Hi List Members,

A C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers -
Renovo PA 1952

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll26/id/
4012

Enjoy!

Claus Schlund

Hi List Members,

A C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers -
Renovo PA 1952

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll26/id/
4012

Enjoy!

Claus Schlund

Hi List Members,

A C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers -
Renovo PA 1952

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll26/id/
4012

Enjoy!

Claus Schlund

Hi List Members,

A C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers -
Renovo PA 1952

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll26/id/4012

Enjoy!

Claus Schlund

Garth,

Also being an RF&P kind of person, I will point out that an RF&P car could
have shipped product from Virginia to Points Anywhere, and then be reloaded
back to a shortline connected to RF&P.  I believe that is how it was
supposed to work.

My point is that RF&P cars weren't only for on-line shipping.

I photographed RF&P 2202, 2298 and 2187 in Oakland CA in 1975-1978.  I am
sure they were all yearning to get back to their home with good California
products.  Maybe something from Delmonte?

Ed

Edward Sutorik

Well, personally, the Tichy 7/8 ends leave something to be desired on the
CPR car. The ribs end too far from the corners, and the top rib on the top
end panel is too close to the roof. But its subtle. The Tichy roof needs
to be upgraded - its slim edge isn’t like the CPR cars. A couple of snap
shots attached.

Rob

On Jun 16, 2021, at 4:16 PM, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
<mallardlodge1000@...> wrote:

Friends,

With three Tichy USRA SS boxcar kits in my to-do pile (really more of
a closet), I did a little digging to find which roads still rostered
these cars in more-or-less original condition circa 1958. This means I
skipped the cars rebuilt with new roofs, replacement Z-bar bracing,
steel-sided conversions, rebuilt for special service, etc. I am
limited my search to the near original cars to minimize changes to the
Tichy kits.

To do this I consulted my 1958 ORER, RPC 17, and an article by Richard
Hendrickson in MODEL RAILROADING (sorry, but I cut off the date when I
scanned this article, and the paper copy is now long gone).

Ann Arbor had 62 cars in series 90000-90149.

B&O rostered just 8 in series 187004-187444.

Chicago & North Western had a meret 4 in series 143700-144689 and
144700-145698,

Clinchfield had 79 in series 8000-8299. All 1950s photos I've seen of
these cars suggest they were in restricted online service, either
marked for "rough freight" or in freight house service (most of the
latter had a large ring painted on their doors around the restricted
service notice).

Reading rostered 26 in series 5001-5999.

RF&P had 8 cars in series 981-1130 and 9 more in series 2451-2800.

Obviously, USRA cars were pretty rare by the end our period of
interest. Many survivors were in restricted service, and others had
been heavily modified.

Additionally, Richard Hendrickson noted that Canadian Pacific had a
series of 1921 7/8-end clones (apparently with hat-shape braces,
versus the more common Z-bar clones) in series 234000-238536. There
were a whopping 3066 cars in service in 1958.

I suspect the Ann Arbor cars might have been in auto parts service, so
I would probably opt for Reading as a wild card. Thanks to a soft spot
for the RF&P, I would certainly go for one of theirs, especially if I
could find some sort of product the might be shipped regularly from
that road to my rather limited Virginia shortline. The RF&P is often
thought of as a bridge line, but they did have a number of online
shippers at Fredericksburg, plus a connecting shortline (Virginia
Central). A shippers' guide might help here.

Although Canadian cars are somewhat problematic in the US, I will
probably do one of their cars. Again, I need to find a justification
for a Canadian car in rural Virginia. Tichy sells the 7/8 ends to fit
their model, and I actually have a pair in my parts stock.

Comments are welcome.

Yours Aye,


Garth Groff

On 06/16/2021 7:16 PM Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> wrote:


Friends,

With three Tichy USRA SS boxcar kits in my to-do pile (really more of
a closet), I did a little digging to find which roads still rostered
these cars in more-or-less original condition circa 1958. This means I
skipped the cars rebuilt with new roofs, replacement Z-bar bracing,
steel-sided conversions, rebuilt for special service, etc. I am
limited my search to the near original cars to minimize changes to the
Tichy kits.

To do this I consulted my 1958 ORER, RPC 17, and an article by Richard
Hendrickson in MODEL RAILROADING (sorry, but I cut off the date when I
scanned this article, and the paper copy is now long gone).

Ann Arbor had 62 cars in series 90000-90149.

B&O rostered just 8 in series 187004-187444.

Chicago & North Western had a meret 4 in series 143700-144689 and 144700-145698,

Clinchfield had 79 in series 8000-8299. All 1950s photos I've seen of
these cars suggest they were in restricted online service, either
marked for "rough freight" or in freight house service (most of the
latter had a large ring painted on their doors around the restricted
service notice).

Reading rostered 26 in series 5001-5999.

RF&P had 8 cars in series 981-1130 and 9 more in series 2451-2800.

Obviously, USRA cars were pretty rare by the end our period of
interest. Many survivors were in restricted service, and others had
been heavily modified.

Additionally, Richard Hendrickson noted that Canadian Pacific had a
series of 1921 7/8-end clones (apparently with hat-shape braces,
versus the more common Z-bar clones) in series 234000-238536. There
were a whopping 3066 cars in service in 1958.

I suspect the Ann Arbor cars might have been in auto parts service, so
I would probably opt for Reading as a wild card. Thanks to a soft spot
for the RF&P, I would certainly go for one of theirs, especially if I
could find some sort of product the might be shipped regularly from
that road to my rather limited Virginia shortline. The RF&P is often
thought of as a bridge line, but they did have a number of online
shippers at Fredericksburg, plus a connecting shortline (Virginia
Central). A shippers' guide might help here.

Although Canadian cars are somewhat problematic in the US, I will
probably do one of their cars. Again, I need to find a justification
for a Canadian car in rural Virginia. Tichy sells the 7/8 ends to fit
their model, and I actually have a pair in my parts stock.

Comments are welcome.

Yours Aye,


Garth Groff

Hi Folks,

 

               Ironically, someone asked me OFFLIST yesterday if it was okay to discuss eBay policies on RealSTMFC.  I told him NO, and he has kindly refrained.

 

               Now I see that others are bringing up eBay.  Sorry folks, our topic is Steam-Era Freight Cars.  We’re not here to talk about eBay (which could be used to buy or sell STMFC’s), nor the Post Office (which could be used to ship models) nor food (which feeds people who build models of STMFC’s), nor any other tangential topic.

 

Thanks for your cooperation.

 

-Jeff Aley

Deputy Moderator, RealSTMFC