Reprints of out of stock Focus on Freight Cars Volumes 5, 6, 7, and 9
Ted Culotta
I am reprinting four volumes of Focus on Freight Cars that have been out of stock. I also have several new decal sets for Steam Era freight cars (with more coming). More details at the Speedwitch site.Thank you. Cheers, Ted Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media
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Re: And the weight of the cast truck is? Bolster? (was Weight Of A Freight Car Wheel?)
Dave Nelson
Apologies for the late reply but thank you very much!
Dave Nelson ======================= From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Dave Nelson] wrote:
Thank you all for the thoughts on the weight of a cast wheel. What is the weight of a truck side frame? A truck bolster?
Dave, you might enjoy my article in _Model Railroad Hobbyist_ in the issue for September 2016 (download or read on line, for free, any time, at their website, www.mrhmag.com ). You will find all this discussed there. Bolsters weighed 1000 pounds or more, as did side frames, and then add the spring planks (if any), spring packages, and brake linkage. Most freight trucks in the transition era weighed between 12,000 and 14,000 pounds.
Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; e-mail, tony@... Publishers of books on railroad history Model-Railroad-Hobbiest.com _
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Re: pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Ben Hom writes:
“Johannes Markwart asked: "I have two HO ATLAS 70ton hart ballast cars I want to complete before giving them away for weathering. I have searched and found a lot of postings mentioning their main flaws - the missing center sill and bolsters - but I did not find photos of such work. Maybe the postings are too old and the pics gone? Does anyone have a pic of an upgraded model for me? I don't intend to make the cars 99%ers, just want to add the center sill and bolsters."
IIRC, Mike Brock detailed these upgrades in Prototype Railroad Modeling Vol 1 from Speedwitch Media. It's out of print, but another list member might be able to pull it to check before I get home from the office today. http://speedwitchmedia.com/product/prototype-railroad-modeling-volume-one/ “
That is the source of the article I wrote on modifying the Atlas 70 ton ballast car [ HK-70-1 ]…”A Tale of Two Hoppers” which also includes the modifications to the Marklin version of the UP H-70-1 70 ton UP 3 bay hopper car. The H-70-1 is an important car also for UP modelers and I was amazed when Marklin produced these rather rare cars [ I’m not sure if Trix “fixed” the problem with these models when and if they produced them ]. NP is the only RR I know with similar cars ].
The problem with the H-70-1 is very different from that with the HK-70-1. The coupler looks like it should be taken to an open window on a clear night and thrown toward the Andromeda Galaxy from where it no doubt came. Also the area above the coupler is a solid plastic sheet on the model which needs to be replaced by L shaped beams in an “open” space..
When I find photos I’ll send them to any interested parties.
Mike Brock
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Re: bananas (was RE: URTX and MILW...)
RICH CHAPIN
The IC HS “Green Diamond” issue for Apr 1997 has feature on banana traffic
Rich Chapin
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Re: Owl Mountain
Paul Doggett <paul.doggett2472@...>
Charles you are correct.
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Paul
On 15 Oct 2017, at 02:32, ceth512@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Re: pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Yes the models were revised.
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When I saw the article about upgrading the subject cars I thought great. I had been looking for my two cars for a couple of years, I knew they were under the layout somewhere. I finally found them and lo and behold they had bolsters and center sills. Apparently Atlas discovered their mistake or maybe because they were Q cars. Walter Ohrnell
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Re: pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Walter
When I saw the article about upgrading the subject cars I thought great. I had been looking for my two cars for a couple of years, I knew they were under the layout
somewhere. I finally found them and lo and behold they had bolsters and center sills. Apparently Atlas discovered their mistake or maybe because they were “Q” cars. Walter Ohrnell
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Re: Owl Mountain
Charles Etheredge
Paul, I have just began the building of TEN of those beautiful kits. I have to agree that they are wonderful. A car that us SP/TNO fans have longed for a long time. Charles Etheredge Austin, Texas
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Re: pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Michael Gross
Nice work from Ted York on those ballast cars…
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Re: pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Steve SANDIFER
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Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 1:40 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Hello friends,
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Owl Mountain
Paul Doggett <paul.doggett2472@...>
I have just finished an Owl mountain SP F50-10 flat probably one of the best kits I have had the pleasure of building.
