Mark,

In this particular case, it resembles the cutting lever that is on

PRR G26 Gondola on Ted's website. I would say that they are

Best wishes!

Tom Olsen
7 Boundary Road, West Branch
Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479
(302) 738-4292
tmolsen@u...


Mark Heiden wrote:

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the response. What sort of underslung cut lever does

have? Does it have a shallow bend, like the one on this PRR gon:

Or does it have a more pronounced bend, like the Detail

6215 part:

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/229-6215

Thanks,
Mark Heiden
Ottawa, Ontario


--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas M. Olsen" <tmolsen@U...>

Hi Mark & List,

The Greenville gondolas are listed in the book "Pere Marquette

Revenue

Freight Cars" (Hundman Publishing 2001) on pages 113-114. It

and

describes the circa 1944 70-Ton Greenville gondolas that came to

the

Pere Marquette in series 18850-18949 and became the last order of

70-Ton

gondolas bought by the railroad.

According to the text, the cars were equipped with Westinghouse

brakes, Miner Draft Gear, Dreadnaught drop ends, Blaw-Knox brake

steps

and a Universal Pump Handle hand brake. It states that these

were

never modified and were two feet longer inside than those built

the

previous order from Bethlehem Steel in 1941.

The photograph of the "B" end of the car on page 114 clearly

the

brake handle and the air hose mounting. The air hose and angle

cock is

attached to the main reservoir pipe which comes through a hole in

the

car end sill. A short piece of steel angle is riveted

to

the end sill just above the sill opening to secure the main

reservoir

pipe. The cutting lever for this car is of the under slung type,

rather

than the more common over mounted type.

In addition, there is a lettering diagram for this group of

gondolas on

Page 167. There is also a reference to a general arrangement

drawing of

this car to be found on page 170 of the 1949-51 Car Builders'

Cyclopedia.

For those interested, the earlier order of 70-Ton gondolas from
Bethlehem are listed in the chapter just before the Greenville

and

there is also a lettering diagram for this group in the book.

book

is a good addition to anyone's freight car reference library.

Thomas M. Olsen
7 Boundary Road, West Branch
Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479
(302) 738-4292
tmolsen@u...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [STMFC] Cut lever and air line for PM Greenville gondola
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:24:35 -0000
From: "Mark Heiden" <mark_heiden@h...>
Reply-To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com

Hello everyone,

I'm about to start building a Proto 2000 Greenville gondola kit of
Pere Marquette 18937. Does anyone know the correct type of cut

lever

for this car, and how the air hose should be attached? I plan to

use

a Kadee part for the air hose, if this helps.

Thanks,
Mark Heiden






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