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Re: Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Allen Cain
Thanks to all who helped. Great info! I also want to give a shout out to Broadway Limited. The sent a copy of the artwork drawing and ORER for the closest year they had with the company listed. Allen Cain
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Re: What is the major difference between these cars ???
Paul Doggett
Johannes
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Thank you Paul Doggett
On 18 Feb 2020, at 16:01, vapeurchapelon <j.markwart@gmx.net> wrote:
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Re: What is the major difference between these cars ???
vapeurchapelon
And the Wabash car has grab irons instead of side ladders.
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Johannes
Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 2020 um 16:57 Uhr
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Re: What is the major difference between these cars ???
vapeurchapelon
Hello Paul,
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the floor of the Wabash car is a fishbelly type, whereas the C&EI is "flat". Greetings Johannes modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953
Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 2020 um 16:57 Uhr
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What is the major difference between these cars ???
Paul Doggett
Hi what are the ends on the C&EI car and are the any other major differences between them.
Paul Doggett England 🏴
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Re: Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Doug Pillow
Virginia Chemical was/is located in West Norfolk,apart of Portsmouth Va. It was serviced by the Atlantic & Danville, later the Norfolk, Franklin and Danville, NS, and now I believe by a short line sucessor to NF&D Doug Pillow
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 ready for Priming
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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Bill,
This is indeed a work of art!
Claus Schlund
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 ready for Priming
vapeurchapelon
Hello Bill,
this is just great looking! Strange ends, retainer on the "wrong" side - a real stand-out car.
Greetings
Johannes
modeling the early poat-war years up to about 1953
Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 2020 um 15:43 Uhr
Von: "Bill Welch" <fgexbill@...> An: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Betreff: [RealSTMFC] Piedmont & Northern 1101 ready for Priming One last look at my Styrene and Resin Piedmont & Northern 40-foot boxcar with Vertical Murphy ends (thanks to Dr. Dave Campbell at Yuma Car & Foundry) and Hutchins roof before it is primed. Other highlights include shortened Tichy “Superior” doors, square brake shaft, and scratch built doorstops, placard boards, draft gear buffers and ladders. The Hutchins roof was harvested from an Accurail 8-panel single sheathed boxcar and copied in resin. It was also widened slightly by cutting it down the middle and adding styrene shim. To make the “L” section batten strip I cut .005 sheet styrene into narrow strips and then glued the base to the car side with sparing amounts of Testor’s so as to not to distort it and then gave the cement 24-hours to cure. Next I added the second strip on edge and again allowed that to cure for a day. Again I was sparing with the Testors There are 330 rivets harvested from Athearn “blue box” freight cars—the larger ones visible on the Gusset Plates are from their gondola while the smaller ones (and the majority) are from their steel boxcar. There are sixty such harvested rivets attached to the batten strip, twelve for each ladder, nine for door door jam, and so on. The larger rivets or bolt heads seen on the edges and sides of the ends are Tichy .020 rivets. To me it is kind of magical when the primer or paint goes onto a model. Even though it obscures the details that get added in making a model like this, it immediately transforms it too.
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Piedmont & Northern 1101 ready for Priming
Bill Welch
One last look at my Styrene and Resin Piedmont & Northern 40-foot boxcar with Vertical Murphy ends (thanks to Dr. Dave Campbell at Yuma Car & Foundry) and Hutchins roof before it is primed. Other highlights include shortened Tichy “Superior” doors, square brake shaft, and scratch built doorstops, placard boards, draft gear buffers and ladders. The Hutchins roof was harvested from an Accurail 8-panel single sheathed boxcar and copied in resin. It was also widened slightly by cutting it down the middle and adding styrene shim. To make the “L” section batten strip I cut .005 sheet styrene into narrow strips and then glued the base to the car side with sparing amounts of Testor’s so as to not to distort it and then gave the cement 24-hours to cure. Next I added the second strip on edge and again allowed that to cure for a day. Again I was sparing with the Testors There are 330 rivets harvested from Athearn “blue box” freight cars—the larger ones visible on the Gusset Plates are from their gondola while the smaller ones (and the majority) are from their steel boxcar. There are sixty such harvested rivets attached to the batten strip, twelve for each ladder, nine for door door jam, and so on. The larger rivets or bolt heads seen on the edges and sides of the ends are Tichy .020 rivets. To me it is kind of magical when the primer or paint goes onto a model. Even though it obscures the details that get added in making a model like this, it immediately transforms it too.
