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Re: More St Louis RPM photos
Richard McQuade
Thanks for posting and including my GTR boxcar, Eric. That was my first time there and it is a meet well worth attending!
Richard
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Re: Dealer at RPM
Eric Hansmann
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From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of mopacfirst
I couldn't get to St. Louis this year. Was there a dealer who had some Stan Rydarowicz kits? There was one last year, but I lost track of who it was.
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Re: Dealer at RPM
Dave Boss
Ron There was a dealer there that had some of Stan's kits. (CLASSIC TRAINS & FERRARIS) hdharris1@... PH# 270-994-2555 Dave
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:40 AM mopacfirst <ron.merrick@...> wrote: I couldn't get to St. Louis this year. Was there a dealer who had some Stan Rydarowicz kits? There was one last year, but I lost track of who it was.
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Dealer at RPM
mopacfirst
I couldn't get to St. Louis this year. Was there a dealer who had some Stan Rydarowicz kits? There was one last year, but I lost track of who it was.
Ron Merrick
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Re: Rapido meat reefers
Eric Hansmann
I noticed a half dozen Rapido meat reefers on the shelf at Chuck's Depot in Marion, IL, too. I can't recall the paint and lettering schemes. Eric Hansmann
On July 30, 2019 at 7:17 PM "Brian Carlson via Groups.Io" <prrk41361@...> wrote:
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Re: Model: SFRD 8423
Paul Doggett
Bob
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A fine model thank you for sharing it. Paul Doggett. England 🏴
On 30 Jul 2019, at 22:15, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
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Re: And More St. Louis RPM photos
Michael Gross
Great photos, Dick. Thank you!!!
-- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA
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Re: 1937 Great Northern AAR Handbrake Wheel
radiodial868
Thought I had some square styrene that would work. At a scale 2 1/2" square, looks waaay too big. What source did you have for small amounts of the stuff?
Thx, RJ Dial Burlingame, Ca
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Rapido meat reefers
I’m still traveling on my round about way back from the St. Louis RPM.
In addition, to seeing 4014 this morning I stopped at both Lombard and Des Plaines Hobbies. Both have several of the Rapido meat reefers. For those that like to roll their own, Des Plaines had about 10 undec. There were no Swift. Brian J. Carlson
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Re: 1937 Great Northern AAR Handbrake Wheel
radiodial868
Bill, thanks for 2 things:
Burlingame, CA
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Model: SFRD 8423
Model: SFRD 8423 At the recent Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society Convention in Pueblo, CO, Peter Aue of Germany showed me a number of custom-made details he is using to model a fifty-car Santa Fe reefer block in HO scale representing the year 1950. All fifty reefers are to represent car classes in service that year with the appropriate paint schemes, car details, car numbers and stencils. Over twenty different SFRD refrigerator car classes will be required. This includes models from Sunshine, Intermountain, Westerfield and Athearn. His model of SFRD 8423 is one of the fifty cars. This is a Class Rr-40 ice bunker refrigerator car that started with an InterMountain kit. He modified the kit with many photo-etched parts (running boards, ladder and fan parts, reinforcement panels, ice hatch cover stops, etc.), cast resin ends and custom printed decals. All of these items are non-commercial and are of his own design. And he weathered the finished model. To no one's surprise this model won an award at the convention. Bob Chaparro Moderator Railroad Citrus Industry Modeling Group
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Re: Intermountain display at Collinsville
gary laakso
Thanks for the update, Ed. You have moved modeling forward and we are all grateful for your efforts not to mention all the superglue sales you caused!
Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ed Hawkins
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 12:33 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Intermountain display at Collinsville
Eric, No joy yet.
I inquired with Gene Fusco about the project because I have been one who pushed for it, along with Al Hoffman. Both of us pushed & provided the necessary information for selfish reasons of MoPac and Burlington that used the "type 3” hatch cover & locking bar design.
