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Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank

Al and Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...>
 

Walter - No chance. - Al Westerfield

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From: Walter
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Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:27 PM
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank



Al, could John be asking about one of your pickle cars?

Walt Lankenau

--- In STMFC@..., "Al and Patricia Westerfield" <westerfield@...> wrote:
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> John - Virtually everything we've ever made except for limited runs and cars removed because they weren't accurate enough are on the web site. We did not make a vinegar tank car. - Al Westerfield
>

I was visiting a layout last week and there was a excellent model of Heinz 204 which he identified as being built from a Westerfield kit. I don't remember ever seeing this model on his lists.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> John King
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Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank

npin53
 

In "Essential Freight Cars #20, March, 2005 RMC, Ted Culotta uses a Sunshine kit to model a vinegar car. It is one of the kit #'s 60.1-60.3.

http://www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sun60.pdf


Aaron
Re: Hormel cars for Cocoa Beach

sctry
 

The MRHA Hormel cars are from the series built in 1940 and are in the post 1953 paint scheme. Multiple car numbers are available via overlay decals.

John Greedy

--- In STMFC@..., "np328" <jcdworkingonthenp@...> wrote:

John, of the MRHA cars, what years are they accurate for?
Build date being most important. Photos on the website are rather small to read any data. Thanks, Jim Dick - St. Paul

--- In STMFC@..., "sctry" <JGreedy@> wrote:

Time to start thinking about Cocoa Beach. There is still time to build those Hormel cars from the 2011 Shake-N-Take. If you need decals they are still available from 5th Avenue Car Shops. See the Shake-N-Take YahooGroups web site for details (decal orders and Hormel how-to instructions).

An alternate approach for the Hormel cars is to begin with a prepainted and lettered car. Check out the Milwaukee Road Historical Association web site (www.mrha.com) "Company Store" for fully decorated Hormel cars.

Hope to see many Hormel cars at ProtRails 2012. I have 3 cars completed and several more nearing completion on my work bench (early scheme with original board roof, early scheme with outside metal roof, later scheme with outside metal roof).

John Greedy
End Numbers

rdgbuff56
 

I recently saw a photo in a magazine of a Lehigh Valley 19000 series ribbed offset-side hopper that had its end number painted in a black diamond.  It was car number 19000.  Did any other roads use their herald on the end of their cars?
 
Francis A. Pehowic, Jr.
Sunbury, Pa.

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Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank

mcindoefalls
 

Al, could John be asking about one of your pickle cars?

Walt Lankenau

--- In STMFC@..., "Al and Patricia Westerfield" <westerfield@...> wrote:

John - Virtually everything we've ever made except for limited runs and cars removed because they weren't accurate enough are on the web site. We did not make a vinegar tank car. - Al Westerfield
I was visiting a layout last week and there was a excellent model of Heinz 204 which he identified as being built from a Westerfield kit. I don't remember ever seeing this model on his lists.

Thanks in advance.

John King





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Re: GN Airslides, color(s) of lettering

spsalso
 

Tom,

Thanks for responding. I wouldn't be shocked if all the pertinent info really was tossed.

I was at the PR office of the Port of Oakland one day when they were throwing out most of their old "stuff" because they were moving to a new space with less storage. I jokingly offered to take it all, and they said that would be fine. But I didn't have the space either. I did snag a rather ratted out photo mural of an SP SW1500 on the docks coupled to a couple of container flats sprinkled with one each of 20' boxes owned by their various tenants at the time of the photo. I should study it and try to figure out when it was shot.


Ed

Edward Sutorik
Re: GN Airslides, color(s) of lettering

spsalso
 

Ed,

Thanks for responding.

When I first noticed that the herald on the artwork for the Athearn GN car was wrong, I wrote to Athearn to warn them of the error. They responded that their artwork was based on photos from RPC Vol. 17. I looked there and noted that their artwork did not match the photos. While looking at the shots of 71904, it appeared to me that there might be a red background in the herald. After all, it was there in all the later airslides and, I think, all GN grey grain cars. But I also know the "mind can fool the eye". And the difference in shading in the pictures is strikingly small, if it exists at all. I decided to scan the two pictures and compare the grey in the background area with the grey adjacent. I found the herald area to be slightly darker and decided that was evidence for the red background.

BUT, a gent scanned a portion of his copy of the builder's photo of the car; and, with that one, I can find either minimal or no difference in shading.

So there is a contradiction. To that I say "Double-darn". And more.

There seem to be three possiblities for the lettering of the first batch of cars: black paint with red herald background, black paint, or box car red paint. Right now, to me it's a coin toss. Triple-darn.

