Erie RR Notice On Stop-Off Cars

Any comments on this?

Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 01:06 AM, Staffan Ehnbom wrote:

Hi Tom,

Would you tell us how wide the West Rail casting is? Surprised to see the tack board seems to be cast in place.

Staffan -

Well, they are 30+ years old. Richard was even using a dot matrix printer for his labels.

The attached photo shows the dimensions and a comparison to ends from an InterMountain 10' 6" IH boxcar. They're pretty close to interchangeable if you remove the rivet strip at the top of the West Rail ends.

Richard made his parts to fit Athearn blue box car bodies. The material is filled polyester, the same as Al's early kits but Richard chose a red colorant rather than gray. That's a "fast" casting resin, cures quickly and generates a lot of heat. You can cast a lot of parts in a hurry, but if you don't let the mold cool off between pours it will heat up and expand and the parts will get larger and larger as you go. It's a high shrinkage resin as well just from the coefficient of expansion effect - solidify at a high temp, cool down to room temp. Really high shrink resins can even pull away from the face of the mold as they cure and the castings either have a dappled appearance (some areas still in contact with the mold at final cure and some not), or be really glossy (entire face of the casting loses contact with the mold so the casting has none of the mold's surface texture). We may be seeing some of that here. In any event, if Greg wants to reintroduce any of these castings the place to start is with the original masters, not these dimensionally variable castings.

Tom Madden

On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 11:36 AM, Greg Martin wrote:

All,

 

In my collection I have a mold/master that Richard Hendrickson had made of a 3-3-3 end for West Rails. I will dig it out and see the spec's on it, but it will have to be after Cocoa Beach.

 

 

I have examples of many of Richard's WestRail parts. Here's the 3-3-3 end. It's pretty nice.

Tom Madden

 

Wanted Sunshine Kits:

 

37.9, 37.11 or 39.12                         DL&W 4650 series DS 40’ Boxcar

37.10                                                LV 60000 series DS 40’ Boxcar

97.1, 97.2, 97.4 or 97.5                    NC&SL  XM-32 36’ steel rebuilt Boxcar

64.8                                                  NKP  25000-25099 10’6” rebuilt Boxcar with end door

64.14 or 64.15                                  C&O 2000-2799 rebuilt Boxcar

96.9                                                  D&RGW  65100-65199 steel DD automobile Boxcar

 

I have a list of 9 sunshine kits that I would be willing to trade for any of the above or if you have a kit that I listed above and want to sell it, please let me know.  If youlet me know that you are interested, I will email you my list of extra kits for trade.

 

PLEASE CONTACT ME OFF LIST.

 

Thanks

 

Chuck Cover

Santa Fe, NM

 

There is also one located in Montrose, IA. I have been unable to find my pictures. From what I recall it’s in need of some paint and didn’t have a visible number. 

Lenny Ohrnell

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Hey Boss,


Somehow I got deleted from this group in late May. I guess someone didn't like me. Jail is a lonely place.

Greg Martin 

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

ALL box cars built after WW II ended had steel running boards. The first PS-1 box cars
were built after 1945.

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*Tim O'Connor*
*Sterling, Massachusetts*

In my parts stashI have a few laser kit packages of wooden runningboards for Intermountain PS-1 box cars. Were any PS 1 box cars delivered with wooden running boards?
Brian J. Carlson

I wish a good 3/3/3 end were available.