed: PRR X29 Boxcar (HO Scale)
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Ralph W. Brown
Hi Bruce, et al.,
Thanks for the heads up.
I’m interested in the undec kits, which I hope would come with KD brakes or
maybe parts for both KD and AB brakes. The Intermountain website lists
five undec kits with the notation “TBD” in the product status column. The
first two of those are described as “1928” bodies, RC-7000 with steel plate
ends, and RC-7001 with Dreadnaught ends. RC-7002 is described as having a
“1924” body with steel plate ends; RC-7003 is described as having an AAR body
with steel plate ends; and RC-7004 is described as having a “1924” body with
patches and steel plate ends. All five descriptions are silent with regard
to brakes.
According to the article in the March 2004 TKM, all except “those built in
1932 and 1934 had two-piece flat ends.” The Dreadnaught ends were used
only on the “final two production runs.”
The website doesn’t say anything about trucks either. The TKM article
states the the 1924 cars were built with 2D-F1 arch bar trucks, the majority of
which were later replace with 2D-F8 trucks. I infer from the article that
the 1928 and subsequent years’ cars were built with 2D-F8 trucks, although some
X29 boxcars, both freight and express service cars, were “seen” with 2D-F12
coil-elliptic trucks, but doesn’t say when. Also, at least PRR 100688,
“one of the last cars built,” was equipped at some point with GSC BX express
trucks, but again the article doesn’t say when.
Question: Anyone know when the 1924 cars’ 2D-F1 trucks were replaced with
2D-F8 trucks?
The TKM article contains a wealth of other information about the details of
these cars, as does another article in the April 2004 TKM dealing with X29
boxcars in express service.
Anyway, here’s hoping the various painted and lettered cars get enough
reservations to move them on to production, and that the undec kits are produced
as well.
Pax,
Ralph
Brown
Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532 rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com
From: Bruce
Smith
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:26 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Reservations Needed: PRR X29 Boxcar (HO
Scale) Folks, Please be aware, that at least based on the artwork displayed by
Intermountain, the brakes on these prospective car releases are incorrect.
The artwork (and description) indicates that these cars use the RC patch
panel tooling, which, to the best of my knowledge, was only done for the
mid-production (1928) body X29 by RC. Although not clear, the artwork appears to
show plate ends, which is expected. The artwork also show a transverse early AB
reservoir. These were only applied to the 1932 or later production X29s which
are distinguished by the application of Dreadnaught ends. Subsequent plate end
X29 conversions to AB brakes utilized the more well known AB reservoir, hung
longitudinally under the carbody. Thus the offering by IM is incorrectly
detailed with respect to the type and location of the brake reservoir (and some
minor differences with brake levers as well).
Regards
Bruce
Bruce F.
Smith
Auburn, AL
"Some days you are the bug, some days you are the
windshield."
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