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Ownership Of Tank Cars In 1950
Ownership Of Tank Cars In 1950 A list compiled by Jerry Britton: https://jbritton.pennsyrr.com/index.php/tpm/97-interchange-ownership-of-tank-cars-in-1950 This list represents tank cars rostered in North America, according to the Official Railway Equipment Register. This list does not include milk tanks, vinegar tanks, pickle tanks or tanks specifically denoted for company service. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] C&O MW Photos Part 2
Gatwood, Elden J SAD
Nice cars, Bill!
Elden Gatwood
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Bill McClure
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:59 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] C&O MW Photos Part 2
Long time lurker, but I have never posted. I am a long-time builder of, well, anything, including resin kits from the first offerings of Al W. I have also been a scratch builder since the 1960s. A few years ago I got an itch to try resin casting a series of C&O cars based on its 82,000-82,999 40-ton Auto Box, Class XAB, built 1924-25 by Illinois Car. The Hocking Valley had an identical series, 83,000-83,999, built 1924 by Pullman.
So here are three versions of essentially the same car body, as-built, C&O gray MOW dress, and the later green dress.
Bill
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Where's this one come from?
Clark Propst
Would like to know the origins of this car and if there was/is a model?
Thanks, CW Propst
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Re: Photo: Grain Sacks On Flat Cars
Comments from the Early Rail Group: The Monterey & Salinas Valley was built to move grain to port. When operating, sporadically from 1874 to 1880, it used every car it had in the annual fall grain rush—40 flats and 8 boxcars—to move thousands of sacks from shipping points (often just sacks stacked by the track) to the main warehouse at Monterey before the rains came. Using flats was a weakness, uncovered sacks on the cars did get wet and spoiled. Dave Eggleston +++ In California during the nineteenth century, sacks of grain were regularly shipped on flat cars. Don Ball ++++ Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: C&O MW Photos Part 2
Bill McClure
Long time lurker, but I have never posted. I am a long-time builder of, well, anything, including resin kits from the first offerings of Al W. I have also been a scratch builder since the 1960s. A few years ago I got an itch to try resin casting a series of C&O cars based on its 82,000-82,999 40-ton Auto Box, Class XAB, built 1924-25 by Illinois Car. The Hocking Valley had an identical series, 83,000-83,999, built 1924 by Pullman. So here are three versions of essentially the same car body, as-built, C&O gray MOW dress, and the later green dress. Bill Bill McClure www.billmcclure.smugmug.com
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Re: Distinctive Flat Car Toothpicks Timber Load
the car number looks like NP 697xx which would make it a 41 foot flat car
On 5/18/2020 1:23 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: C&O MW Photos
Bill McClure
I, too, spent a fair amount of time photographing C&O MOW equipment for the same reasons Garth mentioned. I must confess I trespassed many, many times, including over and under certain cars to fuel my modeling interests. Here is a link to a gallery on my website with C&O MOW cars based on steam era boxcars: Feel free to download any for personal uses, but please respect the copyright and do not use for commercial purposes without permission. Bill Bill McClure www.billmcclure.smugmug.com
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Re: Speedwitch Media Status?
Jim I also received a decal order from him last week
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Fenton
On May 18, 2020, at 10:57 PM, James Lackner <gp40p2@...> wrote:
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Re: Speedwitch Media Status?
James Lackner
Thanks everyone for your input on this. I am not in a rush, and I know these small vendors have lots going on, so I'll hang tight and hope for the best for him. I know I'll get it eventually. It's not like I don't have anything else to work on in the meantime!
Jim Lackner
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Re: C&O MW Photos
mofwcaboose <MOFWCABOOSE@...>
All too familiar a situation, in spite of more people thinking that anything having to do with railroads is worth a fortune.
I have two brothers; the younger knows to a penny what an old snare drum is worth, but is totally unable to conceive of the value of anything having to do with a railroad. The older has a somewhat better idea, but still would not know what to do in the event of my demise.
The situation is somewhat exacerbated because my negative collection is mostly MofW and cabooses, which few railfans and historians care about.
You should ask your sweetheart: "If these negatives were five-dollar bills, would you throw them away?"
John C. La Rue, Jr.
Bonita Springs, FL
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From: Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Sent: Mon, May 18, 2020 4:43 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] C&O MW Photos Bob,
I've considered that. My C&O/CSX negatives number over 500, plus around 200 for the Buckingham Branch Railroad (which I'm sure they would want), and more for lines associated with the C&O: Nelson & Albemarle, Shenandoah Valley, Rock Ten Paper, Shepherd Grain . . . Ouch! Someday they're going to get a CD, which should have the ID info attached to each image. First I owe their President an article on the Nelson & Albemarle which I wrote before I had health issues, but have never gotten back to finishing the photos.
