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Re: Name that gondola end?
lol - yeah, odd, even, whatever. :-) So it appears the cars were completely rebuilt after 1955! They received steel sides, and probably new ends as well. This July 1959 photo (posted by Ted Culotta on Ebay) shows the rebuilt cars. It would be very interesting to know whether any of them kept their spiral ends. Tim
Thanks for sharing the photo, Tim. I have a pair of Shapeways ends that were looking for a place to be used. I assume that you meant ODD numbers!
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Re: Name that gondola end?
MDelvec952
The freight yard is in Newark, NJ, on the Lackawanna early in 1926, accessed through the lower level of a double-deck drawbridge. The picture was taken due to an incident on the upper level of the bridge, so there aren't any other photos off the yard taken this day. The upper level is still in daily service today on NJTransit.
....Mike
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From: Bob Chapman <chapbob611@...> To: main <main@realSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Sat, May 19, 2018 1:34 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Name that gondola end? Mike --
Here's a model of the Monon gon. Chad Boas supplied the cast resin Spiral-Dreadnaught ends.
Regards,
Bob Chapman
Mike writes:
Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
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Re: Name that gondola end?
Ralph W. Brown
Hi Bob,
Nice job. Are those the Shapeways ends that Steve mentioned, or
something else?
Pax,
Ralph
Brown
Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532
From: Bob
Chapman
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2018 1:33 PM
To: main@realSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Name that gondola end? Mike
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Here's
a model of the Monon gon. Chad Boas supplied the cast resin Spiral-Dreadnaught
ends.
Regards, Bob
Chapman
Mike writes: Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
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Re: Name that gondola end?
Bob Chapman
Mike -- Here's a model of the Monon gon. Chad Boas supplied the cast resin Spiral-Dreadnaught ends. Regards, Bob Chapman Mike writes: Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
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Re: Name that gondola end?
Thanks for sharing the photo, Tim. I have a pair of
Shapeways ends that were looking for a place to be used. I assume that you
meant ODD numbers!
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 11:36 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Name that gondola end? Call it a "spiral" end. It's been discussed before, a little bit. As John Barry says, Soo Line had some - series 63801 to 64799, 498 even-numbered cars in 1940. By 1950 there were still 493 cars. By 1955, 224 cars had been rebuilt with steel floors, but there were still 257 cars as built. In 1959 only 8 original cars were on the roster, but there were still 469 cars with steel floors! And I know it's going past 1960, but in 1965 there were still 277 of these strange gondolas! Kinda makes me wonder, why aren't these considered to be "signature" Soo Line cars? Tim O'Connor =========================== Most likely a Monon gon, but it could be a SOO line as they had some too. The cars can be modeled with the Intermountain USRA gon and a Shapeways end. We had a good discussion on a number of these in the Barriger collection several months back. =========================== Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
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Re: Why Transfer cabooses?
Jerry Michels
Also getting on and off a larger platform would be easier than in and out of a typical caboose body. All-around visibility in the yard would be much better from the platform. Jerry Michels
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Re: Name that gondola end?
Brian Termunde
There's no such railroad of course (maybe in the distant 'future' >G>, but for some reason, that end just brings the words 'Penn Central' to mind . . . but of course, there isn't any such railroad, not in our time period anyway! ; )
Take Care,
Brian R. Termunde
Midvale, Utah
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Iowa Terminal/PRR gun flat
Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Friends,
A year or two ago we discussed an ex-PRR F22 or F23 flat car that survived on the Iowa Terminal Railroad. As I was scanning my father's slides (Glenn G. Groff), I came across a photo of this car taken in 1982. Yes, it was converted by the ITR into a snow plow, but also sports a tower for working on overhead wires. I'm thinking the car is an F22 with most of its wooden deck removed, since there is still one plank at the near end supporting the brake wheel. Note how close the brake wheel is to the corner, and the silver-painted archbar trucks (the ITR's motors and diesel locomotives were orange and silver). Sorry about the loss of the sky tones, but this was a salvage job on a badly overexposed photo. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🏴
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Re: Name that gondola end?
Jack Mullen
These spiral rib ends have been discussed here occasionally. I seem to recall that Dennis Storzek found they were from Haskell & Barker.
Jack Mullen
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Re: Name that gondola end?
Call it a "spiral" end. It's been discussed before, a little bit. As John Barry says, Soo Line had some - series 63801 to 64799, 498 even-numbered cars in 1940. By 1950 there were still 493 cars. By 1955, 224 cars had been rebuilt with steel floors, but there were still 257 cars as built. In 1959 only 8 original cars were on the roster, but there were still 469 cars with steel floors! And I know it's going past 1960, but in 1965 there were still 277 of these strange gondolas! Kinda makes me wonder, why aren't these considered to be "signature" Soo Line cars? Tim O'Connor =========================== Most likely a Monon gon, but it could be a SOO line as they had some too. The cars can be modeled with the Intermountain USRA gon and a Shapeways end. We had a good discussion on a number of these in the Barriger collection several months back. =========================== Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
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Re: Name that gondola end?
John Barry
Mike, Most likely a Monon gon, but it could be a SOO line as they had some too. The cars can be modeled with the Intermountain USRA gon and a Shapeways end. We had a good discussion on a number of these in the Barriger collection several months back. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736
From: MDelvec952 via Groups.Io <MDelvec952@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 10:26 PM Subject: [RealSTMFC] Name that gondola end? Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
....Mike
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Name that gondola end?
