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Re: NJI&I Postwar AAR Boxcar – Front Range Upgrade #1
Tony Thompson
Very nice-looking model, Bob, and quite an advance on what Front Range originally provided!
Tony Thompson
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Re: NJI&I Postwar AAR Boxcar – Front Range Upgrade #1
Paul Doggett
Very nicely Done Bob
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Paul Doggett. England 🏴
On 23 Jul 2020, at 18:09, Robert Chapman <chapbob4014@...> wrote:
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Re: Photo: Assorted Boxcars (NYC, MC, PRR & Wabash)
Gary Ray
Hi Bob, I really appreciate all the photo links you are sharing from the 20’s. I will copy the billboard image from this link. Also will investigate Duke’s billboard site more. Gary Ray Magalia, CA
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via groups.io
Photo: Assorted Boxcars (NYC, MC, PRR & Wabash) A 1921 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/outdooradvertising/XXX0660 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Photo: NC&St.L Boxcar 15397 (was 15337)
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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My typo error, I meant 15397! Sorry!
CLaus Schlund
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Re: Photo: NC&St.L Boxcar 15397 (was 15337)
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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Hi Bob and List Members,
Upon inspection of the end reporting marks, I think
this car number is actually 13397, not 15337
Thanks for the great images Bob!
Claus Schlund
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Re: Photo: Rock Island Boxcar With A Load Of Radios
Tony Thompson
Bob Chaparro wrote:
KDKA still exists (or did until quite recently), and was "grandfathered" in the general pattern of Western station call letters beginning with "K" and Eastern ones with "W". Tony Thompson
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Re: Photo: Livestock Cars With Roof Hatches
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Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] NJI&I Postwar AAR Boxcar – Front Range Upgrade #1
Gatwood, Elden J SAD
Nice car, Bob!
Elden Gatwood
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Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 12:38 PM To: STMFC E-List <main@Realstmfc.groups.io> Subject: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] NJI&I Postwar AAR Boxcar – Front Range Upgrade #1
Circa 1990, Front Range offered styrene kits for variations of postwar AAR boxcars with R-3-4 improved dreadnaught ends and diagonal panel roofs, a cache of which I unburied in my pandemic project to drain the stash of long-slumbering styrene kits. One of the variations is a 12-panel welded car with 8-foot doors – a prototype fielded by Wabash subsidiary NJI&I, which acquired two 50-car series in 1/50.
The Front Range carbody is nicely executed, but with add-on parts well below contemporary standards. New parts include a Yarmouth Models US Gypsum runningboard, Kadee 7/7 ladders/bracket grabs/Miner brakewheel, and Kato ASF A-3 trucks. Front Range’s deep fishbelly sidesill was modified to NJI&I’s more conventional pattern. Decals are from K4, which offers an amazing variety of secondary road choices. No weathering – once in a while we need a fresh car. Interestingly, the prototype lettering is “wrong side”. (Anyone know why?)
For those not already NJI&I modelers (!) – the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois was a short line created by Singer Sewing Machine to connect its South Bend plant to the Wabash 11 miles south; the roadname comes from the three states hosting Singer plants. Acquired by Wabash in 1926, it was operated as a separate subsidiary. Completing these undecs has added the fun of modeling prototypes that I would never have dreamed of pulling off the shelf at the LHS.
Regards, Bob Chapman
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NJI&I Postwar AAR Boxcar – Front Range Upgrade #1
Bob Chapman
Circa 1990, Front Range offered styrene kits for variations of postwar AAR boxcars with R-3-4 improved dreadnaught ends and diagonal panel roofs, a cache of which I unburied in my pandemic project to drain the stash of long-slumbering styrene kits. One of the variations is a 12-panel welded car with 8-foot doors – a prototype fielded by Wabash subsidiary NJI&I, which acquired two 50-car series in 1/50.
The Front Range carbody is nicely executed, but with add-on parts well below contemporary standards. New parts include a Yarmouth Models US Gypsum runningboard, Kadee 7/7 ladders/bracket grabs/Miner brakewheel, and Kato ASF A-3 trucks. Front Range’s deep fishbelly sidesill was modified to NJI&I’s more conventional pattern. Decals are from K4, which offers an amazing variety of secondary road choices. No weathering – once in a while we need a fresh car. Interestingly, the prototype lettering is “wrong side”. (Anyone know why?)
For those not already NJI&I modelers (!) – the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois was a short line created by Singer Sewing Machine to connect its South Bend plant to the Wabash 11 miles south; the roadname comes from the three states hosting Singer plants. Acquired by Wabash in 1926, it was operated as a separate subsidiary. Completing these undecs has added the fun of modeling prototypes that I would never have dreamed of pulling off the shelf at the LHS.
Bob Chapman
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Re: Buster Keaton again
Very likely these are Santa Fe livestock cars from their earlier classes, possibly Classes Sk-K, -L-, N or -P. Such cars appear on Page 71 of the book, Stock Cars of the Santa Fe Railway and a roof drawings appear on Pages 76 and 80. A wreck photo showing the roof details of ATSF 56161 (Class Sk-K), a single deck car built in 1907: http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/gallery/wreck/atsf56161main.html Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: Assorted Boxcars (NYC, MC, PRR & Wabash)
Photo: Assorted Boxcars (NYC, MC, PRR & Wabash) A 1921 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/outdooradvertising/XXX0660 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: Norfolk Southern & Seaboard Gondolas
Photo: Norfolk Southern & Seaboard Gondolas A 1926 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260401EC0083 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: Southern Gondolas 119079, 316116 & 119156
Photo: Southern Gondolas 119079, 316116 & 119156 1929 and 1930 photos from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19300503WC0344 https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19290503WC0194 https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19290301WC0174 Scroll on the photos to enlarge them. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photos: Norfolk Southern Boxcar 20178
Photos: Norfolk Southern Boxcar 20178 Two 1926 photos from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260615EC0123 https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260615EC0130 Scroll on the photos to enlarge them. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: NC&St.L Boxcar 15337
Photo: NC&St.L Boxcar 15337 A 1926 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260301EC0066 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: D&H Gondola 37595
Photo: D&H Gondola 37595 A 1926 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260601EC0118 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: Clinchfield Boxcar 8153
Photo: Clinchfield Boxcar 8153 A 1930 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19300503WC0346 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Photo: Rock Island Boxcar With A Load Of Radios
Why Radio Was "Special" In The Early 20th Century I've seen several photos of boxcars with banners proclaiming their load of radios. The reason was radio was something new and special in the early 20th Century. In 1919, Frank Conrad, a Westinghouse engineer, began broadcasting music in Pittsburgh. These broadcasts stimulated the sales of crystal sets. The popularity of Conrad’s broadcasts led to Westinghouse establishing a radio station, KDKA, in 1920. In 1921, KDKA began broadcasting prizefights and major league baseball. Westinghouse broadcast news and entertainment programs to entice people to purchase the radios they manufactured. And many manufacturers profited from selling an item that combined entertainment with furniture. There were five licensed radio stations in 1921. By 1930 there were 618. Annual sales of radios were $60 million in 1922. By 1929 they were $843 million. Going from almost nothing in 1920, by 1934 sixty percent of the nation’s households had radios. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Photo: NYC Boxcar 227130 & Buster Keaton
G.J. Irwin
This is great! Researching history can be fascinating. And incidentally, one of the overhead shots in the full blog post shows a neat switching puzzle for, of course, Steam Era Freight Cars.
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Re: Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 35
pennsylvania1954
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