SGL,
The Monon was an early user of these cars (1953) most of which made it all the way to the L&N merger in 1971. They are known to have handled grain, flour, soy bean meal and late in life, sand. They seemed to stay close to the home road and were dedicated to the product they were currently hauling.
The Athearn model released a couple of years ago is 100%correctct for the Monon cars decorated in boxcar red with white lettering. Later cars were painted gray with black lettering.
Mont Switzer


--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@comcast.net> wrote:


From: Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@comcast.net>
Subject: Re:[STMFC] Three bay PS2 covered hoppers
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 6:58 AM

dry, bulk cargo

At 6/26/2009 01:10 AM Friday, you wrote:

In the most broad sense, what would these cars be found carrying?
SGL

In the most broad sense, what would these cars be found carrying?
SGL

In the most broad sense, what would these cars be found carrying?
SGL

Hello all,

A friend is trying to date a photo from a picture postcard. He
suspects the photo on it dates from the early 1900's but there is no
date, photographer's mark, or other identifying information on the
reverse of the postcard. However, on the card in one area can be seen
the A end of a freight car (box or stock is unclear) lettered "GRAND
TRUNK 16205".

He cropped and enlarged that section of the photo and with his
permission I've uploaded it to the group files (presently waiting on
moderator approval) in the album "Grand Trunk 16205". I'm hoping you
can help me identify the car.

The end seems to be quite similar to Fowler cars. Judging by the lack
of sill steps I suspect the photo must be taken before 1910. However,
I'm unable to get closer to establishing a date for the photo than
that on my own.

Are there among us any with a deep knowledge of Grand Trunk rolling
stock? It'd be nice to be able to wrap some dates around the photo,
but I'd also be curious how long this car (or its brethren) was in
service.

Any info you can provide would be much appreciated.

All the best,

James McDonald
Greenbelt, MD

Does any one wish to comments about the color of the PRR X31 boxcar also
captured in this sequence of photos from Cajon Pass.

http://www.geocities.com/jim_lancaster.geo/cp/cajon_64.html

It is less like the bright oxide red that some freight car people
describe. The colors do not appear to be shifted in these reproductions.

Bob Witt
Indianapolis, Indiana

Regarding the problem of truck mounting screws removing themselves: I am a big fan of what I call the "Athearn" truck mounting system, where there is a sleeve for the mounting screw to snug up to (sorry about the preposition). On the many models that don't provide such a sleeve, I make my own by cutting off the sleeve on a typical Kadee coupler box. That solution will not last, as my fantasy of using the Sargent couplers may come about.

With the "Athearn" approach, I have NEVER had a screw back out.

I do not understand why people would think a screw would just sort of stay in a hole because it would be a nice idea. There's a reason they're called "screws", after all.

Ed

Edward Sutorik

Has anyone tried the Utah Pacific 755-64 caboose markers that are pre-wired
with lights? The lenses are already in place and they come in either
red/green or red/yellow.



Here is the link to the Walthers product page:



http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/755-64



Allen Cain






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Are you saying there ARE DASHES in NYC lot numbers?

:-)

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

At 6/24/2009 09:41 PM Wednesday, you wrote:

Tim O'Connor wrote:

Say WHAT? Cars built in 1930 had been built in the 1940's?? Does
anyone proofread these books?

Tiny nit, Tim: what you're calling for is fact checking, not proof
reading.

Tony Thompson

In that case, a proofreader ought to know that NYC lots were
NNN-X (number-type) and never NNN (no class) or NNNX (no dash)

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim O'Connor

I disagree Professor. If someone TYPES 123B instead of 123-B
then it's a typo.

And how could a proofreader possibly detect a transposition
of 123-B into 132-B??

IMO it's a railroad FACT book, so the proofreader's knowledge
has to include more than what's in Webster's. Call it what you
want, I call that proofreading.

Tim O'Connor wrote:

In that case, a proofreader ought to know that NYC lots were NNN-X
(number-type) and never NNN (no class) or NNNX (no dash)

Nope. They are looking for spelling, grammar errors, typos of
various kinds, transpositions, etc. They will not and do not check
facts such as you mention, as those require specialized knowledge.
They will indeed check well-known facts, such as the year in which WW
I ended, etc.

Tony Thompson