Re: Ted Culotta re MILW Single sheathed box car article on RMC
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Charlie Vlk
Bill- Thanks for the update! The PRR cars, along with the Reading, are pretty attractive examples of the type. I hope to eventually get the 2D drawings into the hands of somebody that can work them up in 3D. An advantage of starting with these cars is that most of the details, especially on the 1906 version, are good for most of the CB&Q waycars, so the windows, cupola, etc. can be used to work up others. There are a couple of different end doors and variations of windows but they are easy to do…and then the side doors for a few cars so equipped for LCL service and some with coach seats. I model in N so am looking to doing resin prints of them rather than scratch building them. Charlie Vlk
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Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 4:24 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Ted Culotta re MILW Single sheathed box car article on RMC
Charlie, It was a Pennsylvania 4-Wheel Bobber caboose I had been working on and scratch built in styrene based on an Ambroid wood kit. I made 600 parts and had added an interior with furniture. Bill L
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Charlie Vlk
What Bobber Caboose? The recent eBay offering of a J. Harold Geisel pencil sketch (different from another that I picked up at a train show shortly after his passing) of the CB&Q NM2 that appeared n MR in the 50s prompted me to start working on 2D drawings for the cars as-built in 1903 and 1906. The MR drawings, railroad journal, and even CB&Q builder detail prints don't match either of the batches. Fun exercise in pulling together sometimes conflicting data to figure out what's in the few photos of the cars! Also found a 1903 newspaper article that suggests the origin of the "Bobber" name. It wasn't a reference to their rough riding motion.....more to the tails of draft horses for the more compact length! Charlie Vlk
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