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Re: Reboxx 33 in. Wheel Application Chart
Robert J Miller CFA
Here you go, Nelson
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Nelson Moyer
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 5:59 PM To: RealSTMFC@groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Reboxx 33 in. Wheel Application Chart
At one time, Reboxx had wheel application charts on their web page. For some reason, I downloaded the chart for 36 in. wheels but not the chart for 33 in. wheels. I’ll be eternally grateful if someone would sent the pdf of the 33 in. wheel chart.
Nelson Moyer
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Re: ATSF BX-11,12, and13 rebuild question
Steve SANDIFER
The thing that confuses me about your description is the term “rebuilds,” becauses Santa Fe rebuilt them in several ways at various times. Just look at the website: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tall-pratt-truss-single-sheathed-box-and-auto-cars#/ Yes, some were rebuilt in the mid 50s with steel sides, but the first rebuilds were in 1941 which were truss side cars with side extensions. The above website indicates that all forms are being proposed. If that is true, then there are several very different cars to be produced. I am content to wait for more formal and more detailed information. In the mean time, I have a enough of the Westerfield kits, and the mid-50 steel rebuilds are too late for my modeling era.
J. Stephen Sandifer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of John Drake
Nate, According to John Dobyne’s Santa Fe Boxcars 1869-1953, published by the Santa Fe Historical and Modeling Society back in 2001, the Bx-13s, which were not modified with roof extensions, were the first to be rebuilt in steel. The program ran from 1950-52. The cars were rebuilt with riveted side-panel assemblies and extensions for the ends, which raised the inside height of the cars to 10 foot 6 inches. They were also given new AB brake systems with crosswise-mounted reservoirs, 6/5/5 Youngstown lightweight doors, and either Blaw-Knox or Transco metal running boards. The cars retained their Ajax handbrakes and Dalman I-level trucks. The rebuilt 985 cars retained their Bx-13 classification, but were renumbered into the 32500-33484 number series. These cars remained in service until 1973. The cars that Prototype Junction are planning produce are the Bx-11 rebuilds. This rebuild program began in 1956 and continued through 1962. The majority of the class were rebuilt very similar to the Bx-13 class and assigned numbers in the 19000-20438 number series. This series retained their Bx-11 class designation. The cars numbered between 19000 and 19895 were modified from 10 foot 6 inch high Bx-11s in the 210000-210960 series. The cars numbered 19896-20438 were rebuilt from 10 foot high or unmodified Bx-11s in the 124000-125999 series. The last of the rebuilt Bx-11 cars remained in service until 1976. The primary differences between the bodies of the Bx-13 rebuilds and the Bx-11 rebuilds were their roofs and ends. Dobyne states that after rebuilding, all the Bx-11 class had rectangular-panel steel roofs which extended to the ends of the car. The extension panel on the ends formed the peak of the end and included a Dreadnaught corrugation which matched a portion of the original recessed Dreadnaught ends. They were also given sill steps with two rungs at each corner of the car. These rebuilds retained their Dalman 2-level trucks, but the were modified with ASF spring packages. Most cars in this series were equipped with Youngstown doors, but some of the higher numbered cars received Superior 5-panel doors. Just a comment on these rebuilt cars’ paint scheme. the Santa Fe adopted its “Ship and Travel” paint scheme with the large herald in 1959, in the middle of this rebuilding program. According to Dobyne, there was a break in production between December 1958 and August 1959, so the first car produced in August, car number 19848, was probably the first car painted in the new scheme Hope this helps!
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Reboxx 33 in. Wheel Application Chart
Nelson Moyer
At one time, Reboxx had wheel application charts on their web page. For some reason, I downloaded the chart for 36 in. wheels but not the chart for 33 in. wheels. I’ll be eternally grateful if someone would sent the pdf of the 33 in. wheel chart.
Nelson Moyer
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Re: D&RGW boxcar end
mopacfirst
Detouring back to the the Santa Fe, since I'm almost finished with a Bx-11 and have a couple Bx-12s on the bench, I will note that Westerfield indeed got that little curve modeled right on the Bx-11, and for the Bx-12s, that area adjacent to the center rivet seam on the car ends is correctly flat.
Ron Merrick
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Re: What type of vegetation is traveling on the DRGW?
