Re: small roads freight car models
Gatwood, Elden <Elden.Gatwood@...>
Andy, Bruce, and Garth;
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Thanks for the feedback. It was very helpful. Some of these small lines may be obscure, but they did have a presence out there, and photos confirm that presence in many areas you wouldn't expect to see them. If I expect to have a somewhat accurate array of freight cars eventually, I have to address some of their fleets. I can only hope that some resin car master builder may choose to pick up on some of these cars and offer them on the open market. Thanks again, Elden Gatwood
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From: Andy Cich [mailto:ajc5150@...] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 6:35 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: RE: [STMFC] small roads freight car models Elden, Your list included one of my favorite subjects: freight cars of the Chicago short lines. EJ&E The P2K flat car can be used for EJ&E 6375-6574 & 6575-6774 The Sunshine gift and minikit from Naperville 2003 is for EJ&E 60400-60899 The discontinued Sunshine kit you mentioned was for the EJ&E steel rebuilds. EJ&E had lots of covered hoppers. I haven't completed my homework, but the Kato or Bowser cars look promising. I haven't had any luck yet matching a gondola. IHB The Tichy or F&C War Emergency gondola is good for IHB 6000-6299. There have been recent articles published in both RMJ and RMC covering this car. See the 12/96 issue of RMJ for modeling 10'6" IH boxcars. (10600-10999) Sunshine 30.15 is a model of an IHB flatcar. BRC (You didn't mention this one but they had few revenue freight cars) I have a photo of BRC 865. It looks to be an ex-PRR X31A. Their other freight cars I have discovered seem to be quite a batch of odd-balls. I need to find more info but XM 802-850 look promising. These were 36'5" IL single sheath cars with steel underframes. They had 6'1" doors. Cars 852-862 had identical dimensions as the 802-850 cars, but they didn't have roofs and were used for coke service. Cars 2000-2049 were 33'0" IL 2171 cu ft. twin bay steel hopper cars. I would like to find a photo of one of these cars to see if there is modeling potential. I hope some or all of this helps. Andy Cich Yahoo! Groups Links
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