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Re: Andrews truck with power pickups
william darnaby
To facilitate moving freight cars on my railroad I replaced a pair of failed P2K 0-8-0 tender trucks with those from Bethlehem Car Works equipped with home made wipers to create 8 wheel pickup.
Bill Darnaby
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Schuyler Larrabee via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:00 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Andrews truck with power pickups
Not to hijack this thread, but does anyone know where I could buy some replacement Andrews trucks for the Life-Like USRA switch engines? I have twice now suffered a melted truck thanks to a short across a gap. At one time extra tenders were available, and I fixed the first melted truck by replacing it with a truck from an extra tender, but I now have a sound-equipped DCC 0-8-0 that is useless.
Oh, and oops, I realize that on this list, I need to mention that I use my 0-8-0s to switch FREIGHT CARS!!
Whew!
Schuyler
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Re: NP Mystery Car
BRIAN PAUL EHNI
Maybe wood chips, but I see roof hatches, one being open.
Thanks!
From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tony Thompson <tony@...>
Wood chips. Note lack of roof. Tony Thompson
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Re: NP Mystery Car
Tony Thompson
Wood chips. Note lack of roof.
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Tony Thompson
On Feb 25, 2020, at 6:57 PM, Hudson Leighton <hudsonl@...> wrote:
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NP Mystery Car
Hudson Leighton <hudsonl@...>
This car appears to have been a LCL Transfer Car, but whats with all the small doors?
One suggestion is a sawdust car. The notes with the photo say Tacoma Division, but one respondent says it looks like Spokane. -Hudson
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Re: Photo: Freight Cars The Departure Yard At Boston Freight Terminal
rwitt_2000
I see a lone B&O AAR triple hopper, just below the power plant chimney. Probably a single load to a coal yard of some type of specialized coal.
Bob Witt
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Re: Looking for GN Monogram—Side Facing Goat: Great Northern Railway
As RJDial mentioned, the 1936 date for the side facing goat was not for freight cars. The side goat was first used for freight cars in 1941 as he said. The 1936 date was for locomotives' first use of the side goat. Doug Paasch
On Feb 25, 2020 5:54 PM, "Brian Stokes" <bstokesndp@...> wrote: The "historic collections" #1 and 2 do have dates. The side-facing "silhouette" style Goat herald started in 1936. I can't say for certain what size it was, but I could inquire for you over on the GNRHS io group if you want. I'm a GN steam-era modeller and I can't even keep track of the heralds. Usually I just work from photos.
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Re: Ice Reefer Conversions to Mechanical?
np328
About 1970 ? So well, well, way off the time frame of this list. Jim Dick
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 ready for Priming
Mike Settle
Have you guys heard of Archer Fine Transfers? He makes rivets in various sizes. He is very popular with the military modelers.
Mike Settle
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Re: Santa Fe Freight Near Victorville - Mystery Loads
Hi Bob, It’s only a guess but could it be rolls of steel? The flats appear to be heavy duty. Can anyone identify them? Rich Yoder
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io
Santa Fe Freight Near Victorville - Mystery Loads A photo from the Kansas Historical Society: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/51765 Click on the photo to enlarge it, then click on the "Enlarge" button to further enlarge it. Caption: "Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe manifest train (a fast freight train hauling perishables or livestock) with caboose ATSF 1810 brining up the rear of the train. This photograph was taken in the high desert of California near the Mohave River near Victorville, California by R. C. Bradley for AT&SF." Does anyone know what are the loads on the six flat cars ahead of the three tank cars? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: [External] Re: [RealSTMFC] REA questions
Hi Dennis, I know it’s not proper to answer a question with another question but does anyone know when REA purchased the cars from the Army? Rich Yoder
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Dennis Storzek
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 05:32 PM, naptownprr wrote:
http://www.gregariousrailfan.com/images/REA_rail_car.jpg
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Re: What is the major difference between these cars ???
Hi Paul,
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There are several differences. Door hardware, Door track both top and bottom. Ladder rungs on WAB - C&IE has a ladder. It appears that the WAB has a fish belly center sill. I doubt they were built by the same company. Rich Yoder
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From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Paul Doggett via Groups.Io Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 10:57 AM To: RealSTMFC@groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] What is the major difference between these cars ??? 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: Looking for GN Monogram—Side Facing Goat: Great Northern Railway
Brian Stokes
The "historic collections" #1 and 2 do have dates. The side-facing "silhouette" style Goat herald started in 1936. I can't say for certain what size it was, but I could inquire for you over on the GNRHS io group if you want. I'm a GN steam-era modeller and I can't even keep track of the heralds. Usually I just work from photos.