MDelvec952
Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
....Mike
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Name that gondola end?
MDelvec952
Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify it, with one continuous indentation filling the end, like lines on a vinyl record.
....Mike
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Re: Why Transfer cabooses?
MDelvec952
....Mike Del Vecchio
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From: jace6315 via Groups.Io <jace6315@...> To: main <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Fri, May 18, 2018 6:43 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Why Transfer cabooses? I believe that some roads invested in transfer cabooses to win favor with the union. I wouldn't be surprised if the NYC had this in mind when they rebuilt a bunch of boxcar frames into transfer cabs right before the PC merger. It definitely didn't hurt that they had lots and lots of comparatively young, obsolete 40' boxcars to work with.
Jim Matthews
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From: Jack Mullen <jack.f.mullen@...>
Date: 5/19/18 12:16 AM (GMT+01:00)
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Why Transfer cabooses?
The various forms of transfer caboose are cheap, compared to new "regular" cabooses. If you have a surplus of good road cabooses, fine, assign some to transfer service. If you need to replace some older road cabooses, fine, invest in new ones from International or Thrall, and cascade the old hacks to transfer service after stripping the interiors of unneeded stuff, such as bunks. But otherwise, why buy? Grab a surplus/obsolescent flatcar, have the car shop weld up a basic steel box with two doors and a heater, add basic steps, renew the deck and put handrails around, and you're good to go. The cash outlay is small, the flatcar was fully depreciated so the capital cost is also. Jack Mullen
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Re: Why Transfer cabooses?
jace6315
I believe that some roads invested in transfer cabooses to win favor with the union. I wouldn't be surprised if the NYC had this in mind when they rebuilt a bunch of boxcar frames into transfer cabs right before the PC merger. It definitely didn't hurt that they had lots and lots of comparatively young, obsolete 40' boxcars to work with.
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-------- Original message -------- From: Jack Mullen <jack.f.mullen@...> Date: 5/19/18 12:16 AM (GMT+01:00) To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Why Transfer cabooses? The various forms of transfer caboose are cheap, compared to new "regular" cabooses. If you have a surplus of good road cabooses, fine, assign some to transfer service. If you need to replace some older road cabooses, fine, invest in new ones from International or Thrall, and cascade the old hacks to transfer service after stripping the interiors of unneeded stuff, such as bunks. But otherwise, why buy? Grab a surplus/obsolescent flatcar, have the car shop weld up a basic steel box with two doors and a heater, add basic steps, renew the deck and put handrails around, and you're good to go. The cash outlay is small, the flatcar was fully depreciated so the capital cost is also. Jack Mullen
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Re: Why Transfer cabooses?
Jack Mullen
I might not be one of those addressed ;^) but I'll offer this anyway.
The various forms of transfer caboose are cheap, compared to new "regular" cabooses. If you have a surplus of good road cabooses, fine, assign some to transfer service. If you need to replace some older road cabooses, fine, invest in new ones from International or Thrall, and cascade the old hacks to transfer service after stripping the interiors of unneeded stuff, such as bunks. But otherwise, why buy? Grab a surplus/obsolescent flatcar, have the car shop weld up a basic steel box with two doors and a heater, add basic steps, renew the deck and put handrails around, and you're good to go. The cash outlay is small, the flatcar was fully depreciated so the capital cost is also. Jack Mullen
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Re: Why Transfer cabooses?
Ray Breyer
>>On Friday, May 18, 2018, 4:05:50 PM CDT, Aley, Jeff A <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote: >>Why did many railroads build special “transfer cabooses”? Why not just use a regular caboose? It seems like extra effort to >>build the “shack on a flat”, and I don’t understand why that effort is justified. >>Thanks, >>Jeff Most transfer cabooses weren't outhouses on flat cars; they were typically old, worn out regular cabooses with their cupolas either removed or boarded over so they couldn't be used. If a railroad needed a few transfer cabooses purpose built they usually turned to old boxcars and gave them vestibule ends and a few windows. The reason was simple: terminals had a lot of slow going, and a lot of slack action. You didn't WANT crews in the cupolas, because the risk of falling was far higher than while on the road. The purpose built or rebuilt transfer cabooses were cupola-less for the same reason. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL
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Why Transfer cabooses?
Aley, Jeff A
Learned and Esteemed Listmembers (you know who you are!),
Why did many railroads build special “transfer cabooses”? Why not just use a regular caboose? It seems like extra effort to build the “shack on a flat”, and I don’t understand why that effort is justified.
Thanks,
-Jeff
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Merchants Despatch
Hi all,
I'm looking for the book Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment by Roger C. Hinman. If you have a copy you don't mind sending my way, please contact me at aileron44@... George Corral La Grange, KY
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FOR SALE HO Kits
Storey Lindsay
Group,
I still have a few Sunshine, Westerfield, and Funaro & Camerlengo HO-Scale resin kits I need to find new homes for. I have reduced the prices in order to clear them out. If you are interested, please let me know OFFLINE at -- storey.lindsay@... -- and I will send you a list of what is still available. Thanks for your interest. Storey Lindsay
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