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Re: box car identity
Clark, when you have a spare moment could I persuade you to send me full reference for the article you wrote about these cars to which Doug refers? I would be grateful, Eric ---In stmfc@..., <cepropst@...> wrote: Photo was taken on the southeast side (looking NW) of the 3rd Ave viaduct
in Marshalltown Iowa. The M&StL used to keep their work train in that area.
Looks like this 55000 series ‘auto box’ is in work train service before it was
rebuilt in 59 with an 8’ door and DF loaders.
What a find Tim!! XOXOXO
Clark
Propst Mason City Iowa
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Re: Superior six panel Superior door
frograbbit602
Brian,
The door I need is 6ft. wide and 10 Ft. tall to fit the McKean Models PS-1 kit I am working on ( purchased 1986 ) to save the paint and lettering as I do not have decals to redo. A photo of the door I am looking for is at: www.rrpicturearchivees.net/showPicture.aspx?id=400233. A door without placard would be best as I want to model it top mounted. I have reviewed the Kadee doors and they are not correct for the car I am doing unless I choose to change the numbers. I hope this is the clarification needed. Thank you and others for your time and effort to respond.. Lester Breuer
On Nov 29, 2013, at 6:43 PM, <frograbbit602@...> wrote:
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Re: box car identity
Doug and Clark, thank you for that detailed information! These are unusual, and I think, rather attractive cars. Eric Lombard Homewood, IL ---In stmfc@..., <doug.harding@...> wrote: Eric, you may be on to something. I have two photos of MSTL Automobile boxcars, one of 55018 in pristine as delivered paint, the doors were black. And one of 55012 showing it after the roof was raised, with one original door and one door missing, but the opening closed in with boards, bearing the Peoria Gateway slogan. The ebay photo certainly looks like the MSTL cars, number possibly 55014, though someone has done a good job of eradicating any MSTL lettering.
Clark Propst did a nice modeling article about these cars in both pre 59 and post 59 variations. He states: These cars were built with wood running boards, Viking roofs, and two 6ft Creco three panel doors per side (12 foot door opening). They rode on Barber S-1 trucks had NY, AB-1012 air brakes and Equipco 3160 hand brakes. The ends were Dreadnaught 4/5 square corner. The cars had an inside length of 40’6” an inside width of 9’2”, inside height was 10’, 9’5” with the Evans auto loaders in the stored position. The autoloaders were defined as type 37+ which means they could load any automobiles built though the model year 1937 and possible beyond.
In January, February and March of 1941 these relatively new cars were cycled through the M&StL Marshalltown, Iowa shops to have their roofs raised six inches to an inside height of 10’6” and gain 3” of height to 9’8” when the Auto Loaders were stored against the roof. This change was made to accommodate the increased size of newer model automobiles.
In May of 1952 the Auto loaders were removed and the cars class was reclassified from XMR to standard XM general purpose box cars.
Further modifications were done to these cars in 1959. The door opening was narrowed from 12’ to 8’ and centered on the car side. In November of 59 the cars were sent to Evans for the installation of DF loaders with 19 belts and 10 crossmembers. The rebuilt cars were renumbered 2600-2618 even numbers only and painted bright red with white lettering which included a Damage Free banner. The cars were assigned to the Whirlpool Distribution Center in East St. Paul, Minnesota on the C&NW. The cars were retired by the C&NW in 1977 after exactly 40 years of service.
Doug Harding
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Re: Question for Steve Hile, or whoever answers : )
Good Morning Clark,
What we were trying to say is that the RI mostly used GS gondolas for coal hauling during the steam era, having only wood Seeley type cars that were off the roster in the 30’s scrap drives and two small groups of steel two bay cars built in 1940 and early 1942.
RI 89600 – 897490 (150 cars) were built in 1940 by Pullman. In RPCyc 25, they are described as part of 900 Pullman lot 5610 hoppers that had some unique features. Accurail’s new car carries numbers in this series. The most obvious difference is on the prototype, the two inner posts on the ends should be inward facing channels that terminate at the bottom of the end panel. The location of the crease in the side panels, which parallels the slope sheet, is slightly different. There is a very nice builder’s photo and comparisons with the Accurail model in the Remember the Rock magazine, Volume 8 numbers 3&4, which is recently published.