-- Brian Stokes https://northpoint48.blogspot.com/
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Re: Sunshine Kits web page
Ryan Laroche
https://web.archive.org/web/20160324162818/http://sunshinekits.com/index.html
The wayback machine is an excellent resource for situations such as this... Ryan Laroche Red Deer County, AB
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Re: Andrews truck with power pickups
Eric Hansmann
Here’s an idea to add wipers.
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And another technique. I used this last technique on a pair of P2K HO scale 0-8-0s I bought in the very first run. They are champs doing freight car switching work. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
On Feb 25, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Charles Peck <lnnrr152@...> wrote:
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SOLD Re: for sale: large lot HO freight car details
C J Wyatt
That was quick. I appreciate people taking a look.
Jack Wyatt
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for sale: large lot HO freight car details
C J Wyatt
Since I am intending to do my future modeling in another scale, I've gathered up my HO freight car details and trucks and put then on eBay in a fixed price format:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/124097112250 If you are interested but feel that the price is too high, please follow as I will reduce the asking price whenever the mood strikes me until the lot is sold. Thank you for your consideration. Jack Wyatt
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Re: Ice Reefer Conversions to Mechanical?
mopacfirst
I can't immediately come up with the photo, but around 1970 I saw one of those 40' ice bunker reefers converted to mechanical by cutting out a section about five or six feet wide from the A end of the car, and a section of the roof about three feet deep, to mount a Thermo King refrigeration unit. As I recall, it was either Armour or Hormel. This would have been on the Rock Island on the Herington-Ft. Worth line.
Ron Merrick
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Re: Andrews truck with power pickups
So, would a satisfactory solution be this? A pair of metal Andrews sideframes, an engineering plastic bolster, and two split-axle wheelsets. Somehow it would need, I guess, a wiring connection at the sideframe/bolster joint. Not sure about a suitable bolster, but I think the rest could come out of my parts bins. Chuck Peck
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 5:40 PM Charlie Vlk <cvlk@...> wrote:
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Re: Andrews truck with power pickups
Charlie Vlk
Schuyler- If any turn up….I asked first and am going to use them to upgrade my Life-Like HO USRA 0-8-0 to switch freight cars as well, if truth be known! Mine came without tender pickup and isn’t worth putting sound into. Even though it kills me, I will likely strip its CB&Q lettering and try to detail it for an L&N C2 to operate here in Nashville. I tried in person at Walthers “back in the day” and didn’t know about the availability of whole tenders at the time! I’ve double checked and Bachmann and BLI do not use all wheel pickup on their locomotive tenders or noisy stock cars (I don’t think the chickens in the Bachmann poultry cars are going to make sounds since it appears the screening on their cages is just printed on a steel box car body). I tried personally at Walthers “back in the day” and didn’t know about the availability of whole tenders at the time! Charlie Vlk
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Schuyler Larrabee via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:00 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Andrews truck with power pickups
Not to hijack this thread, but does anyone know where I could buy some replacement Andrews trucks for the Life-Like USRA switch engines? I have twice now suffered a melted truck thanks to a short across a gap. At one time extra tenders were available, and I fixed the first melted truck by replacing it with a truck from an extra tender, but I now have a sound-equipped DCC 0-8-0 that is useless.
Oh, and oops, I realize that on this list, I need to mention that I use my 0-8-0s to switch FREIGHT CARS!!
Whew!
Schuyler
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Charlie Vlk
All- Does anyone know of a source for HO trucks that have power pickup on both sides similar to the ones that were provided on later production Life-Like Proto2000 steam locomotives. I need a pair for an HO project that I am dabbling in and would prefer the N Scale type “low friction” pointed axle pickup rather than the back of the wheel or axle pickups that seem to be the accepted norm in HO. Charlie Vlk
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Re: Andrews truck with power pickups
Todd Sullivan
The LifeLike P2K USRA 0-6-0 and the later production of the USRA 0-8-0 used the standard LL 33" wheelsets, which had smooth (shiny) wheels and plastic axles, with thin shim brass or phosphor bronze wires on both sides of the truck frame (i.e., all 4 wheels) as a means to collect current from both rails. I converted an early production 0-8-0 to the same setup. The amount of friction caused by the pickups rubbing against the backs of the wheels (all the wheels on the tender) was pretty small, since the trucks rolled very freely to begin with, and the wheel backs were very smooth. Using Kadee wheels would probably increase the friction due to the material and finish, but that is conjecture on my part. Central Valley wheelsets were insulated on one side and were not shiny smooth. Beyond that, they were made of brass which would oxidize over time on both the backs and treads, which I think would tend to reduce effective electrical pickup on the wheels.
Todd Sullivan.
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