Given that reservations have been sufficient to proceed into production, HO models would likely have been released by now if not for the Chinese plant closure one year ago. Gene indicated the models are still “a go” and are projected for production in 2020. Regards, Ed Hawkins
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Re: Intermountain display at Collinsville
Ed Hawkins
Eric, No joy yet. I inquired with Gene Fusco about the project because I have been one who pushed for it, along with Al Hoffman. Both of us pushed & provided the necessary information for selfish reasons of MoPac and Burlington that used the "type 3” hatch cover & locking bar design. Given that reservations have been sufficient to proceed into production, HO models would likely have been released by now if not for the Chinese plant closure one year ago. Gene indicated the models are still “a go” and are projected for production in 2020. Regards, Ed Hawkins
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Intermountain display at Collinsville
Eric Mumper
Group,
Thanks for the insights from the Collinsville meet. On the Intermountain table, did they happen to have display models of the 1958 cuft covered hopper with the type 3 roof? These were announced quite a while ago before the Chinese factory issues. Eric Mumper
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Re: More St Louis RPM photos
Paul Doggett
Great Eric
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Thanks for sharing Paul Doggett. England 🏴
On 29 Jul 2019, at 20:37, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote:
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Early Steel Hopper
David
A very interesting car for that period especially but what are the trucks on it?Schoen trucks. David Thompson
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Re: And More St. Louis RPM photos
Paul Doggett
Thanks for sharing
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On 30 Jul 2019, at 05:30, Dick Harley via Groups.Io <dick.harley4up@...> wrote:
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Re: Early Steel Hopper
Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
A very interesting car for that period especially but what are the trucks on it? At first I thought they might be some sort of Fox design but not after a second look. Thanks for posting this. Cordially, Don Valentine
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A few more Collinsville Photos
I have created a Flickr album with some additional photos that I took last weekend at the Collinsville RPM meet. I hope that they will supplement the others already published. https://www.flickr.com/photos/116454307@N06/albums/72157709978355821 Enjoy, Steve Hile
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Photo: SFRD 11899
When I arrived at the airport in Pueblo, CO, last week for the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society's annual convention I discovered this photo on a wall. The photo shows a scene from the great Pueblo flood of 1921. The reefer in this scene is between Second and Thirds Streets on Court Street, looking down an alley. I'm guessing there were tracks down the alley. This location is two block away from the old Santa Fe mainline through Pueblo. Here is the same scene today: SFRD 11819 was a Class Rr-T ice bunker refrigerator car from the series 11651-12150. The 500 cars were built in 1915 by AC&F. Only 204 of these cars were in revenue service in 1938 and only 3 in 1940. The car has Santa Fe No. 4 type ventilators. These were truss rod cars and were similar to the ensuing Rr-U and Rr-V classes, the final SFRD truss rod cars. These three classes had composite underframes and wood superstructure framing. Good photos of these design features are found on Page 60 of the book, Santa Fe Refrigerator Cars Ice Bunker Cars 1884-1979. This early design may explain the relatively short lives of these cars and why they were not rebuilt into more modern cars. The flexibility of their wood superstructures led to loose joints and heat penetration. A photo of sister car SFRD 11825 appears on Page 71 of the reefer book. The reefer in this link is from the same flood but probably is a different car: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/42853440182/in/photostream/lightbox/ Bob Chaparro Moderator Railroad Citrus Industry Modeling Group https://groups.io/g/RailroadCitrusIndustryModelingGroup +++ The 1921 Pueblo Flood Fifteen hundred people lost their lives in the flood and there was twenty million dollars in damage. The Arkansas River rose over fifteen feet in some places. Scene at Pueblo Union Station http://i.imgur.com/6bDwHdk.jpg Scene across the street from Union Station. The reefer was carried one half mile. https://mountainscholar.org/bitstream/handle/10217/18542/PMFC_104.jpg?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Book with many railroad photos: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/20112 Download the book to read it and see the photos.
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