Re: CofG Ventilated Boxcars Revisited
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The reason that these cars were thought to have the Hutchins Roof is because of the end caps where the roof meets the car side. Supposedly this is a spotting feature of the Hutchins Roof. I was involved in many conversations about this. The Accurail single sheathed box cars has the Hutchins roof. If you look at any overhead photo the roofs on the C of G cars it does not match the Accurail model. Also several pictures I have looked at of the Central cars show a irregular spacing pattern of the roof panels or sections, they are not all the same width, then compared to the roof on the Accurail model the spacing is even. We need to find more and better roof shots of these cars but the general consensus is they did not receive the Hutchins roof. Todd Horton
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From: cobrapsl@... To: STMFC@... Sent: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 2:53 PM Subject: [STMFC] CofG Ventilated Boxcars Revisited I had a chance last month in Naperville to have a long conversation with Allen Tuten, President of the CofG Histoical Society, about their ventilated boxcar model and the roof as it relates to the time frame of this list. At the same time I also purchased a copy of the April-June 2005 issue of the Society's publication "The Right Way", which has a nice atricle about these cars. Allen acknowledged the model has the as delivered roof and that most of these cars had recieved new roofs by the end of the second world war. Quoting from the article "Records indicate that the CofG began replacing the original Murphy XLA roofs with "Murphy Pivoted All Steel Flexible Roofs" in the 1930's". I queried Allan about the use of the Hutchen roof on these cars as posted on this list and he was adament that they could find no referrence to Hutchen roofs being used on these cars in the company files. So wanting to build this kit I have two questions for the group: 1) What is a "Murphy Pivoted All Steel Flexible Roof"? Can I find a picture in a CBC? 2) I could not find Bill Welsh's orginal post(I believe I am correct here) so I am at a loss as to why he though they were re-roofed with a Hutchen's roof. Anyone expand on how we were driven in this direction? Any and all imput is appreicated. Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA __________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. |
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