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Re: Is that an SAL ventilated box (UNCLASSIFIED)

Douglas Harding
 

The Pittsburg area had a number of glass manufactures. My wife collects Depression Glass and several of the patterns she likes came from glass companies in the Pittsburg area. It could be the car is loaded with product from one of those factories, ie large bowls, urns, pots, vases, etc. The placard or sign is probably a caution against humping or hard switching.

 

Doug Harding

www.iowacentralrr.org

 
Is that an SAL ventilated box (UNCLASSIFIED)

Gatwood, Elden J SAD
 

Chicago 16th st team tracks 1911 and IHB and other box cars (UNCLASSIFIED)

Gatwood, Elden J SAD
 

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=hpicasc_ci;med=1;q1=AIS.2012.03;size=20;c=hpicasc;back=back1387465916;subview=detail;resnum=49;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=hpicasc;entryid=x-201203.1911.3484;viewid=20130206-HPICASC-0052.TIF

really nice team track shot plus IHB and PRR box cars

Elden Gatwood



Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
Re: microtubing

Andy Sperandeo
 

Hello Ed,

I use tubing from Ngineering (www.ngineering.com, also listed in the Walthers catalog). It is stainless, but it's easy to get. To cut it, hold the short piece you want with pliers and use a motor tool cutoff wheel to cut just above the plier jaws. The long piece you cut off will be easier to find than the little piece you're left holding. All with safety glasses, of course!

Merry Christmas,

Andy
Re: CNJ sinlge sheathed box car similar to Accurail

Eric Neubauer <eaneubauer@...>
 


Gee, I totally forgot about that demo CNJ photo roster I had up  on my own site. Doh! Looking at the car Craig attributes to 17000-17999 and comparing to the photos of the 17000s, the differences in several small details like the gussets between the side braces and the striker casting makes me question his attribution. It doesn't seem to match any of the other CNJ cars, so perhaps it isn't even a CNJ car at all.
 
Eric
 
 

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:27 AM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] CNJ sinlge sheathed box car similar to Accurail

 

hi

please see:

http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/168/12176/february-2003-page-22


third shot here shows what looks to be a car from the CNJ series 17000-17499 or 17500-17599


http://www.gingerb.com/lehigh_gap_station.htm


Bossler's CNJ/LV Color Guide pg 62 shows a car from either of the series (the radial roof was replaced by hutchins peaked roofs on the later series on many cars) but it's not possible to say which as all lettering faded by that time.  car has a 7/7 end by that point. no idea when it got it. 


two builders' photos are linked to from the pdf here:


http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Feaneubauer.ipower.com%2Fc1918.pdf&ei=Q62yUtebJ6Ww7AbP8oGQCg&usg=AFQjCNGGAeUsncR3InFXh2oUqvu5ZJuaJA&bvm=bv.58187178,d.ZGU


eaneubauer.ipower.com/c1918.pdf‎


an end shot of a very similar CB&Q series: 

http://www.burlingtonroute.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=12&pid=95#top_display_media

regards,

Benjamin S.


On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:55 PM, ed_mines@... wrote:

Can anyone lead me to a good photo of a car with a sinlge sheathed end? Anyone have solid data regarding the roofs? Underframes? (was it a fishbelly like the Accurail cars or the Tichy flat car)?
 With the abundance of photos of cars with Murphy ends is it possible that the single sheathed ended cars were rebuilt with replacement steel ends?
Re: CNJ sinlge sheathed box car similar to Accurail

Benjamin Scanlon
 

hi

please see:

http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/168/12176/february-2003-page-22


third shot here shows what looks to be a car from the CNJ series 17000-17499 or 17500-17599


http://www.gingerb.com/lehigh_gap_station.htm


Bossler's CNJ/LV Color Guide pg 62 shows a car from either of the series (the radial roof was replaced by hutchins peaked roofs on the later series on many cars) but it's not possible to say which as all lettering faded by that time.  car has a 7/7 end by that point. no idea when it got it. 


two builders' photos are linked to from the pdf here:


http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Feaneubauer.ipower.com%2Fc1918.pdf&ei=Q62yUtebJ6Ww7AbP8oGQCg&usg=AFQjCNGGAeUsncR3InFXh2oUqvu5ZJuaJA&bvm=bv.58187178,d.ZGU


eaneubauer.ipower.com/c1918.pdf‎


an end shot of a very similar CB&Q series: 

http://www.burlingtonroute.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=12&pid=95#top_display_media

regards,

Benjamin S.


