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Re: Photo: NYC Depressed Center Flat 499051
StephenK
It's an interesting photo, for sure, and it brings up an interesting point. All of the "big transformer" loads I have ever seen on a model railroad are of a new transformer. This burnt up transformer would be a unique load.
Steve Kay
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Re: Interesting flat car loads circa 1931-32
Also, notice the hoist, counterweights, and cable/pulley system to adjust the platform deck height. DP
On Jan 17, 2020 6:30 AM, "Doug Paasch" <drpaasch@...> wrote:
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Re: Interesting flat car loads circa 1931-32
Work train for stringing catenary. One flat carries the cable reels. The one with the "roof" is a high work platform for the electricians. Doug Paasch
On Jan 17, 2020 6:00 AM, "Brian Rochon" <berochon@...> wrote:
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Interesting flat car loads circa 1931-32
Brian Rochon
From Steamtown/Erie-Lackawanna site today. Images are too washed out to read reporting marks but the loads are very interesting.
http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-01-17-20/X7844.jpg http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-01-17-20/X7845.jpg http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-01-17-20/X7846.jpg
Brian Rochon Silver Spring, MD
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Re: D&H 36-footer
Greg Bartek
Wow, phenomenal craftsmanship and modeling!! Stunning work Bill, thanks for posting.
Greg Bartek
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Re: Shorty automobile car - 1913
Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
Friends, Though it might seem surprising, Henry built a lot of his Model T autos in England. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_of_Britain . The photo in question is probably from the Trafford Park plant near Manchester, based on the design features of the cars. The more famous site at Dagenham dates to 1929. Great Britain was a booming market. Several vintage Fords including a Model T truck can be noted in the Downton Abbey TV series. That is, if you can tear your eyes away from the Rolls Royces, Bentleys and those marvelous racing cars (which include a racing Bentley, along with a Bugatti). On one of the videos (season six, IIRC), there is even a special feature on the autos. I learned to drive in an English Ford, a four-door 1962 Consul model 315 (an export model with the drive on the left, per US standards). Our Ford was similar to the flying car in the Harry Potter movies. My first car was a slightly smaller two-door 1957/1958 Ford Anglia, pieced together from two wrecks in someone's garage. Neither of these Fords could fly. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆
On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 12:12 AM Patrick Wade <patwadesb@...> wrote:
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Re: Shorty automobile car - 1913
Patrick Wade
The car on the loading ramp appears to have the steering wheel on the right, England? Pat Wade Santa Barbara
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 5:58 PM Thomas Evans via Groups.Io <tomkevans=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Paul,
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Re: Shorty automobile car - 1913
Thomas Evans
Here is a link to the photo as posted over on the Early Rail site:
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/331880/394918.jpg The one at the dealer is the same although somewhat cropped. Tom
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Offered: MDC puillman built DD SS 50' box car enhancement kit for MP/WP
Andy Carlson
Hello- I have another enhancement kit being offered for sale. I have come upon several left over resin castings of a WP Pullman Co built 50' auto boxcar with pre-war Youngstown doors. Model Die Casting came out with a beautifully built car in HO tooled by Brian Leppert now of Tahoe Model Works fame. Brian was asked to make the siding with exaggerated board spacing grooves to fit in with the convention of-the-time that single sheathed cars needed to be super-obvious. Fine detailed modeling of these kits has been shared with this group; finished models with cast-on details removed and replaced with individual parts. This enhanced kit I offer has the following: 1 new MDC 50' SS double door box car kit 1 pair of Western Pacific/Missouri Pacific polyurethane resin cast sides with subtle board grooves The modeler will need to remove the sides from the kit's car body and replace with the supplied resin sides. I am not supplying hand grabs, ladders, decals or brake details. I am just supplying a labor saving pair of sides for swapping with the supplied MDC kit. Offered for $29 which includes shipping to the US. I accept checks and with a small fee PayPal is welcomed. Please contact me off-list for details at <midcentury@...>. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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AC&F and GE Built Portable Power Plants Berwick, PA Plant
NicholasF
Okay, anyone modeling the Northeast PA or NYC area during WW2, here ya go:
Power plants built for the Soviet Union in Berwick, PA: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/72157712179496252/with/49395639568/ Pamphlet about the project: https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umsl/islandora/object/umsl%3A319442#page/1/mode/2up -Nick Fry Curator John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library UMSL
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Re: Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214
Bob Webber
I'm NOT trying to say this as an ass*ole - but...isn't the
length directly under the number (just above capy)? It
appears to me to be the case, but it isn't all that clear, which is why I
ask. I'm not conversant with the era's
lettering....