The photo in the book of 71916 of the second batch exhibits problems too. The herald background is certainly NOT the car color (as it possibly is in the earlier example). My first thought was that it was an experimental herald with the goat in a color (red?) and the herald background in black, as is the car lettering. But I came upon another explanation for the "experimental" herald: Perhaps it is red, and that red is recorded as a VERY dark grey because the photographer used a filter to bring out the background that failed to show up in the photos of 71904. So, the shade of grey of the goat conceivably matches the lettering while the red records as a much darker grey due to the filter.

Sadly, this makes another double-darn, 'cause I can't see how to pick one over the other.

I suggested to Athearn that they ought to someday (soon) do GN airslides in the later scheme, as it was around for a much longer time span. And kinda looks cooler, too. And the lettering colors can easily be determined. Here's hopin'!!!!


Ed

Edward Sutorik

--- In STMFC@..., Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote:


Ed,
I have been in touch with Staffan Ehnbom, and he brought it to my
attention a copy of an AFE pertaining to the 71900-71909 series having
box car red stencils rather than black as I had indicated in my photo
caption in RP CYC Vol. 17.

Truth be told, I made an assumption about the color of the lettering
based on the vast majority of Airslide cars built during the 1954-1956
time period that were painted gray with black stencils (not all, but a
large percentage). I carefully looked at the original images and could
not see any reason to believe the lettering on both series of cars was
other than black. I also looked at color photos in the GN color guide
book in hopes of finding a color photo of the cars. All of the covered
hopper photos were taken in the 1960s (or later) having the slant Great
Northern. All of these were gray cars having black stencils, which
further backed my assumption about black stencils.

We know that black & white photos can be tricky to interpret, and I'll
happily stand corrected by defering to painting/lettering diagrams if
they can be located. The AFE may well be correct about the use of box
car red stencils, but on gray Airslide cars built in 1954-1955 this
color would be pretty unusual.

The circular GN emblem on the first series appears to be a single color
(black or the same color as the rest of the stencils) without a colored
background. The second series, GN 71910-71924, clearly has a colored
background (likely red) surrounding the goat on the inner circle.
Otherwise, both series of cars were lettered essentially the same
except the latter series stating "ROLLER BEARINGS" under the road name.

Regarding trucks, the first series used plain-bearing 50-ton Barber S-2
trucks. The second series used 50-ton Barber S-2 with Timken roller
bearings.

Let's hope that someone has the documentation that specifies the colors
so that the model Athearn produces can be accurately painted and
lettered. I've heard there are a lot of GN drawings at the Minnesota
Historical Society, so that's a possibility.

What I would relish is the opportunity to gain access to the GATC
archives of drawings and bills of materials, presuming they still
exist. I'd be there in a heartbeat if anyone could verify the existence
of such a data repository and a way of gaining access. I've been told
by what I believe are two reliable sources as recent as 5 years ago
that the technical data still existed for GATC's freight cars built at
E. Chicago. My repeated efforts to discuss the matter with anyone at
the current company (GATX Leasing) has fallen on deaf ears.
Regards,
Ed Hawkins

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Re: Duryea coupler pockets.

Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...>
 

I did just this with an HO F&C Lehigh Valley "wrongway" boxcar.

Steve Lucas.

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote:

On Aug 29, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Scott wrote:

Does somebody make a Duryea underframe couple pocket that will work
for a kadee #5 or 58? I hate to go through all the effort of
building a resin kit to put on one of those black universal pockets
form Kadee.
Scott, just use Kadee #78s, which are scale couplers with scale
coupler pockets. They come with their own attachment screws and are
easy to install on most resin freight car models.

Richard Hendrickson



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Re: Hormel cars for Cocoa Beach

np328
 

John, of the MRHA cars, what years are they accurate for?
Build date being most important. Photos on the website are rather small to read any data. Thanks, Jim Dick - St. Paul

--- In STMFC@..., "sctry" <JGreedy@...> wrote:

Time to start thinking about Cocoa Beach. There is still time to build those Hormel cars from the 2011 Shake-N-Take. If you need decals they are still available from 5th Avenue Car Shops. See the Shake-N-Take YahooGroups web site for details (decal orders and Hormel how-to instructions).

An alternate approach for the Hormel cars is to begin with a prepainted and lettered car. Check out the Milwaukee Road Historical Association web site (www.mrha.com) "Company Store" for fully decorated Hormel cars.

Hope to see many Hormel cars at ProtRails 2012. I have 3 cars completed and several more nearing completion on my work bench (early scheme with original board roof, early scheme with outside metal roof, later scheme with outside metal roof).

John Greedy
E&C gon

Mark
 

I have three of these and know the Athearn car is sweet, however!!!

First thing to go on underframe, use 1/4 square steel stock and try Selley/Bowser bolsters. These add weight and lower the car! You will need a Kadee that has the head higher but once done they are nice.