RI 89400 – 89599 (200 cars) were built in 1942 by ACF. According to RPCyc 25, they are AAR standard 50 ton cars. They had heap shield ends, as shown in our book. There is a builder’s photo in RPCyc 9 along with one showing how about 129 of these cars had roofs added around 1950. So, your choices probably are finding the Athearn car with heap shields, which are not exactly correct as the RI car has no notch in the heap shield. Sunshine made a mini-kit for the hopper cover.
I hope that this is what you need. Please let me know if need something more specific.
Regards, Steve Hile
From: STMFC@...
[mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of cepropst@q.com
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 12:24 PM To: STMFC Subject: [STMFC] Question for Steve Hile, or whoever answers : )
I’m considering modeling RI hopper 89456 from series 89400-89599. I’m confused (what else is new) by the caption in the Morning Sun color book. It lists different builders in this series, but but not much else. So, my question is: Which model do I use for this car? Clark Propst
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Re: USAX box car
Tim,
AFAIK, that car remains in that location today. The car, as well as at least one other, were stored at Mount Union PA in the old East Broad Top yard. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/7726011@N07/2336943015 If you look closely at the ebay photo, you can see that the siding the cars are on is overgrown. The "1950s" date on the auction appears to be just an estimate and I think that the photo was taken more recently, although still probably at least 40 years ago. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL ________________________________________ From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [STMFC@yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Tim O'Connor [timboconnor@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 11:45 PM To: stmfc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] USAX box car first photo I've seen of a US Army single sheathed box car in the 1950's http://www.ebay.com/itm/350902924702 Tim O'Connor ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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Re: box car identity
Eric, you may be on to something. I have two photos of MSTL Automobile boxcars, one of 55018 in pristine as delivered paint, the doors were black. And one of 55012 showing it after the roof was raised, with one original door and one door missing, but the opening closed in with boards, bearing the Peoria Gateway slogan. The ebay photo certainly looks like the MSTL cars, number possibly 55014, though someone has done a good job of eradicating any MSTL lettering.
Clark Propst did a nice modeling article about these cars in both pre 59 and post 59 variations. He states: These cars were built with wood running boards, Viking roofs, and two 6ft Creco three panel doors per side (12 foot door opening). They rode on Barber S-1 trucks had NY, AB-1012 air brakes and Equipco 3160 hand brakes. The ends were Dreadnaught 4/5 square corner. The cars had an inside length of 40’6” an inside width of 9’2”, inside height was 10’, 9’5” with the Evans auto loaders in the stored position. The autoloaders were defined as type 37+ which means they could load any automobiles built though the model year 1937 and possible beyond.
In January, February and March of 1941 these relatively new cars were cycled through the M&StL Marshalltown, Iowa shops to have their roofs raised six inches to an inside height of 10’6” and gain 3” of height to 9’8” when the Auto Loaders were stored against the roof. This change was made to accommodate the increased size of newer model automobiles.
In May of 1952 the Auto loaders were removed and the cars class was reclassified from XMR to standard XM general purpose box cars.
Further modifications were done to these cars in 1959. The door opening was narrowed from 12’ to 8’ and centered on the car side. In November of 59 the cars were sent to Evans for the installation of DF loaders with 19 belts and 10 crossmembers. The rebuilt cars were renumbered 2600-2618 even numbers only and painted bright red with white lettering which included a Damage Free banner. The cars were assigned to the Whirlpool Distribution Center in East St. Paul, Minnesota on the C&NW. The cars were retired by the C&NW in 1977 after exactly 40 years of service.
Doug Harding
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Re: box car identity
Clark Propst
Photo was taken on the southeast side (looking NW) of the 3rd Ave viaduct
in Marshalltown Iowa. The M&StL used to keep their work train in that area.
Looks like this 55000 series ‘auto box’ is in work train service before it was
rebuilt in 59 with an 8’ door and DF loaders.
