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NYO&W
Armand Premo
The NYO&W seems to be like a Hermit RR.Photos of cars in interchange seem to be rather rare and models even rarer.Does anyone have any information on this RR ? Armand Premo 
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Re: Peek-A-Boo Gondolas
The CNW car was not as extensively modified as the Milwaukee cars. Photos that I have seen (they're in the Morningside CNW V2 Color Guide book) show only 1 panel cut out on each side of the car. They were deployed in pulpwood service. The CNW Historical Society does offer decals and a diagram for one of these. The Mantua car was recommended as a base for a model. I did one a few years ago. For purposes of this group, I believe the CNW cars were modified after the date range interest of this group. Dave Strahlendorf
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Re: Peek-A-Boo Gondolas
Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
Friends, While traveling from California to Virginia in 1982 I spotted this SAL stump gondola. It doesn't have the "skeleton" sides of the cars previously under discussion, but does have the sides cut away at floor level for cleaning (as if that ever happened). The car was white, and I think the number was 6890, but only the ghost lettering remained. The car is marked "STUMP WOOD LOADING ONLY". Yours Aye, Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge 🦆
On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 2:26 AM Rufus Cone <rclist09@...> wrote: Todd,
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Re: Peek-A-Boo Gondolas
Rufus Cone
Todd,
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Where were these stumps hauled and did they originate on the CG? There was a Hercules explosives plant for near Brunswick, not served by CG. Rufus
The C of Ga modified some USRA clone gons like this for hauling stumps to make dynamite Todd Horton --
Rufus Cone Bozeman, MT
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Op sessions on the Alma branch
Jared Harper
This past week I hosted two op sessions on the Alma branch. On Sunday one of my operators had to back out because of illness. However, Bruce Smith from Auburn, AL, and Gary Senesac from Lawrenceville were able to make it did a very good job. On Thursday Tom Klimoski brought two friends, Tom and Ron and ran a record time of two hours and 15 minutes from Burlingame to Alma and back. They did all the tasks perfectly. It is time to plan an op session for February. The days I have open are the 9th, 15th, the 16th, the 22nd, the 23rd and the 29th. If a group of retirees wants to come during the week that is possible. Just let me know. I provide lunch. Jared Harper Athens, GA
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Re: Peek-A-Boo Gondolas
Todd Horton
The C of Ga modified some USRA clone gons like this for hauling stumps to make dynamite Todd Horton
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On Feb 1, 2020, at 5:45 PM, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
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Re: Diagrams: PFE Refrigerator Cars
Tony Thompson
Bob Chaparro wrote: Thanks very much for that information, Tony. It's discussed in the PFE book at some length. Briefly, the -3 had superstructure improvements beyond the Class R-30-2, but used the original pressed-steel underframe. PFE decide against any more use of those underframes, as cracking problems had already appeared in them. Instead, the new superstructure was built onto a new underframe (Class R-30-4). The four later designs, classes R-30-7 to -10, were various combinations of underframes and superstructures. Evidently none were regarded as worth building (specifics in the book). Note that the CLASS number R-30-9 was used almost 30 years later for REBUILT cars, not new ones. Tony Thompson
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Re: Diagrams: PFE Refrigerator Cars
Thanks very much for that information, Tony.
Do you have any insight as to why these were not built? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Peek-A-Boo Gondolas
mel perry
SSW had similar cars, which they used to transport cut sugar cane, in the south mel perry
On Sat, Feb 1, 2020, 2:45 PM Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb=verizon.net@groups.io> wrote:
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Peek-A-Boo Gondolas
Peek-A-Boo Gondolas I discovered a photo of a "peek-a-boo" gondola on a Facebook page. Some of you won't be able to access this page, unfortunately: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157666250347661&set=g.417820805597567&type=1&theater&ifg=1 These are basically open-sided pipe gondolas, first developed by the Milwaukee Road and then imitated by the Chicago & North Western. This is a link to a Railway Age Article, July 22, 1957, Pages 28 and 29. The March 1957 Milwaukee Road Magazine briefly mentions the original idea for this car on Page 2: https://milwaukeeroadarchives.com/MilwaukeeRoadMagazine/1957March.pdf A Jim Sands photo: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=72525 Don Leistikow commented on this photo, " The car is representative of an idea put forth by Chalie Rynsky, Traffic Manager of Globe Steel Tubes Company, located on W. Burnham Street, Menomonee Belt District, City of West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Charlie was a well known representative in the Traffic Management field of enterprise. And Globe Steel Tubes generated lots of carload traffic. The storyline unfolds as GST's shipped most, if not all, of its production in open Gondola Cars. Seamless tubing was its basic product. In its day, tapered trolley poles for street railway and interurban cars was just one of the many products, they produced. Car cleaning was a constant problem and an ever increasing expense. Of course, GST management continued to prod Charlie, to come up with a solution. Ordering clean cars, does not assure that you will get clean cars. On invitation, I was treated to a tour of GST by Charlie and found it most interesting. It was at that time, that he told me the story. Eye-balling some of these cars, Charlie came up with the answer. He asked the MILW for a group of assigned cars, which would have their sidewalls and floors removed thus, becoming, self cleaning." Morning Sun Color Guide Volume 2, Page 102 has a photo, I'm told. The Chicago & North Western Historical Society had an article with photo in the Summer 1996 issue of the NorthWestern Lines magazine. I have no link for this. I read that the car appears in Train Shed Cyclopedia 70. Herald King made decals in HO and O scales for the C&NW car. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Overhead Bunker cars, from another railroads perspective
np328
Doing some clean-up of paper files this week, I came upon the folder of data I’d had photocopied of overhead bunker reefer cars by the MNHS. To be sure there has been conversation of this topic here in prior years. Searching with the term overhead bunker gets 68 hits, though not all are about overhead bunker reefers (CN, CP, and FOBX), many are.
