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Re: Running Board Overhang Length
Bill
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Recently I looked up a Santa Fe (SFRB) box car built in 1958 -- the car was 50'6" IL and the running board length was 53'10" -- triangular gussets were applied underneath to support the long overhang. Several classes of Santa Fe box cars had these extra long running boards. Tim O'Connor
Over the years of building numerous styrene and resin freight car kits it is impossible not to notice the variations in the length of the Running Board overhang in the kit parts. Was there a standard length stated for the overhang? Perhaps a minimum or maximum?
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Re: Running Board Overhang Length
jimbojk2003
Seems to me there is a chart in the Car Builders Cyclopedias of the time period. I'll check.
Jim Cummings
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Re: B&O box car class?
rwitt_2000
I am late with the post, but I have the correct information.
This box car #469520 is from the series B&O 469500-469533 assigned B&O/C&O class B-13. These 50-ft box cars were rebuilt at the B&O DuBois Shops in 1966 from series 296100-296199 and 296500-296999 both ex-class M-58 built by Greenville Steel Car in 1945. The diagram is a little confusing, but series 469500-469521 were originally built by Greenville (M-58) and series 469522-469533 were built by ACF in 1947 original series (M-58a) 297000-297499 (500 cars). Series 469500-469515 have no interior equipment Series 469516-469533 have P.D. Lining and car #469531 has 5 partial DF-2 belts The aux door fastened on 469522-469533 The information is from a B&O/C&O diagram dated 5-19-1970. Unfortunately the rebuild dates places then out of the era for the STMFC so further discussion should move to one of the post-1960 freight car groups. Bob Witt
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Running Board Overhang Length
Bill Welch
Over the years of building numerous styrene and resin freight car kits it is impossible not to notice the variations in the length of the Running Board overhang in the kit parts. Was there a standard length stated for the overhang? Perhaps a minimum or maximum? Bill Welch
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Re: Freight car distribution data found
Cyril Durrenberger
Thanks for sharing this with us. Note the major shift in the number of Santa Fe cars on line and number of foreign cars on Santa Fe from 1934 to 1943.
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Cyril Durrenberger --------------------------------------------
On Thu, 5/29/14, John Barry northbaylines@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
Subject: [STMFC] Freight car distribution data found To: "STMFC" <STMFC@...>, "OPSIG" <Ry-ops-industrialSIG@...>, "SANTAFE Discussion List" <SANTAFE@...>, "santafeRR@..." <santafeRR@...>, "atsf@..." <atsf@...>, "cajon@..." <cajon@...> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014, 12:48 AM I made a discovery at the CSRM last week that shows the actual number of system and foreign auto, box and refer cars on line on the Santa Fe from 1934-1943. I've written a post about it here http://northbaylines.blogspot.com/2014/05/building-wwii-santa-fe-fleet-iv.html John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights 707-490-9696 3450 Palmer Drive, Suite 4224 Cameron Park, CA 95682
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Re: Chateau Martin Web Page Update
Alexander Schneider Jr
The wreck picture is very enlightening. These cars, and I presume the milk cars from which they were modified, carried their loads in two large tanks inside the wood-sided exterior. The doors were simply for access and connecting hoses for loading and unloading. Although there is a superficial resemblance to refrigerator cars and to milk cars for can service, the loading process is quite different. Also, they wouldn't show up at an ice platform. Alex Schneider
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Re: Freight car distribution data found
devansprr
John,
AWESOME DATA! Many thanks for sharing. I am also trying to estimate a WWII freight car distribution - although on the other coast. I noticed that by late '43, over 2/3rds of ATSF box cars were off-line, but that a very similar number of foreign box cars were on-line (i.e. total box cars on line equal to about the ATSF box car fleet). That would mean that ATSF wide, about 25-30% of box cars were ATSF, and the rest were foreign. This would match the very limited number of WWII photos of PRR freight trains (about 1/4 of box cars were PRR). Unfortuantely no equivalent recorded data has been found for the PRR. Very different story during the great depression, but traffic was MUCH lower then. This may help validate the N-G concept, at least for WWII when car utilization was at its peak. Dave Evans ---In STMFC@..., <northbaylines@...> wrote : I made a discovery at the CSRM last week that shows the actual number of system and foreign auto, box and refer cars on line on the Santa Fe from 1934-1943. I've written a post about it here http://northbaylines.blogspot.com/2014/05/building-wwii-santa-fe-fleet-iv.html John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights 707-490-9696 3450 Palmer Drive, Suite 4224 Cameron Park, CA 95682
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Chateau Martin Web Page Update
Jim Lancaster
I have added new photos of Chateau Martin wine cars (ex-milk cars) to my CM web page.
http://coastdaylight.com/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html Jim Lancaster
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Re: old photo
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for the bridge photo.