What a find Tim!! XOXOXO
Clark
Propst Mason City Iowa
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Re: USAX box car
Tim, This car is one on the end of the string of them that have been sitting derelict at Mount Union, PA in the EBT yards. Here's a more recent picture of the same car: http://www.spikesys.com/Bin/EBT/22020.jpg I believe if you asked nicely and had the cash you could even buy one from Kovalchik Salvage. I know the origin of these cars have been previously discussed on this group. Long story short, the cars still have interior markings from their Ex-BAR series. Regards, John ---In stmfc@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote: first photo I've seen of a US Army single sheathed box car in the 1950's
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350902924702 Tim O'Connor
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Re: box car identity
The inconsistency of the information available drove me to the ORER. Here is a service history; 1937[3] 10 BLT ---In STMFC@..., <elombard@...> wrote: Tim, this car appears in all physical respects to be a refugee from M&StL 55000-55018 built by GAT in 3-1937, and after being rebuilt to from IH 10-0 to IH 10-6 in 1959.The serial number on the car fits into this ID in an abbreviated way. Other information available to me indicates the 1959 rebuilds also received an 8-0 door and were renumbered to 2600-2618. The photo would indicate that not all were rebuilt and renumbered in this way. Perhaps Gene Greene can square up this loose end? Eric Lombard Homewood, IL
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Re: box car identity
Tim, this car appears in all physical respects to be a refugee from M&StL 55000-55018 built by GAT in 3-1937, and after being rebuilt to from IH 10-0 to IH 10-6 in 1959.The serial number on the car fits into this ID in an abbreviated way. Other information available to me indicates the 1959 rebuilds also received an 8-0 door and were renumbered to 2600-2618. The photo would indicate that not all were rebuilt and renumbered in this way. Perhaps Gene Greene can square up this loose end? Eric Lombard Homewood, IL ---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote:
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Re: Shake N Take for 2014
Rich C
Fenton, I too will not be able to attend and would be interested in purchasing the kit and associated details and decals also. Rich Christie
On Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:09 AM, O Fenton Wells wrote: Greg, has any thought been given to allowing those of us who may not make the list to purchase the parts and also build. I know I have done this in the past when I wan't attending the Cocoa shows to catch up on old S 'n T projects. But it wasn't easy to track down parts and decals, after the fact. I would be glad to pay for the items if they were available.
Fenton Wells On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:20 AM, <tgregmrtn@...> wrote:
Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane
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Re: Shake N Take for 2014
Greg, has any thought been given to allowing those of us who may not make the list to purchase the parts and also build. I know I have done this in the past when I wan't attending the Cocoa shows to catch up on old S 'n T projects. But it wasn't easy to track down parts and decals, after the fact. I would be glad to pay for the items if they were available.
Fenton Wells
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:20 AM, <tgregmrtn@...> wrote:
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Re: DL&W box car question
Benjamin Hom
Tim O'Connor asked:
"did these cars have Duryea underframes? or just very curious looking draft gear?" http://www.ebay.com/itm/350867736566 Curious looking draft gear, but no Duryea underframe. This car lacks the deep underframe crossmembers and unique brake component mounting of a Duryea cushion underframe. The linked spreadsheet does NOT identify this series as being equipped with Duryea underframes: http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/1937aarpdfmain.html Ben Hom
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Re: ScaleCoat II flat weathering colors
randy arnold
How does one get in touch to make an order?
-- Best Regards Randy
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Re: Shake N Take for 2014
Armand Premo
Officially:SIGN ME UP SCOTTY.
Armand----- Original Message -----
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Shake N Take for 2014
Greg Martin
Hey Yuze Gize,
The project promises to be of high interest and knowing ahead that we
cannot supply a kit for everyone it will be important to know who is interested
in the project cars even though you may not be able to be a recipient of the
hand out kit . I would like to let the behind the scenes folks be a bit prepared
for the volume of composite parts needed for those of you that will be
building the project after the event. They can better calculate the cost of
products and let you know what the cost will be for those wishing to purchase
the needed parts to complete the car, the more I know the better I can parley
that information along and have those parts to you as needed.
I will keep the normal list of folks who will receive the kits, allow for
those that will sign up at the registration desk, and those who will be on the
stand by list and as well as a list of those planning on sitting
in.
"to be forewarned is to be forearmed..."
Greg Martin
Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through
it. Norman Maclean
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DL&W box car question
did these cars have Duryea underframes? or just very curious looking
draft gear? http://www.ebay.com/itm/350867736566 Tim O'
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USAX box car
first photo I've seen of a US Army single sheathed box car in the 1950's
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350902924702 Tim O'Connor
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box car identity
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