On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:55 PM, ed_mines@... wrote:

Can anyone lead me to a good photo of a car with a sinlge sheathed end? Anyone have solid data regarding the roofs? Underframes? (was it a fishbelly like the Accurail cars or the Tichy flat car)?
 With the abundance of photos of cars with Murphy ends is it possible that the single sheathed ended cars were rebuilt with replacement steel ends?
Re: [resinfreightcars] Latest Sunshine order

Jim Hayes
 

I'm out of town for a few days. I'll update the list when I return to my home computer.

Jim 
Re: CNJ sinlge sheathed box car similar to Accurail

Richard Hendrickson
 

On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:55 PM, ed_mines@... wrote:

Can anyone lead me to a good photo of a car with a sinlge sheathed end? Anyone have solid data regarding the roofs? Underframes? (was it a fishbelly like the Accurail cars or the Tichy flat car)?
 With the abundance of photos of cars with Murphy ends is it possible that the single sheathed ended cars were rebuilt with replacement steel ends?
Ed, I’m sending you some scans off-list.

Richard Hendrickson
Re: iwata air brush problem/solution...

jon miller <atsfus@...>
 

Jack would also probably be surprised as my latest purchase, a Ford 8N.

--

Jon Miller
For me time stopped in 1941
Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI User
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS
Re: Intermountain PFE R-40-25 question

Tim O'Connor
 

Jim

In Tony's example it's possible an aluminum roof could have been
applied in 1960 or 1961, since mechanicals and Ice Tempco cars were
getting aluminum roofs before the 1962 changes.

On the other hand I totally agree with him about rarity -- I have
seen very few photos of PFE ice reefers with aluminum roofs, period.
They did exist, but they seem to have been rare. And I have never
seen one painted like the Intermountain model.

Tim O'Connor



Jim Mischke wrote:

I have an Intermountain Pacific Fruit Express R-40-25 reefer with mixed lettering features.   The side lettering has UP/SP black heralds on the right (1954 per Hartey RPM handout), yet an aluminum roof with black ends (introduced 1962).

Is this an Intermountain foobie or a reasonable hybrid?
      Jim, there exist photos of combinations like this, but I am pretty sure they were rare. Your citations of dates when these features became STANDARD are correct, but it may be that when a shop was processing a bunch of mechanical cars (which did have aluminum roofs), they just painted an ice car the same way. I would say it is NOT a foobie, but is likewise NOT reasonable, because I think it is a rarity at best.

Tony Thompson

Re: Latest Sunshine order

caboose9792@aol.com <caboose9792@...>
 

So at this late stage in the game why can't we just get a list of what is left in stock from sunshine?

Mark rickert

Sent with Verizon Mobile Email

---Original Message---
From: STMFC@...
Sent: 12/18/2013 9:24 pm
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] RE: Latest Sunshine order

Just got my empty order too, These are no longer available: 64.16 64.18 59.1 59.2 59.8 (all WP & SN)
Re: Latest Sunshine order

radiodial868
 

Just got my empty order too, These are no longer available:

64.16

64.18

59.1

59.2

59.8

(all WP & SN)
Re: [resinfreightcars] Latest Sunshine order

radiodial868
 

I too just got my empty order. These are no longer available:

64.16

64.18

59.1

59.2

59.8

(All WP and SN)

RJ Dial

Pleasanton,Ca
Re: Intermountain PFE R-40-25 question

Tony Thompson
 

Jim Mischke wrote:

I have an Intermountain Pacific Fruit Express R-40-25 reefer with mixed lettering features.   The side lettering has UP/SP black heralds on the right (1954 per Hartey RPM handout), yet an aluminum roof with black ends (introduced 1962).
 

Is this an Intermountain foobie or a reasonable hybrid?

      Jim, there exist photos of combinations like this, but I am pretty sure they were rare. Your citations of dates when these features became STANDARD are correct, but it may be that when a shop was processing a bunch of mechanical cars (which did have aluminum roofs), they just painted an ice car the same way. I would say it is NOT a foobie, but is likewise NOT reasonable, because I think it is a rarity at best.