My push right now is to get all my negatives scanned up and Photoshopped. I've nearly finished most of my binders including all the Virginia stuff since I moved to Charlottesville. The two big ones binders from California going back to the 1960s are maybe half done, but that still leaves maybe 2,000 images to work up.
Before I die, I hope to send all my stuff to various museums, since my sweetheart says when I go, it all goes too . . . right into the trash.
Yours Aye,
Garth Groff 🦆
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Re: refrigerator car ice hatches
Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
Hi Garth, The hatches were, for the most part, always in the same position on the reefers, right where the lateral roof walks were on a box car. So why does it make any difference which direction the ice hatches opened toward. The only icing machine I've ever seen was that f the Boston & Maine at the Mechanicville, NY yard while it was still there 50 years ago. As I recall without trying to find my photos this machine had its own set of rails straddling a single rack for the reefers. The machine would roll into position above the first car, four chutes were brought down into the mouths of the open ice bunkers and they were filled with the required amount of ice. The chutes were then lifted clear of the top of the car before the machine moved along to the next car. Thus it didn't matter which way the hatch opened. Frankly I often wondered why the didn't all open toward the center of the roof except that a car so equipped probably would not get enough ventilation when needed, that way. Now, if you are refering to Santa Fe cars with the Bohn Ventilation system that may be a horse of another color that I know noting about. My best, Don Valentine
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Re: L&N 65 foot Gondola photo
mark_landgraf
Joe
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As it turns out, L&N, and several others, seemed to like 20 panel fishbelly gons. The early batches, one for L&N 25000-25299, and another for NC&StL 41000-41025 that were re# L&N 26200-26224, and were built by Pressed Steel Car in 1948 and 1949 respectively. They also made the same cars for Sou, CNW, WM, and SAL, also in 1948 and 1949. The newer L&N gons appear to all have been made by Greenville Steel Car in 1956, 1958 and 1965. Order 675 LN 26000 Order 718 LN 38900 Order 863. LN 25900 So which batch are you looking for?
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Re: Distinctive Flat Car Toothpicks Timber Load
Jim Sabol
Those were typically four foot square or odd sizes like 38” square. In the racially insensitive nomenclature of the time, they were called “Jap Squares,” for re-sawing by the Japanese using their own system of construction measurements and techniques.
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Re: L&N 65 foot Gondola photo
Joseph
Thanks all! The three that I have received will get him to decalling his car. Thanks a bunch for your help Joe Binish
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:52 PM mark_landgraf via groups.io <mark_landgraf=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Joe
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Re: L&N 65 foot Gondola photo
Steven D Johnson
Joe,
Attached are two Greenville Steel Car Co. builder images of L&N 26000, part of L&N series 26000-26199, built in 1956.
Steve Johnson
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Joseph
Hi all, Has anyone got a photo of the above in the 50s? I have perused a bit on the net an haven’t gotten the search criteria correct yet
Thx, Joe Binish New Hope MN
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Re: L&N 65 foot Gondola photo
Joseph
Mark, This guy is not like us- he doesn’t know that stuff....he has the 65 ft kit and wants to get close Thx Joe Binish
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:52 PM mark_landgraf via groups.io <mark_landgraf=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Joe
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Re: L&N 65 foot Gondola photo
Joe here is one from 1966. Not the 50s, but it appears the car dates from that era or earlier.
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Joseph
Hi all, Has anyone got a photo of the above in the 50s? I have perused a bit on the net an haven’t gotten the search criteria correct yet
Thx, Joe Binish New Hope MN
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Re: L&N 65 foot Gondola photo
Bill Welch
Bob's Photo has a Col. Chet McCoid photo of L&N #25158 in service. I had a modeling article in the L&N's Historical Society magazine 2-3 years ago that is probably still available from them. Speedwitch has Resin ends and decals for modeling w/Athearn model.
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Re: L&N 65 foot Gondola photo
mark_landgraf
Joe
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Can you identify cars manufacturer, when it was built, or other rrs that had the same car. Road numbers would be helpful too. Fishbelly frame and or sides? What is the side panel count? I have a lot photos but the first sort is by manufacturer.
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Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] WP and SP&S 1944 AAR Boxcars -- C&BT Upgrades #4 & #5
Clark Propst
Can you elaborate on the weathering of the SP&S car? Really nice.
CW Propst
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