Paul Doggett UK 🇬🇧 ---------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: bananas (was RE: URTX and MILW...)
George Courtney
Not sure. It was from Ray Breyer's list but he was speaking to orginating I believe.
George Courtney
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bananas (was RE: URTX and MILW...)
I think it would be a very large share - 75% or more.
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Ripe strawberries were a seasonal cargo from Louisiana (traveling in express reefers) Probably other seasonal fruits in there too - melons, peaches... But bananas grow the year round. Is that 31,000 for originated loads, or total loads? Tim O'Connor
Just a quick look at your 1925 showed around 31,000 fresh fruit loads for the Illnois Central.
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Re: URTX and MILW, M&StL, SOO, C G W leased reefers: A Pool Arrangement?
George Courtney
Just a quick look at your 1925 showed around 31,000 fresh fruit loads for the Illnois Central. Anyone know how much bannas made up that number? Just curious.
George Courtney
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Re: pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
vapeurchapelon
And now again to the group (sorry Tim for the dounle post):
Tim, Ben, Bill,
MANY thanks for your quick and complete help! Now I have everything I need :-)
Many greetings
Johannes
Gesendet: Freitag, 13. Oktober 2017 um 20:49 Uhr
Von: "Benjamin Hom b.hom@... [STMFC]" An: "STMFC@..." Betreff: Re: [STMFC] pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Johannes Markwart asked:
"I have two HO ATLAS 70ton hart ballast cars I want to complete before giving them away for weathering. I have searched and found a lot of postings mentioning their main flaws - the missing center sill and bolsters - but I did not find photos of such work. Maybe the postings are too old and the pics gone? Does anyone have a pic of an upgraded model for me? I don't intend to make the cars 99%ers, just want to add the center sill and bolsters."
IIRC, Mike Brock detailed these upgrades in Prototype Railroad Modeling Vol 1 from Speedwitch Media. It's out of print, but another list member might be able to pull it to check before I get home from the office today.
Ben Hom
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Re: pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
Benjamin Hom
Johannes Markwart asked: "I have two HO ATLAS 70ton hart ballast cars I want to complete before giving them away for weathering. I have searched and found a lot of postings mentioning their main flaws - the missing center sill and bolsters - but I did not find photos of such work. Maybe the postings are too old and the pics gone? Does anyone have a pic of an upgraded model for me? I don't intend to make the cars 99%ers, just want to add the center sill and bolsters." IIRC, Mike Brock detailed these upgrades in Prototype Railroad Modeling Vol 1 from Speedwitch Media. It's out of print, but another list member might be able to pull it to check before I get home from the office today. Ben Hom
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pics of upgraded ATLAS 70ton hart ballast car?
vapeurchapelon
Hello friends,
at first I would like to thank everyone who did reply to my GN hopper/ gondola question several weeks ago. I have two H0 ATLAS 70ton hart ballast cars I want to complete before giving them away for weathering. I have searched and found a lot of postings mentioning their main flaws - the missing center sill and bolsters - but I did not find photos of such work. Maybe the postings are too old and the pics gone? Does anyone have a pic of an upgraded model for me? I don't intend to make the cars 99%ers, just want to add the center sill and bolsters. Many thanks Johannes
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Re: Chicago 1949 Railroad Fair
A prototype FOOBIE !! Tim O'
Bob
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I don't know what is going on with my posting
Andy Carlson
I just clicked the "send" button once. I don't know why this message is being sent endlessly. I am sorry for the waste of space and time. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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Re: Chicago 1949 Railroad Fair
Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@...>
Bob
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