Re: Dan Smith's offering of Gerstley Freight Car Slides
Andy Carlson
Normally I don't exchange postings on computer viruses
(perhaps from the arrogance gained from owning a Mac), though Dan did tell me his problems, and it was a suggestion from me that this was a virus. He explained a reply off-list about the slides from a STMFC member had an attachment, which when Dan opened it, the trouble cascaded into the problems that beset him. I suspect the sender is himself possessing an infected computer, and is unaware. Dan told me the member's name, and it was not one that I recognized. Best advice is still "don't open attachments from strangers". Though that may not be enough..... Poor Dan, Just joined the computer age and the Steam era group- hope this doesn't prompt a return to the trogs, Dan has an awful lot to offer us. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA --- Anthony Thompson <thompson@signaturepress.com> wrote: Andy Carlson wrote:http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/9MtolB/TMDan has called me to ask that I post to the STMFCthatDan has acquired a virus from a respondent on theopening --------------------------------------------------------------------~->
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Re: Dan Smith's offering of Gerstley Freight Car Slides
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Andy Carlson wrote:
Dan has called me to ask that I post to the STMFC thatI thought Yahoo stripped off ALL attachments. If Dan got the virus from e-mail, I would think it was from someone not contacting via the list (though maybe a list MEMBER). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@signaturepress.com Publishers of books on railroad history
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Re: Decal mystery - RESOLVED- But another problem
Dean Payne <deanpayne@...>
Thanks for the advice. I removed the old decal with MicroSol and a
cotton swab, cleaned the area of any residue, and used the other PMcK&Y decal from the set. I was able to get the film to pretty much dissapear. I don't know what the problem with the first try was, it does not appear to be a bad batch. Note the slight change in the subject line: I have another problem with my Westerfield GN large, front facing goat decal. The large herald has a wrinkle in it, this is a dual-layer black circle/goat- and-lettering, and I don't know whether it was the black circle or white 2nd layer. Anyhow, I pricked a bubble to get it to snug down, but there appears to be a wrinkle where the bubble used to be. It may not be worth messing with. It is an extremely large decal, perhaps larger decals are prone to more problems like this. Dean Payne --- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "benjaminfrank_hom" <b.hom@w...> wrote: Dean Payne wrote:a tan/grey background, even though I applied two or three applicationsthe decal? I also lettered two other cars the same day, and had noMicro Sol is often too weak to deal with it. Prick holes in the decaland apply Champ Decal Set or Walthers Solvaset. CAUTION: DO NOT TOUCHMoisten a cotton swab with the setting solution and gently scrub off theto the decal and gently scrub off. Take care not to scrub through theand decal residue, mask, and repaint.
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Re: Dan Smith's offering of Gerstley Freight Car Slides
Andy Carlson
One more bit of info I neglected to pass on. Dan is
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still receiving emails, just can't send any out, so those who wish to contact Dan can still do so. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA --- Andy Carlson <midcentury@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Dan has called me to ask that I post to the STMFC
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Re: Repeated questions
Denny Anspach <danspach@...>
There is a distinct inflectional difference between telling someone "Go look it up!"; and more kindly commenting that "this is a topic that has been discussed many times and you will find it helpful to search the archives". The first is arrogant, the second is instructive.
However, when the answer to the question is simple to begin with and is on the tip of tongue, why not just simply give the answer and move on? Civil discourse is cheap. Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, California
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Re: Milwaukee DD rib side auto cars
Richard Hendrickson
On Aug 29, 2005, at 5:52 PM, lnbill wrote:
Which version of this car has now been done in styrene? I have a photoBill, according to the information in the kits plus the photos I have: 6500-6599 (100 cars) were built in 1942 with wood running boards and Universal hand brakes. 6600-6899 (300 cars) were built in 1943-44 with Apex steel running boards and Universal hand brakes. 6900-7099 (200 cars) were built in 1944 with Apex steel running boards and Miner hand brakes. All the above had 12'5" or 12'6"door openings and are the prototype cars the kit represents. 9000-9499 (500 cars) were built in 1947 and had 15' doors and Evans auto racks. Richard Hendrickson
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Dan Smith's offering of Gerstley Freight Car Slides
Andy Carlson
Dan has called me to ask that I post to the STMFC that
Dan has acquired a virus from a respondent on the STMFC list. I advised him too late about not opening attachments from strangers, now he is fully aware of the dangers. Dan has asked me to advise people who have sent him quires about the slides to be patient, Dan hopes to fix his computer very soon. He will then reply. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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Re: PFE R-30-16
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Fred in Vt. wrote:
One more thing to add to the list. Suppose this will take at least 2 bottles of reefer orange before I'm tired of looking at them !! I believe now.For PFE, that will be "Daylight Orange," a much lighter color . . . just FYI. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@signaturepress.com Publishers of books on railroad history
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photo to analyze
Justin Turpin <birdbiz2003@...>
About a week ago there was quite a thread generated by the analysis of a photo on the Library of Congress American Memory photo site. Here is another photo worthy of analysis by the car i.d experts and can help with traffic analysis and layout construction:
page 576 of 1931 National Georaphic has a picture of the huge chemical products from corn plant and plant's railyard for the plant in Pekin Illinois which may still exist. I see ATSF Boxcars, a KCS Reefer or box car pre USRA type , several Side Truss Boxcars, a B & O gon, more than one type of hopper and several Crystal Line tank cars with good modeling details highly visible. Sincerely, Tyler Turpin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Milwaukee DD rib side auto cars
lnbill <bwelch@...>
Which version of this car has now been done in styrene? I have a photo
of MILW 6675 which two 6 foot doors, while MIKW 9440 has a 15 foot door opening according the ORER. I looks like there were 500 cars originally in both series. Bill Welch
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Re: Freightcar List/Richard Hosker Gone?