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Re: Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Allan Smith
Attached are copies of the 1938, 1944, 1952, 1958 ORERS for Virginia Smelting Co. Al Smith Sonora CA
On Monday, February 17, 2020, 01:40:14 PM PST, Dave Parker via Groups.Io <spottab@...> wrote:
As always, Ian Cranstone's tabulation of reporting marks is a very good place to start (I should of looked there first): -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Re: GRAB IRONS
WILLIAM PARDIE
The initial .008 grabs from BLMA were stainless steel. Later I believe they used phosper bronze..The ones that I just received from Atlas seem to be brass. I have not tested them. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: "Dave Parker via Groups.Io" <spottab@...> Date: 2/16/20 3:30 PM (GMT-10:00) To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] GRAB IRONS I have bent some SS grabs out of guitar strings, but I don't think there have been any commercial offerings, at least recently. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Re: Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Dave Parker
As always, Ian Cranstone's tabulation of reporting marks is a very good place to start (I should of looked there first):
-- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Re: Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Virginia Smelting Company is listed on page 687of the July 1945 ORER.
The reporting marks are V.S.X. The car list is similar to that posted by Dave--some cars added, some cars removed--a total of 33 cars. There IS 116 and 119, there is NOT 120 and 121. April 1961 still shows VSX. The reporting marks for the company (and the name, sort of) were changed between that date and July 1965 to VCSX. Ed Edward Sutorik
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Re: Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Schleigh Mike
VCSX and Virginia Chemical, Inc are not listed in either the Oct 1958 or Oct 1959 issues of the ORER. Mike Schleigh in Grove City, Penna.
On Monday, February 17, 2020, 03:25:48 PM EST, Allen Cain <allencaintn@...> wrote:
I am looking for information on Virginia Chemical Tank cars as offered by Broadway Limited (Item # 6125). These cars have built dates of 1941 and 1946 but do not appear in my 1953, 1954 or 1955 ORER. However they have "Test" dates in 1958 thru 1960. This leads me to assume that they were originally lettered for another road and later re-lettered for Virginia Chemical. If you have an ORER for 1956 to 1959 I would appreciate it if you could see if these cars are listed and if so can you tell me their classification type code? VCSX 116 VCSX 119 VCSX 120 VCSX 121 And if anyone has background information on Virginia Chemical it would be appreciated. Thanks, Allen Cain
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Re: Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Dave Parker
A little later than you requested, but there they are:
-- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Virginia Chemical Tank Cars
Allen Cain
I am looking for information on Virginia Chemical Tank cars as offered by Broadway Limited (Item # 6125). These cars have built dates of 1941 and 1946 but do not appear in my 1953, 1954 or 1955 ORER. However they have "Test" dates in 1958 thru 1960.
This leads me to assume that they were originally lettered for another road and later re-lettered for Virginia Chemical. If you have an ORER for 1956 to 1959 I would appreciate it if you could see if these cars are listed and if so can you tell me their classification type code? VCSX 116 VCSX 119 VCSX 120 VCSX 121 And if anyone has background information on Virginia Chemical it would be appreciated. Thanks, Allen Cain
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Re: GRAB IRONS
Dave Parker
I believe Bill was asking specifically for scale (0.008") grabs, for which BLMA/Atlas and Tangent fill the bill. Tichy does not.
I have bent some SS grabs out of guitar strings, but I don't think there have been any commercial offerings, at least recently. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Offered: HO Red Caboose Factory Built 1937 AAR box cars
Andy Carlson
Hello- I have three (3) Factory assembled HO Red Caboose 1937 AAR single 6' door box cars, all in new and never been removed from packaging condition. RC #RR38086-3 Lake Superior & Ishpeming w/o herald 10-51 repaint scheme L.S.& I. 2211 RC #RR38062 Clinchfield RR Freight car red w/ bowtie herald 12-62 repaint scheme CRR 5460 RC #RR38009-10 Canadian Pacific FCR w/ "Spans the World" & Tilted globe-train-plane herald. CP 22130. Interesting, this car has Canadian style of 8-rung ladders with the corner sill step integral w/ the ladder. I was never able to get these ladders from RC. 9-47 repaint scheme. Offered for $26 each. plus buy to pay $5.50 and up for shipping. I accept checks and money orders. With a small fee I accept PayPal. Contact me off-list (please) for details at <midcentury@...> Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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RPCs for sale
I’m selling some railroad prototype Cyclopedia’s for a friend of mine we have the following volumes available for $20 each plus shipping.
#1(2), 4, 9, 12(2),16, 18, 29 2 copies of 1 and 12. Plus edition 14 of the CDS lettering guide for $5 Contact me off list at prrk41361 at yahoo dot com. If interested. Brian J. Carlson
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Re: GRAB IRONS
Allen Cain
FYI Atlas still has wire grab irons listed on their website: Scroll down and you will see them. Allen Cain
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