Just my thoughts, Mark Morgan
Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank

Al and Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...>
 

John - Virtually everything we've ever made except for limited runs and cars removed because they weren't accurate enough are on the web site. We did not make a vinegar tank car. - Al Westerfield

----- Original Message -----
From: boyds1949
To: stmfc@...
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 2:24 PM
Subject: [STMFC] Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank



Is there a complete list of Westerfield kits online? Al's websites list the kits that were available at the time he stopped selling but I am wondering if there were kits that were produced early on and discontinued and are not listed.

I was visiting a layout last week and there was a excellent model of Heinz 204 which he identified as being built from a Westerfield kit. I don't remember ever seeing this model on his lists.

Thanks in advance.

John King
Re: GN Airslides, color(s) of lettering

Tom Birkett <tnbirke@...>
 

Ed

I am and have been a customer of GATX for many years. About 5 years ago I
started trying to gain access to their photo archives, which I assumed to be
in Chicago and assumed to still exist. Through my sales rep who was a 40
year veteran at the time I learned that their PR Department controlled
access. Repeated calls were not returned so I gave up.

Subsequently I have been told that all the historical records and photos
went into a dumpster some years ago. I expect that one of the public
libraries in the Sharon, PA area probably has some tank car photos, but I
haven't found the right one to ask yet.

The freight car business at E. Chicago may have a different outcome, but I
am beginning to wonder if there is anything anywhere. Would they have been
so thoughtful as AC&F.

Thomas N. Birkett, PE

Bartlesville, OK
Re: GN Airslides, color(s) of lettering

Ed Hawkins
 

On Aug 29, 2011, at 7:16 PM, spsalso wrote:

The below has been on the GN group for a few days. I thought I'd bring
it here to a wider group.

Athearn has announced GN airslides. The artwork they show if for GN
71904 (series 71900-71909). These were built 11/54 and were GN's first
airslides. I thought the herald looked a little funny on their
artwork. It turned out that it was, but the investigation has kinda
grown:

GN's AFE called for boxcar red paint, RPC Vol. 17 says the paint was
black.
The herald may or may not have the typical red background behind the
goat--VERY hard to tell.
I'm asking the members of this group if they can help resolve the
above conflicts.
Athearn is also planning on doing these cars as GN 71926 and 71947
(series GN 71925-71949). More wondering:
Did these cars have roller bearing trucks like the second GN series
or plain like the first?
If they had roller bearing trucks, was that proudly noted as it was
on the second series?
Were these cars lettered in the later slant-serif style or the early
simple block lettering style?
Inquiring minds want to know (yes, there's actually more than one
person who cares).
Ed,
I have been in touch with Staffan Ehnbom, and he brought it to my
attention a copy of an AFE pertaining to the 71900-71909 series having
box car red stencils rather than black as I had indicated in my photo
caption in RP CYC Vol. 17.

Truth be told, I made an assumption about the color of the lettering
based on the vast majority of Airslide cars built during the 1954-1956
time period that were painted gray with black stencils (not all, but a
large percentage). I carefully looked at the original images and could
not see any reason to believe the lettering on both series of cars was
other than black. I also looked at color photos in the GN color guide
book in hopes of finding a color photo of the cars. All of the covered
hopper photos were taken in the 1960s (or later) having the slant Great
Northern. All of these were gray cars having black stencils, which
further backed my assumption about black stencils.

We know that black & white photos can be tricky to interpret, and I'll
happily stand corrected by defering to painting/lettering diagrams if
they can be located. The AFE may well be correct about the use of box
car red stencils, but on gray Airslide cars built in 1954-1955 this
color would be pretty unusual.

The circular GN emblem on the first series appears to be a single color
(black or the same color as the rest of the stencils) without a colored
background. The second series, GN 71910-71924, clearly has a colored
background (likely red) surrounding the goat on the inner circle.
Otherwise, both series of cars were lettered essentially the same
except the latter series stating "ROLLER BEARINGS" under the road name.

Regarding trucks, the first series used plain-bearing 50-ton Barber S-2
trucks. The second series used 50-ton Barber S-2 with Timken roller
bearings.

Let's hope that someone has the documentation that specifies the colors
so that the model Athearn produces can be accurately painted and
lettered. I've heard there are a lot of GN drawings at the Minnesota
Historical Society, so that's a possibility.

What I would relish is the opportunity to gain access to the GATC
archives of drawings and bills of materials, presuming they still
exist. I'd be there in a heartbeat if anyone could verify the existence
of such a data repository and a way of gaining access. I've been told
by what I believe are two reliable sources as recent as 5 years ago
that the technical data still existed for GATC's freight cars built at
E. Chicago. My repeated efforts to discuss the matter with anyone at
the current company (GATX Leasing) has fallen on deaf ears.
Regards,
Ed Hawkins
Re: Duryea coupler pockets.

rwitt_2000
 

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...>
wrote:

On Aug 29, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Scott wrote:

Does somebody make a Duryea underframe couple pocket that will work
for a kadee #5 or 58? I hate to go through all the effort of
building a resin kit to put on one of those black universal pockets
form Kadee.
> Richard Hendrickson replied:

Scott, just use Kadee #78s, which are scale couplers with scale
coupler pockets. They come with their own attachment screws and are
easy to install on most resin freight car models.