hungry_valley
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Helm" <delta-p@w...> wrote:
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "hungry_valley" <hungry_valley@y...>This archive also has a nice search feature.Looks like the list was down for a while for maintenance. I'm sure glad it hadn't gone away. I was looking at an item on Ebay and wanted to search a question I had. No panic; just concern for an invaluable resource.
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Re: AC&Y YELLOW BOXCAR PAINT SCEME
The 1963 PS-1 photo shows a USRE label on the car side. Whether
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this was part of some sale/leaseback scheme I don't know, but I think a lot of USRE cars were on lease. Anyone know when USRE got into the business? I don't recall ever seeing the logo on any car before 1960, but they were extremely common soon after that.
The ACY was an interesting road. They leased a lot of used equipment
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Re: consist from 1938
Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...>
Tom,
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Two way freight cars are interesting. Regarding CLE and L&R, the January 1938 ORER lists neither reporting mark. The high numbers (CLE #50270) and (L&R #80059), however, may narrow down the options. Was there any reefer having the number of #50270? From a brief scan of the private owner section of the 1/1938 ORER, only FGEX, PFE and URTX had 50270's. Maybe some RR owned a #50270 reefer. Regarding boxcar L&R #80059, the only RR having marks starting with L&_ with as high a number as #80029 was the L&N, and their #80029 was a gondola. Beyond that, I cannot narrow down the possibilities - it looks like you can chalk these up as "unknowns." Tim Gilbert Thomas Baker wrote:
This might interest someone. It is a freight train on the Chicago Great Western on March 15, 1938, operating from Rochester, Minnesota, to McIntire, Iowa, where the cars would be picked up by mainline CGW freights destined for Kansas City, Council Bluffs, or Chicago.
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Re: Freightcar List/Richard Hosker Gone?
Jeff Helm <delta-p@...>
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "hungry_valley" <hungry_valley@y...>
wrote: I used to several years ago subscribe and access the Freightcarslist (snip) There was a great deal of information in that list. I'd hate tothink that it was gone forever.(snip) I just checked and the archive that Richard Hosker maintains for the list is still up, with the last entries showing for August 27th. This archive also has a nice search feature. The link is: http://sunny16.photo.tntech.edu/~richard/Freightcars/archive/0508.html Jeff Helm
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Re: NH Flat Car, was: Re: Tank car search
Ted Culotta <tculotta@...>
On Aug 29, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Andreas Kühnpast wrote:
Charlie,We'll be doing the 17200 series which were built at Readville in 1937 using welded underframes from Bethlehem. They will be offered as FM (std flat service) and with the TOFC ramps, tie downs, railings, etc. The FM versions will be available by early November at the latest for the NHRHTA annual meeting. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT 06437 info@speedwitch.com www.speedwitch.com (650) 787-1912
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consist from 1938
Thomas Baker
This might interest someone. It is a freight train on the Chicago Great Western on March 15, 1938, operating from Rochester, Minnesota, to McIntire, Iowa, where the cars would be picked up by mainline CGW freights destined for Kansas City, Council Bluffs, or Chicago.