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On Thursday, January 16, 2020, 12:10:17 PM CST, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
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Re: Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214
mofwcaboose
Inside length 50 feet, outside length 51 feet 4 inches (July 1915 ORER).
John C. La Rue, Jr.
Bonita Springs, FL
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Roe <wabashrr@...> To: main <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2020 2:19 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214 Bob,
Judging by the length of the bicycles, I'd say it was a 50' car.
gary roe
quincy, illinois
On Thursday, January 16, 2020, 12:10:17 PM CST, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214
Circa 1905 photo:
Anyone know how long this car was?
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
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D&H 36-footer
Bill Welch
The Boys at the Clearwater Car Shops have been busy getting several freight cars to the point to be painted. This is a Funaro & Camerlengo kit for a Delaware & Hudson 36-foot boxcar, many of which were in service into the 1950's. Many improvements: .005 styrene strips to complete Z-Bars on the ends; Grandt Line lift ring melted w/Testers for push pole pockets; .20 Tichy rivets for bolts/rivets. Note the bent/damaged roof flashing on the ends. Wine ladders scratch built using .010 Plastruct rod w/Athearn harvested rivets on the edge of the stiles serving as the ends of the interlocking ladder rungs. Small "V" shape cuts into the Hutchins roof ribs with Grandt Line NBWs on the ribs—more .010 styrene used to make small stamping in the middle of the roof panels. Largish Archer rivets on the underframe's center sill so maybe they can be seen in profile. The corner braces or gussets in photos I have appear to be heavier than typical so I used .010 x .030 strip styrene instead of .005 thick styrene for those parts. The small gussets on the re-enforcement under the door are .010 styrene rod; after they had cured I pinched them with my sprue cutting tweezers at an angle so they will look like triangles. Because there is white styrene on white or off-white resin, I manipulated the photos to increase the contrast so the styrene improvements can be seen more easily.
Bill Welch
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Re: Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214
Gary Roe
Bob, Judging by the length of the bicycles, I'd say it was a 50' car. gary roe quincy, illinois
On Thursday, January 16, 2020, 12:10:17 PM CST, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214 Circa 1905 photo: Anyone know how long this car was? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Looking for any info about Linde (CCBX) gondolas #801-815 and the containers.
#801-815
Paul I thought the price was for each one - since only one is shown. Also, for me a load is at least 22 containers, so it's $44. Much better than 22x11 = 231.
On 1/15/2020 5:53 PM, Paul Woods wrote:
Tim, how did you get the figure of $250? According to the website a set of 14 HO-scale containers runs at $31.50, S-scale is $73.25. Is the freight a bit OTT? --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214
Photo: UP Furniture Boxcar 50214 Circa 1905 photo: Anyone know how long this car was? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: NYC Depressed Center Flat 499051
Photo: NYC Depressed Center Flat 499051 Transformer Load: Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Behind the UTLX Dry bulk tank car
mopacfirst
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 06:55 AM, Eric Hansmann wrote:
Ron Merrick
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Re: Caboose restrictions c1914
Rupert Gamlen
Dennis
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
On Behalf Of Dennis Storzek
Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2020 5:21 p.m. To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Caboose restrictions c1914
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 04:56 PM, Rupert Gamlen wrote:
I wish I could remember where I read the info I cited earlier (requirement for steel centersill and a 26' minimum body length) which I recall was imposed by the ICC, but now that I read the above list, all seven states the Soo Line operated
in are included, so it may have been simply based on state laws. However, the time period seems too early; The Soo didn't begin their rebuild program until 1924, and it continued until at least 1928. It is possible, I suppose, that implementation of the state
laws was delayed by lawsuits by the railroads challenging the constitutionality of the state laws, which would require further research.
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Re: Photo: Staley Tank Cars
I have attached a photograph of a MP boxcar being lifted and turned to clear it of grain.
Robert J. Amsler, Jr. 514 Dover Place Saint Louis, Missouri 63111 (314) 606-6118 (Telephone) (314) 754-2688 (Facsimile) MPFan1@...
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Douglas Harding
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 8:31 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: Staley Tank Cars
Here is an ad for a boxcar unloader device. You can see it tilts and rolls.
Doug Harding
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of pennsylvania1954
On the page reached through Bob's second link, the fifth photo from the bottom, "Staley grain car dumper 1951", caught my attention. How does the grain get out of the rebuilt WABASH boxcar? Does that device roll the car as well as tilt it?
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