Are there any trucks close to this one?  Also this is from the side door caboose so wonder if by '41 the trucks were changed?  Not even sure these were used at all by '41!

-- 
Jon Miller
For me time stopped in 1941
Digitrax  Chief/Zephyr systems, 
SPROG, JMRI User
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

Hi,

How far would coal be shipped in hoppers? Especially as
it relates to the West Coast. I'm talking about regular
everyday coal for steam - such as to a railroad or to a
cement plant (or any other large industry such as a steel
mill or power plant).
And what was truly in control of the sourcing of coal?
Of course it was price per ton - but, for instance, how
much closer would the coal mine have to be before
the shipping costs based upon ton miles started to be
more important than how many RRs were involved in
the shipment or other factors?

For instance - where would coal for such purposes
have been shipped from - going to locations in Central
or Northern California?
I know there was coal in Utah that was being shipped
to Southern California. Other sources/locations?

Extra credit - what 'influence' did the railroad that the
industry was on have on the source of the coal in
received? For instance if you have a cement plant
in Northern California being served by the ATSF ...
where did the coal it received -probably- come from?

Steam/transition era answers only - please. I'm not
asking "what is happening today?" or "what happened
in the 70's or 80's?".
- Jim B.

I have an Icing Scene photo that must date just after Western Fruit was formed showing two of their reefers still mostly in their GN scheme with large Goat but with their "GN" reporting marks painted out and WFEX stenciling. Coupled between them is an ex-L&N reefer just taken into FGE ownership with expedient reporting marks similarly applied in white stencil paste as L&N car was BCR.

Hi Schuyler,

I find images 1427 and 1426 to be most interesting, as on the left side of the photo is a string of reefers, including one or two from the Great Northern.  What is unique to me is the GN goat herald on the reefer side.  That herald was common on box cars during that era, but did not realize it had also been applied to reefers.  Wonder how long that herald lasted into the 1920's?

Ted

At 10:32 AM 2/26/2017, you wrote:

http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-02-26-17
 
In particular, image 1424.  Check out the roof in the foreground.  Hatches and different roofs on the two sides of the same car!
 
Schuyler

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I really appreciate all the time and energy you have put into this information. I have a couple of unfinished Athearn AAR boxcars that came to me from the Stan Rydariwzc estate and he did just the very basics to them. I want for step back a bit and perhaps remove the ends ala WESTRAILS thinking and upgrade it to some basic personal standards that I think Stan would have gone to. Stan over the years gave me several partially finished project that under scrutiny just didn't stand up, but not that there wasn't some genius in there, there was but he ran into an issue that made him stop.

 

These are fun projects that I will post to Shake N Take as they develop and perhaps in MRH under Mont and my byline "at the Bench"  or RMC under my old byline "jewels from the junk box" or "weekender projects" . This is all just to help promote folks to model again using the information you have provided.

 

 

Greg Martin    

 

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And BTW, I meant No. 1425, not 1424.  Even wrote the number down so I'd get
it right and then posted it incorrectly.  Some days . . .

 Schuyler

    If one modeled that car it would get a lot of comments (grin)!

-- 
Jon Miller
For me time stopped in 1941
Digitrax  Chief/Zephyr systems, 
SPROG, JMRI User
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

But Gary, look at the roof itself. Left side, wood boards, right side,
Viking!



I agree that the hatches were originally the same, but now that I see the
roof's been replaced/rebuilt, maybe one of these (probably the one on the
right) is a rebuilt/replacement hatch.



And BTW, I meant No. 1425, not 1424. Even wrote the number down so I'd get
it right and then posted it incorrectly. Some days . . .



Schuyler



Schuyler: You found a really great picture! Thank you for sharing it.
It appears that both hatches were originally 7 boards wide with the one on
the grab iron side having ages with heavy use with all the hardware loose,
perhaps accelerated from the loss of the catch board that would hold the
hatch before it slammed onto the roof. I think that they are the same
hatches, just at different ages of use. If there is any paint left over on
the roof, it sure appears to have fallen off the car.



Gary Laakso

South of Mike Brock



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Subject: [STMFC] Really interesting freight car photos today





http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-02-26-17



In particular, image 1424. Check out the roof in the foreground. Hatches
and different roofs on the two sides of the same car!



Schuyler

The totally cheap and easy way to do this is to use salt weathering.   Paint the plow (or whatever) the metal color that you want to have show through.   Let dry.   Mist the part with plain water and sprinkle a little salt where you want the chips to be.   For HO scale, I use kosher salt (it is coarser).   You can make some final adjustments with tweezers, then let the water/salt dry.   Then spray the finish coat on.   Let dry, and then  knock the salt crystals off.   Result: nicely chipped paint.   Cost, pretty close to nothing.

​Justin,

I just measured my GA USRA rebuild and it is 4.310" or 31.28 scale feet in HO.  Within my error of measurement, that's pretty spot on for the 31' 1.5" from the drawing of the USRA boxcar.

Regards

Bruce

Bruce Smith

Auburn, AL