Engine # 602, a Consolidation with a road tender [most CGW Consols had clear-vision tenders] Caboose # 63 road car number from station to station contents car type CGW 24916 Goodhue Oelwein company materials box ART 17887 Rochester K C empty refrig CGW 10685 Rochester Chicago cattle stock CGW 10613 Rochester Chicago cattle stock MILW 701499 Rochester way freight merchandise box CGW 3763 Goodhue Ostrander company materials [unclear] CLE 50270 Rochester Osage empty refrig [reporting marks unclear] UTLX 22003 Winona Des Moines empty tank DRX 6403 Winona KC empty tank C&NW 129124 Winona Ingalton flour box L&R 80059 Winona Ingalton flour box C&EI 64004 Winona Chicago barley box SRLX 1631 Winona Chicago meat refrig SRLX 18392 Winona Bellewood meat refrig SRLX 19081 Winona Chicago meat refrig C&NW 36488 Winona KC paper box L&R 70340 Winona Omaha paper box WRX 9232 Winona Omaha cheese refrig WRX 10004 Winona Omaha canned goods refrig PHD 1357 Bethany, MN Bellewood empty box FGEX 34642 Winona Randolph, MN empty refrig PM 89161 Winona St. Paul cement box CGW 43048 Winona way frt merchandise box The reporting marks, if I made them out correctly, L&R are unclear to me as are those of the refrigerator car CLE or whatever that is. Anyone have an idea? tom
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Re: Wabash hoppers
Fred in Vt. <pennsy@...>
Eldon,
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Was thinking along the lines of the 1909 GXL, PRR type with side doors. Have seen as old pix with 1/2 size doors on the side. Was curious if this was one of those, or a repair, which will look great on a model. Fred Fritas
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From: Gatwood, Elden To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 10:42 AM Subject: RE: [STMFC] Wabash hoppers Fred; It looks like a hopper with two-piece sides, like the N&W H-2A hoppers that were done up that way. The car appears to have been shoveled partially out, perhaps to clear it for the re-railing/other operations to come. You can see the centersill through the remaining load on the floor. Nevertheless, your comment about the door is still valid. I do not know of any eastern gons that had these in the latter half of the 20th century. All the ones I know of had doors in the floor, and most of these were eliminated before WWII, probably as the reasons for their use (customers with limited unloading means) went by the wayside. Elden Gatwood -----Original Message----- From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fred in Vt. Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:28 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [STMFC] Wabash hoppers Tim, Might I try another question from this photo. The car in the center, which I take to be a gondola has some odd looking oblong cutouts / patches on the lower right side. Are these in fact patch works, or some type of side door outline? Have seen many types of gonds with small side doors on eastern lines, and would like to model a few. This one in the photo intrigues me. Anyone care to venture an answer? Fred Freitas ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim O'Connor To: stmfc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 1:23 PM Subject: [STMFC] Wabash hoppers A wreck photo from Decatur IL in 1950, showing a panel-side Wabash hopper. But look: it appears that the interior of the car is made smooth by wood sheathing! Any seen this before or have an explanation? http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/wab/wab-decyd-ajg.jpg Tim O'Connor SPONSORED LINKS Train travel Freight car Canada train travel Train travel in italy North american ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "STMFC" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "STMFC" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: Pointless Hobby Item of the Day...
Fred in Vt. <pennsy@...>
Eric,
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Have idea for corporate fulfillment. Please contact OFF list. Fred Freitas pennsy@sover.net
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From: Eric To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:30 AM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Pointless Hobby Item of the Day... I'm looking for investors/partners to form a model railroad business to offer a kit for a kosher pork and sausage manufacturing plant and billboard reefers to go with it. I haven't seen any models for such kits out there, so the market's wide open. :-) Eric Petersson Scott Pitzer wrote: "Does that go higher on the Pointless List than the laser cut wood running boards for a 40' PS-1? (I believe that came from AMB.)" ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "STMFC" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: PFE R-30-16
Fred in Vt. <pennsy@...>
Schuyler,
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Thanks for the insightful message. One more thing to add to the list. Suppose this will take at least 2 bottles of reefer orange before I'm tired of looking at them !! I believe now. Fred Freitas
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From: Schuyler Larrabee To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:41 PM Subject: RE: [STMFC] PFE R-30-16 Fred, ever so innocently, asks: You mention the PFE book, do I take it > that my library needs an additon which will answer a lot more > questions on this topic? Oh, Fred, Tony's much too humble to let on . . . http://www.signaturepress.com/pfe.html http://www.signaturepress.com/pfe2.html I think that will let you know. SGL SPONSORED LINKS Train travel Freight car Canada train travel Train travel in italy North american ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "STMFC" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: Wabash hoppers
Fred in Vt. <pennsy@...>
Schuyler,
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No doubt the end of more than 1 RR career !! Fred Freitas
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From: Schuyler Larrabee To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:09 PM Subject: RE: [STMFC] Wabash hoppers I don't know about an >answer<, but I'll venture a >guess<, Fred. It looks to me like the next car out (past the credit listing) is the same kind of car, but it doesn't have that same detail. I think the small openings at the bottom of the side are a repair of a rusted-out part of the side. This is an interesting arrangement of cars. Not two lines coming together at a switch, but THREE lines. I really wonder what transpired here. SGL > -----Original Message----- > From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of Fred in Vt. > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:28 PM > To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [STMFC] Wabash hoppers > > Tim, > > Might I try another question from this photo. > The car in the center, which I take to be a gondola has some > odd looking oblong cutouts / patches on the lower right side. > Are these in fact patch works, or some type of side door outline? > Have seen many types of gonds with small side doors > on eastern lines, and would like to model a few. This one in > the photo intrigues me. > Anyone care to venture an answer? > > Fred Freitas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim O'Connor > To: stmfc@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 1:23 PM > Subject: [STMFC] Wabash hoppers > > > > A wreck photo from Decatur IL in 1950, showing a panel-side > Wabash hopper. But look: it appears that the interior of the > car is made smooth by wood sheathing! Any seen this before or > have an explanation? > > http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/wab/wab-decyd-ajg.jpg > > Tim O'Connor > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Train travel Freight car Canada train travel > Train travel in italy North american > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "STMFC" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > STMFC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! > Terms of Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite > Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/9MtolB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "STMFC" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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