I now have several excellent scans. Turned out it was my first submission
but my second publication. The photo was an out take from an article on
how the removable center span was powered. My first layout was in an
apartment. It was C-shaped to allow unimpeded access to the front door and
kitchen. The bridge gap led to the bedroom and bath.
I brought the bridge to my very first NMRA division meet where it won first
in the model contest. Paul Mallery was there giving his bridge
clinic. He praised my effort and I was hooked. From such things a
career was launched. (And yes, there were freight cars on the bridge.) –
Al Westerfield
From: mailto:STMFC@...
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:39 PM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: RE: [STMFC] old photo Al,
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Freight car distribution data found
John Barry
I made a discovery at the CSRM last week that shows the actual number of system and foreign auto, box and refer cars on line on the Santa Fe from 1934-1943. I've written a post about it here http://northbaylines.blogspot.com/2014/05/building-wwii-santa-fe-fleet-iv.html John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights 707-490-9696 3450 Palmer Drive, Suite 4224 Cameron Park, CA 95682
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Re: old photo
Al,
I found a June 1965 Model Railroader article for a tie cutting jig. For some reason I wasn't able to find the camelback on a model of the Quebec Cantilever bridge article in my digital MR archives. I wish the MR digital archives was scanned clearer and to scale. Nate
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Re: Sunshine CB&Q XM-25/XM-26
mopacfirst
Bob:
Thanks. I was hoping you wouldn't say it was too high, since it's a pretty short car even compared to a couple of the USRA non-raised-roof rebuilds I have. Ron Merrick
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Re: old photo
Don Burn
My digital version of MR shows it as Page 52 of August 1967. I suspect you can find a clearer scan than what is was done by Kalmbach. It is a camelback leading freight cars over the bridge.
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From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:15 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] old photo Hi Al, I will look and see if I have the issue and if I do I will copy it and mail it to you as I do not have a scanner. It will be interesting to see the bridge and the freight cars on it! Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@... On 5/28/14, 'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote: Pierre – Of course it was compressed but it WAS 10 feet long. – Al ------------------------------------ Posted by: Thomas Olsen <tmolsen@...> ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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Re: old photo
Pierre Oliver
That's about 25% of the prototype. Which remains impressive Pierre Oliver
On May 28, 2014, at 8:06 PM, "'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Re: old photo
Thomas Olsen <tmolsen@...>
Hi Al,
I will look and see if I have the issue and if I do I will copy it and mail it to you as I do not have a scanner. It will be interesting to see the bridge and the freight cars on it! Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@... On 5/28/14, 'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote: Pierre – Of course it was compressed but it WAS 10 feet long. – Al
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Re: old photo
Pierre – Of course it was compressed but it WAS 10 feet long. – Al
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Subject: Re: [STMFC] old photo
You built a model of the Quebec bridge!?
That I would love to see.
Was it compressed or scale length?
On May 28, 2014, at 6:52 PM, "'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Re: old photo
Pierre Oliver
You built a model of the Quebec bridge!? That I would love to see. Was it compressed or scale length?
On May 28, 2014, at 6:52 PM, "'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:
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old photo
I’m getting my affairs in order. No, I’m not dying, I’m eliminating
magazines that didn’t go with the sale of the business, ones with my photos or
articles. I’m digitizing them, along with all my model railroad slides and
prints. I am unable to find my first appearance in a magazine, a photo in
MR from about late 1964-early 1965. It’s in the Trackside Photos section
and shows a camelback on a model of the Quebec Cantilever, a model I built as a
teenager. (I’m pretty sure there’s a freight car behind the loco.) Would
some kind person send me a scan of the page? I’d be eternally grateful. –
Al Westerfield
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Re: alcohol, dullcote & decals
Benjamin Hom
Ed Mines asked:
"Which alcohol is used to fade paint colors with dullcote?" Isopropanol, IIRC. Mike Rose's technique article was in the July 2001 issue of RMC. "Some alcohols attack decals and I think this would be worse for modern day thin film decals." Why should this matter? The decals are already sealed under the Dullcote, and the alcohol doesn't strip it away. Ben Hom
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Re: Painting HO Scale Brass
ed_mines
Anyone taking organic chemistry soon learns that adding A to B does not always result in C & D.
Chemists sometimes have to stand on their heads to get get a little bit of C -put in a whole lot of extra A and remove D as soon as it forms.
Many foods including ketchup contain both vinegar and salt.
Ed Mines
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