Pertinent, IMHO, are posts 8899, 18270, 56480, 109440, 116790, 117447. There are other posts to be sure however the above are generally the originating comment or question.
In addition, F&C (missed you guys at CCB, hope you’re well) has kit cars available: http://www.fandckits.com/ho_frtlistbyroad.html as do True Line Trains: http://www.truelinetrains.ca/freight-cars/ho---8-hatch-reefer
http://www.ghqmodels.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3597
The GHQ site seems to have a lot of good research; however the data is blurred out. I may have to register to clearly read the data unless someone has a work around to suggest.
Onto the data I found – in the Northern Pacific Rwy Corporate files at the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN. The data is presented for education enlightenment. Now that these photocopies of the originals have been preserved by me in electronic form, I can recycle the paper. Only cubic yards yet to go.
Jim Dick Roseville, MN
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Re: Union Tank Car Co. UTLX 17441 a “squat”
Paul Doggett
Lester
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That’s another fine build I have never built a resin tank car I have found one. Paul Doggett. England 🏴
On 1 Feb 2020, at 12:32, Lester Breuer <rforailroad@...> wrote:
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Re: Diagrams: PFE Refrigerator Cars
mel perry
bob: i.notice that none of the rebuilds or the 40's are included? mel perry
On Sat, Feb 1, 2020, 9:42 AM Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb=verizon.net@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: Diagrams: PFE Refrigerator Cars
Tony Thompson
Bob Chaparro wrote:
It is important to recognize that all five classes in this list, R-30-3 and R-30-7 through R-30-10, are classes that were designed but NOT built. Tony Thompson
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Diagrams: PFE Refrigerator Cars
Diagrams: PFE Refrigerator Cars The diagrams below are of five classes of PFE refrigerator cars from Don Stack's Utah Rails website. These diagrams specify the general dimensions of the cars. Bob Chaparro Moderator Railroad Citrus Industry Modeling Group https://groups.io/g/RailroadCitrusIndustryModelingGroup ++++ R-30-3 R-30-7 R-30-8 R-30-9 R-30-10 A complete set of diagrams for a variety of freight cars is on this link: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Union-Pacific-Equip-Diagrams/OSL-1926-Freight-Cars/
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Re: Union Tank Car Co. UTLX 17441 a “squat”
Impressive Lester, great job on a difficult build Fenton
On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 9:46 AM Dave Boss <daveboss1976@...> wrote:
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Re: Union Tank Car Co. UTLX 17441 a “squat”
Dave Boss
Really enjoyed your blog. Great job on the X3. This car is one that I really need as I 'm modeling the oil industry in my area. I have just finished working on an 8000 gal ACF tank car myself, and decided to bend brass wire to for the hand rail as well. I had nothing to work with so I bent the hand rail ,free hand to use with the Precision Scale stanchions. This really discouraged me from trying this again. Your blog however renewed my interest in making hand rails in the future. I didn't realize they include a jig in the sunshine tank car kits. Unfortunately I have no Sunshine tank car kits to acquire one of those jigs. Dose anyone know if there is a jig available to make these handrails? Dave
On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 7:32 AM Lester Breuer <rforailroad@...> wrote:
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Union Tank Car Co. UTLX 17441 a “squat”
Lester Breuer
I have completed the build of Sunshine Models, kit 62.2, a Union Tank Car Company (UTLX) “squat” or “short” 8,000 gallon tank car I numbered 17441. If you are interested the build of this “squat” UTLX tank car which includes installing Precision Scale, #32110, handrail stanchions, photos and writeup of the build process including paint and weathering are now available on my blog I have to share photos and writeup of modeling projects on my Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company. If you would like to take a look please do at the following link:
http://mnrailroadcab100.blogspot.com/ Lester Breuer
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Re: Vague question about a gondola
Which gondola kit? Tangent have done 3 different ones...
Colin ‘t Hart Frösön, Sweden
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Re: Weathering Couplers
Andy Carlson
"Hot"Lacquer Thinner, by another name is available in California. It is called Acetone, and auto body shops have used it for decades for thinning lacquer base primer as it dries real quickly. It is too hot for color service work. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
On Friday, January 31, 2020, 5:04:05 PM PST, John Sykes III via Groups.Io <johnsykesiii@...> wrote:
P.S. You can't buy "hot" lacquer thinner in CA so I guess you have to drive out to Las Vegas to get some (>88% VOCs). Here in FL, anything goes. Xylenes (xylol) works good too for a thinner. I thnk DioSol was mainly xylenes and toluene.
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