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, tony@...
Publishers of books on railroad history
Re: Latest Sunshine order

Rich C
 

Pierre, I can imagine that all the other versions in between, not listed by you, are also "UNAVAILABLE"

Rich Christie


On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 1:33 PM, "ku0a@..." wrote:
 
Pierre,

Please send your list to Jim so he can update the discontinued list on the web site. I'm reluctant to send large checks for kits that aren't available.

Nelson Moyer
Re: iwata air brush problem/solution...

Jack Burgess <jack@...>
 

Jon...

 

I didn't think that you were an impulsive buyer! I don't want to even think about what you buy in the checkout line at the grocery store!

 

Jack Burgess

 

(I've known Jon for 40 years now and am still finding out new things about him...)

 

On 12/18/2013 5:26 PM, Richard Hendrickson wrote:

 I got a set at my local Harbor Freight store today, and they were only $1.99.  I’ve been having the same problem Jack describes with my old Badger double acting air brush,


    Harbor Freight also has a double action airbrush.  I bought one some time ago and haven't used it yet.  I must admit I got it because resist the price.


-- 
 
Jon Miller
For me time stopped in 1941
Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI User
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS
Re: iwata air brush problem/solution...

Jack Burgess <jack@...>
 

Harbor Freight might be cheaper than Chicago Air Brush Supply but I can never find what I'm looking for at Harbor Freight! I've only purchase a few things there (and there is a store a couple miles from my house) and only after checking online to ensure that they stock what I'm looking for. But, EVERY time, I need to ask a worker there where I can find what I've come to buy. (And there aren't many stockers around to ask.) They tell me the aisle number but I still can't find what I'm looking for even when I scour the shelves in that aisle from the floor to the ceiling. So....you want me to find a set of steel brushes which only measure 4" overall? I'll pay several bucks more to buy them online.

 

When I have a problem with an air brush, I go online to a place that sells air brushes. An e-mail to the company I referenced confirmed that one of those brushes was smaller than the needle on my air brush. I'm not a "shopper" so I don't get an answer from a website and then look for a cheaper place to purchase their suggestion. I'm just pleased that they confirmed that the product they had in stock would solve my problem.

 

Unlike my favorite hardware store or hobby shop, I don't go to Harbor Freight looking for something I might want...

 

Jack Burgess

 

On Dec 18, 2013, at 6:16 AM, Gerrry and Carolyn Siegel <cgsiegel@...> wrote:



Harbor Freight has the same brushes for $2.95. I agree that are perfect for cleaning airbrushes. My wife bought some to have around the house for opening any small clogged hole.

Thanks for this information, Gerry.  I got a set at my local Harbor Freight store today, and they were only $1.99.  I’ve been having the same problem Jack describes with my old Badger double acting air brush, and these look like the solution.

 

Richard Hendrickson
Re: iwata air brush problem/solution...

jon miller <atsfus@...>
 

On 12/18/2013 5:26 PM, Richard Hendrickson wrote:
�I got a set at my local Harbor Freight store today, and they were only $1.99. �I�ve been having the same problem Jack describes with my old Badger double acting air brush,

��� Harbor Freight also has a double action airbrush.� I bought one some time ago and haven't used it yet.� I must admit I got it because resist the price.

-- 

Jon Miller
For me time stopped in 1941
Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI User
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS
Re: iwata air brush problem/solution...

Richard Hendrickson
 

On Dec 18, 2013, at 6:16 AM, Gerrry and Carolyn Siegel <cgsiegel@...> wrote:

Harbor Freight has the same brushes for $2.95. I agree that are perfect for cleaning airbrushes. My wife bought some to have around the house for opening any small clogged hole.

Thanks for this information, Gerry.  I got a set at my local Harbor Freight store today, and they were only $1.99.  I’ve been having the same problem Jack describes with my old Badger double acting air brush, and these look like the solution.

Richard Hendrickson
Intermountain PFE R-40-25 question

Jim Mischke
 

 

 

I have an Intermountain Pacific Fruit Express R-40-25 reefer with mixed lettering features.   The side lettering has UP/SP black heralds on the right (1954 per Hartey RPM handout), yet an aluminum roof with black ends (introduced 1962).

 

Is this an Intermountain foobie or a reasonable hybrid?

 

 

 

 
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