Scott,

To simulate a Duryea underframe you may want to consider modeling the
end of the center sill and the center sill guides that slide on
"hangers" attached to the end sill. For the Duryea underframe, the end
of the center sill extended about 7" further from the end than a
traditional striker plate. And yes, you want to use scale couplers and
draft gear. The model of the B&O M-53 from WrightTrak captures this
detail.

There are photos of a M-53 on the B&O Yahoo Group that has several views
of the ends of the center sill. I am not sure if you need to be a member
to view them.

Bob Witt

http://tinyurl.com/3wxxsaq
Re: Accurail 41" AAR Steel Gon

Schuyler Larrabee
 

There is an Excel chart in the Files area that covers this.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files



See "Accurail 41' gon.xls"



Schuyler Larrabee



From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of
Kevin Sprayberry
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:00 PM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] Accurail 41" AAR Steel Gon





Can someone shed some light on the Accurail 41' gons? Which roads are thes
correct for? Are the paint schemes acurate?

-Kevin Sprayberry










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GN Airslides, color(s) of lettering

spsalso
 

The below has been on the GN group for a few days. I thought I'd bring it here to a wider group.

Athearn has announced GN airslides. The artwork they show if for GN 71904 (series 71900-71909). These were built 11/54 and were GN's first airslides. I thought the herald looked a little funny on their artwork. It turned out that it was, but the investigation has kinda grown:

GN's AFE called for boxcar red paint, RPC Vol. 17 says the paint was black.

The herald may or may not have the typical red background behind the goat--VERY hard to tell.

I'm asking the members of this group if they can help resolve the above conflicts.


Athearn is also planning on doing these cars as GN 71926 and 71947 (series GN 71925-71949). More wondering:

Did these cars have roller bearing trucks like the second GN series or plain like the first?

If they had roller bearing trucks, was that proudly noted as it was on the second series?

Were these cars lettered in the later slant-serif style or the early simple block lettering style?


Inquiring minds want to know (yes, there's actually more than one person who cares).


Ed

Edward Sutorik
Re: California Fruit Transportation Company

Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
 

Bob Chaparro wrote:
Does anyone know what happened to the California Fruit Transportation Company?
In the early 1890s this firm had over 600 cars which operated all over the country. I believe they were a victim of the Beef Trust.
In the mid to late 1890s, Armour and Swift picked up dozens of smaller companies which ran produce reefers. By 1895, Armour had gotten most of them, but Swift got CFT. This is mentioned in the PFE book.

Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com
(510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@...
Publishers of books on railroad history
California Fruit Transportation Company

Bob C <thecitrusbelt@...>
 

Does anyone know what happened to the California Fruit Transportation Company?

In the early 1890s this firm had over 600 cars which operated all over the country. I believe they were a victim of the Beef Trust.

Thanks.

Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
Re: PRR reefer operations into New York City's Pier 29 and Washington St. Produce Terminal Market

Bill Welch
 

I wanted to thank the several of you that have been responding to my appeal for info on the PRR's New York Pier 29 Produce operation. Combined with the resources I had already, I now understand more fully its relationship to the Washington Street markets. Folks that will be at Cocoa Beach in january will see the fruits (sorry for the pun) of my research on this location and how it fit into the operations of FGE in moving produce north from Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, etc as I follow some crops from that region northerly. By then maybe I will be able to sketch out the B&O's role as well.

Also, please check out the link below that Dave refers to. Amazing!

Bill Welch

--- In STMFC@..., "Dave Nelson" <Lake_Muskoka@...> wrote:

Bill, there is loads of information on the freight car terminals of New York
Harbor, including the B&O, at this web address: <<
http://www.trainweb.org/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html>>

You'll likely find your answer there.

Good Luck!

Dave Nelson

-----Original Message-----
Also a question related to the B&O. I know they had a connection to
the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad. Did the B&O have access into
Manhattan? I am going from memory but I think there is a photo of a
B&O tug and car-float in John White's "Great Yellow Fleet."
Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank

John King
 

Is there a complete list of Westerfield kits online? Al's websites list the kits that were available at the time he stopped selling but I am wondering if there were kits that were produced early on and discontinued and are not listed.

I was visiting a layout last week and there was a excellent model of Heinz 204 which he identified as being built from a Westerfield kit. I don't remember ever seeing this model on his lists.

Thanks in advance.

John King
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