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Re: Photos
Ray Breyer
The car is actually a drop bottom, covered gondola. It only "looks" like a boxcar. ACF built a few similar cars for the greater Frisco system. Ray Breyer
Elgin, IL
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Re: Photos
The C&EI car seems unusual (was tempted to say unique) as it seems to be a drop bottom boxcar. It appears there is a lumber door open on the far end. Add roof hatches and a ventilated door to have your "all-purpose"
freight car. Anyone have info on similar cars? Chuck Peck
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Photos
Eric Neubauer <eaneubauer@...>
In case anyone is not aware of Alex Campbell's
site, there are a number of interesting cars from Ralston glass plate negatives.
Although most are Ralston built, several other builders are represented
including some B&O gondolas built by Pressed Steel Car around the turn of
the century and rehabilitated in the 1910s.
http://www.columbusrailroads.com/new/?menu=06Industry&submenu=10Ralston_Steel_Car_Co&submenu4=21Freight%20Cars%20by%20RR Eric N.
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Re: The future of rapid prototyping?
caboose9792@...
seems like a good topic for the sub-group of his group the
I haven't done much work for myself however as working on other people's
projects and don't what disclose what there up too. But yes, the available
quality keeps getting better. Depending upon your needs, even the home units are
starting to reach an expectable level for some projects even if its to make a
blank for further machining.
Hopefully Tom will give his presentation again as I love to see what
everyone else is doing just getting away from work between November and March is
nearly impossible every year.
Mark Rickert
In a message dated 1/30/2014 4:06:47 P.M. Central Standard Time,
lucas@... writes:
Looks like Shapeways' detail level is getting better, but your thoughts?
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Re: C&NW freight car brown color
Than sk Hubert. Fenton Wells
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Hubert Mask <maskisland@...> wrote:
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Re: C&NW freight car brown color
hubert mask
Des plaines hobbies carries a complete line as well as high ball graphics. Hubert mask
On Feb 1, 2014, at 2:08 PM, "Anspach Denny" <danspachmd@...> wrote:
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Re: ERDX Reefers
StephenT
Good Evening, So going back to Roger Hinman's post above, 1950 was an important cutoff date for these cars. The discussion then focused on the best model for pre-1950. Does anyone have a suggestion for the best kit for post-1950? Some of the more available kits (Intermountain, etc) look pretty close, but I am not too sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Stephen
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Re: pause for yard identification
Steven D Johnson
As for the date, perhaps this will help narrow it down a bit: the L&N boxcar coupled to the A&S RS2 wears “The Old Reliable” slogan, which made its debut on freight cars in late 1951.
Steve Johnson
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of blindog@...
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:36 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] pause for yard identification
Tim O'Connor asked:
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Re: Help locating Intermountain Reefer kits
North Model Railroad Supplies <nmrs@...>
Joel,
Hi Bruce, Dealers can buy kits when they are available at the same discount they buy all other Intermountain products.
Hi Joel, For some time IM’s website has been terribly inaccurate in terms of whether an item is in stock or not. Some months ago, IM started sending monthly “In Stock” lists to dealers, to provide a more accurate summary from month to month. I just had a look at the Jan 14th list and the R-40-10 kit is NOT listed – so is out of stock. As one would imagine, the kits are run at the same time as RTR cars using that body are produced. You can contact your IM dealer and ask him to reserve some kits for you, and they will be available shortly after the RTR are released.
Cheers Dave North (Whose son has an Intermountain dealership)
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Scullin 40-ton ARA TMW truck
Andy Carlson
I have the latest Tahoe Truck, the aforementioned 40-ton Scullin truck available for purchase. Has Barber lateral motion device. The price is $4.00/pair, plus shipping of $2.85/ order. Note: the trucks are sold less wheelsets. TMW #014. I also have available as #214 the same truck with semi-scale wheels in factory packaging. $7.00/pair. Contact me off-list at for details. I accept checks and money orders. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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Re: Good News - Bad News
Gary Roe
Woops! Forgot the IC, who the truck was developed
for.
gary From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Gary Roe Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:12 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: RE: [STMFC] Good News - Bad News
Brian,
The sheet lists the following
users:
C&NW
DL&W
NP
SL-SF
NWX
WRX
NADX
NATX
gary roe
quincy, illinois
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Brian carlson Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:06 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Good News - Bad News
Gary did he provide a list of users?
Bummer, his stuff is excellent!
Brian Carlson
On Feb 1, 2014, at 6:59 PM, "Gary Roe" <wabashrr@...>
wrote:
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Re: Good News - Bad News
Gary Roe
Brian,
The sheet lists the following
users:
C&NW
DL&W
NP
SL-SF
NWX
WRX
NADX
NATX
gary roe
quincy, illinois
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Brian carlson Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:06 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Good News - Bad News
Gary did he provide a list of users?
Bummer, his stuff is excellent!
Brian Carlson
On Feb 1, 2014, at 6:59 PM, "Gary Roe" <wabashrr@...>
wrote:
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Re: Good News - Bad News
Gary did he provide a list of users? Bummer, his stuff is excellent! Brian Carlson
On Feb 1, 2014, at 6:59 PM, "Gary Roe" <wabashrr@...> wrote:
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Good News - Bad News
Gary Roe
Good news is that
I got a mailing from Tahoe Model Works today announcing their newest
truck. It is a 40 Ton ARA with Barber Lateral Motion Detail. The bad
news is that it is to be their next to last truck. The last truck will
utilize the same side frame; but with detail representing a conventional
bolster.
Brian cites
failing eyesight as the cause for his retirement from
tooling.
gary
roe
quincy,
illinois
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Rapido Reefer
Mark
Greetings, just arrived from Columbus Ohio, saw the grandsons. Most of all The TrainStation has some of the reefers yet! Purchased two. They do ship so you might want to call first and they are on Facebook too!
Phone 614-262-9056 Mark Morgan
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Re: nice NYS&W single sheathed boxcar
Benjamin Scanlon
I dug up the thread in the erielack mail list and discovered my error. Thanks Eric.
Disposing of the PS1s seems to have been a daft decision, not the only one in that era.
Ben
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Re: nice NYS&W single sheathed boxcar
Eric Neubauer <eaneubauer@...>
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Yes, that's where the PS-1s they ordered new went,
but apparently not the ex NWSW ones. Those 8 cars remain the most annoying hole
in LNE dospositions.
Eric
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Re: nice NYS&W single sheathed boxcar
Benjamin Scanlon
IIRC, the suggestion in an old discussion I dug up on this was that the PS1s that went to the L&NE went to the SOO ? Does that ring any bells?
Ben Scanlon London, UK
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Re: nice NYS&W single sheathed boxcar
Eric Neubauer <eaneubauer@...>
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I have NYSW 403-435 to MON 541-565 in 1956 and LNE
9051-9058 in 1956-57. Only NYSW 401-402 remained. The mystery is, what happened
to the LNE cars when they sold off all their newer equipment a few years later?
Anyone have 8 second hand PS-1s with unknown origins? The built date should
be 11-52 or thereabouts..
Eric N.
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Re: nice NYS&W single sheathed boxcar
Benjamin Scanlon
That sounds about right. From memory there were 11 36' cars left in 1959, but having recently sold just about all their their PS1s to the Monon and I believe, the L&NE, I suppose the NYS&W had little other choice.
The operation looked quite interesting, involving a train consisting of an RS1, MP54 combine, one of the corrugated Budd coaches with a boxcar bringing up the rear. I think some NYS&W PS1s had brackets for marker lights for that reason. I do not know if the 36' cars did too.
Regards
Ben Scanlon
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