Don Strack
Actually, the gondola in the photo is carrying scrap tin plate from American Can in Ogden. The scrap tin plate, from the can manufacturing process, was shipped south to Proler Steel near Bingham, where it was used to extract copper (by precipitation) from copper-bearing water that had percolated down through the waste rock dumps from the Utah Copper open pit copper mine. It is a chemical process that includes a weak sulfuric acid solution in which the iron is replaced by copper oxide, resulting in copper that is about 90 percent pure.
The trip was D&RGW all the way, Ogden to Salt Lake City, then Salt Lake City to Midvale, then out the Bingham Branch to Proler Steel, which was about two miles east, outside Bingham Canyon. Proler Steel burned the coatings off the tin plate in a large rotating kiln, and the processed tin plate scrap was loaded on D&RGW GS gondolas and shipped to the precipitation plant at Copperton, at the mouth of Bingham Canyon. More information about copper precipitation is here... https://utahrails.net/bingham/bingham-leaching-plants.php Don Strack
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Re: ATSF BX-11,12, and13 rebuild question
We're not supposed to discuss freight cars after 1960. Are you referring to the raised roof rebuilds?
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I've only seen one photo of a raised roof Bx-12 with an ACI tracking label. All cars in revenue service 1968 to about 1978 were supposed to have them.
On 1/10/2020 7:54 PM, Nathan Obermeyer via Groups.Io wrote:
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*Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*
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D&RGW boxcar end
Andy Carlson
If what I am seeing is what you have commented on, then we are both looking at an early Dreadnaught stamped steel end which used "indented" (or inverted; I have heard both terms used in describing this end) stampings. The joint section had an obstacle rolled flat to allow riveting. This style of end was done quite well in my opinion from Al Westerfield in his ATSF box cars. This same style of end was used in the Pullman Co. built 50' single sheathed auto cars for the WP which MDC did several years ago in the pre-Tahoe Model Works era. There are 100's of examples of this style of end. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
On Saturday, January 11, 2020, 11:31:27 AM PST, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> wrote:
Friends, The second photo also captures a rare view of a WP-owned PFE reefer, 50556. Did you all take note the odd wale in the middle of the D&RGW car's end? It appears to be two sections pieced together, but with a matching additional half-indent in each. I've never seen an end like this before. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆 On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 11:21 AM David via Groups.Io <jaydeet2001=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Here's another raised-roof box. _._,_._,_
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Re: Rutland flatcar with trailer load
Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
Walt, I have an October 1958 ORER. Rutland still had 26 of the 2700-series in revenue service, and I don't know how many in company service. The Green Mountain Railroad dates from 1964, so I have no information about it (though some photos of recent vintage). Since this line was owned by Nelson Blount, also the founder of Steamtown in its original incarnation, there is no wonder how Rutland 2777 ended up in the modern Steamtown museum collection. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 1:50 PM Walter Cox via Groups.Io <WaltGCox=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: NYC double door raised roof boxcar
Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
Friends, The second photo also captures a rare view of a WP-owned PFE reefer, 50556. Did you all take note the odd wale in the middle of the D&RGW car's end? It appears to be two sections pieced together, but with a matching additional half-indent in each. I've never seen an end like this before. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 11:21 AM David via Groups.Io <jaydeet2001=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Here's another raised-roof box.
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Re: Rutland flatcar with trailer load
Walter Cox
Thanks to Google I just found that Rutland would have been correct into 1963. I should have thought of Google sooner but didn't think of the question until I was typing the rest of my reply. Sorry about that.
Walt
In a message dated 1/11/2020 1:50:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, WaltGCox@... writes:
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Re: Photo: Reefer WRX 11458 "Seymour Canning Co."
Andy Laurent
That set in the second link also has a nice shot of GB&W 1306, 36' double sheathed boxcar.
Andy Wisconsin
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Re: Rutland flatcar with trailer load
Walter Cox
Unfortunately, there was no article associated with the photo. It was contained in an ad for a Railworks brass car model. I may do the Athearn kitbash but would need to know if it was a Green Mountain Ry. or a Rutland car in 1959. Can anyone help with this?
TIA Walt
In a message dated 1/10/2020 10:49:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, claus@... writes:
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NYC double door raised roof boxcar
David
Here's another raised-roof box.
https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1947-Oct-Salt-Lake-City/i-Tnq2XQp/A David Thompson
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Re: DL&W flat car with early containers - circa 1931
Dave Parker
Great shots Brian. Thanks.
