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Re: New Decals announced
I just realized I was responding to the STMFC group, not Mr. Mask directly. Mea cupla! I will try to be more alert in future.
Thanks!
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Rock Island 40' PS-1 boxcar again
Bud Rindfleisch
A couple weeks ago, a photo of a Rock Island 40' PS-1 boxcar was posted, I missed whether the doors were 6' or 7', can anyone confirm or repost the pic? At least I think it was a PS-1, I know it was a 10' 6" IH car.
Bud Rindfleisch
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Re: Photo: Loading Oil (Undated - Early 1900s?)
Tony Thompson
Claus Schlund wrote: Note that NONE of the tank cars come equipped with any sort of dome platform nor any real place for employees to stand while working on loading/unloading the cars. To make up for this shortcoming, every car has a plank of wood to serve as a walkway and a work platform bridging from the car to the loading area.
It's not a cable, it's a rod, called a dome yoke, and is attached on both sides. It prevents rotation around the long axis of the tank. The invention of the center anchor obviated the need for these yokes. Tony Thompson
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Re: Photo: Loading Oil (Undated - Early 1900s?)
Agree, Thanks, Bob. UTLX 629 has a Bettendorf steel underframe circa 1903. According to the 1919 tank car tariff, it had a capacity of 12062 gallons with a dome capacity of 232 gallons.
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2020 1:46 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: Loading Oil (Undated - Early 1900s?)
HI Bob,
Thanks for the fascinating photo. I'm thinking, if I fill in some blanks in the photo, that the car closest to the camera possibly maybe is UTLX 629.
Note that NONE of the tank cars come equipped with any sort of dome platform nor any real place for employees to stand while working on loading/unloading the cars. To make up for this shortcoming, every car has a plank of wood to serve as a walkway and a work platform bridging from the car to the loading area.
I'm impressed that the loading area's elevated wooden walkway does NOT seem to be all soaked with oil!
It is clear that the tank car closest to the camera has the tank secured to the underframe by a cable that encirles the dome. The rest of the cars in the photo might have a more 'modern' tank anchorage.
What a glimpse into life over a century ago
Claus Schlund
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Re: looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project
Richard Townsend
I went through my stash of old kits and found nothing. Front Range, McKean, C&BT, Branchline, etc. Plenty of 5-6-6 and 6-6-5, but no 5-6-5. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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From: Brent Greer <studegator@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2020 11:52 am Subject: [RealSTMFC] looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project I am hoping someone can help me with a project I am working on. The car is a 1945 DD boxcar, 10'6" height cars with 14' door opening (two 7' doors) that were of the interim improved youngstown design with the 5-6-5 corrugations and the wide seams. Can any of you point me to a source for suitable doors in HO scale (even if they might have been in a resin kit at some point)? Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.
Sincere thanks, Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer
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Re: looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project
mel perry
slice & dice?
On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 12:38 PM Brent Greer <studegator@...> wrote:
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Re: looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project
Brent Greer
I did not find them on Kadee or Speedwitch. The ones from SouthWest Scale are the right configuration, but only a 6' width vs. the 7' that I need. I will check Yarmouth next
Thanks,
Brent
Dr. J. Brent Greer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...>
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2020 3:34 PM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io <main@realstmfc.groups.io> Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project Maybe Kadee, check the as well
On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 3:33 PM O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...> wrote:
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Re: Photo: Loading Oil (Undated - Early 1900s?)
earlyrail
<<possibly
maybe is UTLX 629. The UTLX reporting marks places it in the mid teens for later. The requirement for the X did not appear until 1913 Howard Garner
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Re: looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project
Maybe Kadee, check the as well
On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 3:33 PM O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...> wrote:
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Re: looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project
Have you tired Speedwitch or Yarmouth Model works, I don't think SW Scale has one.
On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 2:52 PM Brent Greer <studegator@...> wrote: I am hoping someone can help me with a project I am working on. The car is a 1945 DD boxcar, 10'6" height cars with 14' door opening (two 7' doors) that were of the interim improved youngstown design with the 5-6-5 corrugations and the wide seams. Can any of you point me to a source for suitable doors in HO scale (even if they might have been in a resin kit at some point)? Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated. --
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Re: New Decals announced
Thanks!
From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Hubert Mask <maskisland@...>
Shot me a photo please. Or a reference. I'll get on it.
Thank you.
Hubert
On Aug 8, 2020, at 11:52 AM, BRIAN PAUL EHNI <bpehni@...> wrote:
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Re: New Decals announced
Thanks!
From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Hubert Mask <maskisland@...>
Shot me a photo please. Or a reference. I'll get on it.
Thank you.
Hubert
On Aug 8, 2020, at 11:52 AM, BRIAN PAUL EHNI <bpehni@...> wrote:
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Re: Photo: Rock Island Boxcar 20060 (1945)
Aluminum express car.
Thanks!
From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io" <chiefbobbb@...>
Photo: Rock Island Boxcar 20060 (1945) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc543259/m1/1/?q=box%20car Photo can be enlarged quite a bit. Publicity photo. Good detail of "B" end. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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looking for a source for Youngstown early post war (wide seam panels) corrugated 7' opening doors for 10'6" double door boxcar project
Brent Greer
I am hoping someone can help me with a project I am working on. The car is a 1945 DD boxcar, 10'6" height cars with 14' door opening (two 7' doors) that were of the interim improved youngstown design with the 5-6-5 corrugations and the wide seams. Can any of you point me to a source for suitable doors in HO scale (even if they might have been in a resin kit at some point)? Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.
Sincere thanks, Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer
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Re: Photo: Loading Oil (Undated - Early 1900s?)
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
HI Bob,
Thanks for the fascinating photo. I'm thinking, if
I fill in some blanks in the photo, that the car closest to the camera possibly
maybe is UTLX 629.
Note that NONE of the tank cars come
equipped with any sort of dome platform nor any real place for
employees to stand while working on loading/unloading the cars. To make up for
this shortcoming, every car has a plank of wood to serve as a walkway and a work
platform bridging from the car to the loading area.
I'm impressed that the loading area's elevated
wooden walkway does NOT seem to be all soaked with oil!
It is clear that the tank car closest to the camera
has the tank secured to the underframe by a cable that encirles the dome. The
rest of the cars in the photo might have a more 'modern' tank
anchorage.
What a glimpse into life over a century
ago
Claus Schlund
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Re: Photo: Rock Island Boxcar 20060 (1945)
Tony Thompson
Bob Chaparro wrote:
Bob doesn't mention it, but this is one of the Rock Island's aluminum box cars, intended for head-end BX service. Nice photo, though possibly an excessive number of women, dramatizing who knows what. Tony Thompson
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Re: DT&I Postwar AAR Boxcar – Front Range Upgrade #2
Bob Chapman
Don Valentine asks:
What was the date the car was built? Wonder if I can squeeze one in.
Don -- 10/50. I'll bet you can.
Bob Chapman
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Photo: Frisco Hopper 88447 (1954)
Photo: Frisco Hopper 88447 (1954) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc218238/?q=freight%20car Photo can be enlarged quite a bit. A wreck photo showing some underbody detail and the "B" end. Is it possible that the side panels were added to this car after it was built? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: Loading Oil (Undated - Early 1900s?)
Photo: Loading Oil (Undated - Early 1900s?) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1593835/?q=loading Photo can be enlarged quite a bit. I'm guess the time period is early 1900s. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Photo: SOO Boxcar 40388 (Circa 1930)
Photo: SOO Boxcar 40388 (Circa 1930) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1120289/?q=freight%20house Photo can be enlarged quite a bit. Single-sheathed boxcar. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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