----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Cranstone <lamontc@...>
To: <STMFC@...>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Quesions about a depressed center flat car

From: "Norm Dresner" <ndrez@...>

I have two questions:
1. What might have been the prototype for this model, if any?

TPRX was the reporting mark of the Texas Power & Light Co., which

was listed

until the Jan. 1958 ORER (it reappeared in the 1980s). They listed

one car

in the Oct. 1949 ORER, namely depressed centre flat car TPRX 1.

2. Where on a depressed-center flat car is the brake gear located?

Most of CN's older cars were constructed with components shoehorned

under

the end platforms -- I'm sure the intent was to keep the top clear

for

overlength loads. More recent cars have had to place some

components on top

of the span bolsters, but the use of truck-mounted brake cylinders

has

reduced the number to place. As others have already noted, it was

extremely

common for these cars to have two completely separate brake systems,

one at

each end.

--
Ian Cranstone
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
lamontc@...


To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
STMFC-unsubscribe@...



Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to

http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/