Car number is 16351 I believe. My 1930 ORER has the series as 16350-16399 (50 cars). -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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NYC double door raised roof boxcar
gary laakso
It appears that the car is from Lot 685-B, 63000-63149, if my reading of the NYC Freight Car Equipment diagrams is correct:
Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock
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Re: Photo: Reefer WRX 11458 "Seymour Canning Co."
G.J. Irwin
Seymour also had at least one leased refrigerator car from the Northern Refrigerator Car Company. It's pictured on Page 105 of the book "Billboard Refrigerator Cars." Not surprisingly, the paint scheme is quite different from the car pictured above. It was assigned to Seymour Canning in 1929 according to the caption.
Nice find on that photo! George Irwin
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DL&W flat car with early containers - circa 1931
Brian Rochon
From the Erie-Lackawanna site today. Number on flat car is unclear. Interesting shot of unloading container onto flatbed semi-trailer.
http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-01-11-20/X7692.jpg
http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-01-11-20/X7693.jpg
Brian Rochon
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Re: ATSF BX-11,12, and13 rebuild question
John Drake
Nate,
According to John Dobyne’s Santa Fe Boxcars 1869-1953, published by the Santa Fe Historical and Modeling Society back in 2001, the Bx-13s, which were not modified with roof extensions, were the first to be rebuilt in steel. The program ran from 1950-52. The cars were rebuilt with riveted side-panel assemblies and extensions for the ends, which raised the inside height of the cars to 10 foot 6 inches. They were also given new AB brake systems with crosswise-mounted reservoirs, 6/5/5 Youngstown lightweight doors, and either Blaw-Knox or Transco metal running boards. The cars retained their Ajax handbrakes and Dalman I-level trucks. The rebuilt 985 cars retained their Bx-13 classification, but were renumbered into the 32500-33484 number series. These cars remained in service until 1973. The cars that Prototype Junction are planning produce are the Bx-11 rebuilds. This rebuild program began in 1956 and continued through 1962. The majority of the class were rebuilt very similar to the Bx-13 class and assigned numbers in the 19000-20438 number series. This series retained their Bx-11 class designation. The cars numbered between 19000 and 19895 were modified from 10 foot 6 inch high Bx-11s in the 210000-210960 series. The cars numbered 19896-20438 were rebuilt from 10 foot high or unmodified Bx-11s in the 124000-125999 series. The last of the rebuilt Bx-11 cars remained in service until 1976. The primary differences between the bodies of the Bx-13 rebuilds and the Bx-11 rebuilds were their roofs and ends. Dobyne states that after rebuilding, all the Bx-11 class had rectangular-panel steel roofs which extended to the ends of the car. The extension panel on the ends formed the peak of the end and included a Dreadnaught corrugation which matched a portion of the original recessed Dreadnaught ends. They were also given sill steps with two rungs at each corner of the car. These rebuilds retained their Dalman 2-level trucks, but the were modified with ASF spring packages. Most cars in this series were equipped with Youngstown doors, but some of the higher numbered cars received Superior 5-panel doors. Just a comment on these rebuilt cars’ paint scheme. the Santa Fe adopted its “Ship and Travel” paint scheme with the large herald in 1959, in the middle of this rebuilding program. According to Dobyne, there was a break in production between December 1958 and August 1959, so the first car produced in August, car number 19848, was probably the first car painted in the new scheme. Hope this helps!John
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Re: Rutland flatcar with trailer load
Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
Rutland modeler Ray Muntz and others put quite a bit of time into restoring that flat car. Cordially, Don Valentine
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Re: ATSF BX-11,12, and13 rebuild question
Steve SANDIFER
Attached is the Westerfield history on the cars.
J. Stephen Sandifer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Nathan Obermeyer via Groups.Io
Prototype Junction is looking to produce ATSF BX-11, BX-12, and BX-13 models to include rebuilds in the late 1950s. The rebuilds would possibly fit my modeling time frame of 1979 and I'd like to ask the ATSF experts what the road numbers were for these cars after the 1959 rebuild? Were they put in a new class of cars? I recently purchased the ATSF Color Guide book, but it didn't have photos of the 1959 rebuilds. Can someone provide the history of the rebuilds? Nate
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