Armand,
please contact me off list.

Greg Martin

I'd LOVE some free kits....How do I get them from you?.....Bob Slavinski




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From: ed_mines <ed_mines@...>
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Sun, August 8, 2010 2:55:09 PM
Subject: [STMFC] free stuff

 
Would any of you gents like some free kits? It would mostly be blue box
specials but maybe you'd be lucky and get an Ambroid ACF covered hopper or an
E&BT square hatch covered hopper.

Worst case is you'd have to toss 'em.

Ed Mines







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Would any of you gents like some free kits? It would mostly be blue box
specials but maybe you'd be lucky and get an Ambroid ACF covered hopper or an E&BT square hatch covered hopper.

Worst case is you'd have to toss 'em.

Ed Mines

On Aug 8, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Wayne Orion wrote:

As a student working the '59 summer harvest in Parsons, Ks I saw a
string of
apparently freshly shopped cars at the shops there. Individual
side boards had
been replaced and were freshly painted, but not the whole sides.
The lettering
had been repainted across the new boards. I've never seen anything
like that on
cars in service.

Wayne O'Hern

Actually, Wayne, that was common practice at most car shops in the
days when many cars in service had wood sheathing. It was especially
obvious on refrigerator cars, where the new boards painted yellow or
orange stood out in contrast to the adjacent, dirty and well
weathered side sheathing, but repairs on single and double wood
sheathed cars of other types were made in the same fashion, and the
stenciling was re-applied only where necessary. Having an occasional
model in your trains that replicates this adds a nice touch of realism.

Richard Hendrickson

As a student working the '59 summer harvest in Parsons, Ks I saw a string of
apparently freshly shopped cars at the shops there.  Individual side boards had
been replaced and were freshly painted, but not the whole sides.  The lettering
had been repainted across the new boards.  I've never seen anything like that on
cars in service.

Wayne O'Hern




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I have two kits for sale as a pair at ebay: a Milwaukee ribbed box car and a Texax & Pacific gondola. They are priced to sell with free shipping in the continental United States.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180544040577

(Item number 180544040577 in case this link doesn't work.)

I have been unemployed long term so some items must go to pay the bills.

Thanks
Victor Baird
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Courtesy of Chuck Nauman, below is a link to the Ron V. Nixon Collection photo archive at the Museum of the Rockies and a description of the collection. The photo database is searchable by subject and railroad. Most of the photos are black-and-white and there are a number of steam era freight car images from numerous railroads.

Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
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http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/

The Ron V. Nixon Collection represents a unique historical photographic record of the pivotal role played by railroads in the development of the United States and the significance of railroad transportation in 19th and 20th century American history. From 1916 to his death in 1989, Ron V. Nixon created a unique collection of over 20,000 photographs. The collection also contains records, correspondence and historical writings that span the steam, diesel, and electro-motive eras of the railroads.

Ron V. Nixon Database Project Accomplishments: The Museum of the Rockies Photo Archive and the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association (NPRHA) have completed 11,753 Ron V. Nixon collection image scans and catalog records. Funding for the project was provided by a grant from the North American Railway Foundation (NARF) in Harrisburg, PA.

Dean Payne writes some interesting stuff about members, member's message content, member's expertise etc. However, messages containing views on other member's messages and other member's in general are NOT in scope on the STMFC. Such messages to me and deputy Jeff Aley are certainly welcome so that we can have an awareness of the feelings of the members. I may comment on more of this later but, for now, the thread about messages is terminated. This type of discussion is not going to occur on the group. A gentle, calm warning. Failure to abide by this will result in being placed in Moderate Jail.

Mike Brock
STMFC Owner and Moderate Jailer

Can anyone point me to some good photos of P&LE gondolas built as composite gons around WWI and rebuilt with extended steel sides?

If I'm not mistaken these cars were 46-48 ft. long and have some kind of spacers so that the width of the cars increased.

I have the P&LE gon book. As I recall one of the few photos of these cars is one in MOW service from John LaRue.

Ed

--- In STMFC@..., "Aley, Jeff A" <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote:

Never mind; it turns out that it was my (relatively inexpensive dial) calipers, and/or the moron using them.

A mechanical engineer here at work re-measured the sheets using a high-quality set of digital calipers, and they are 0.0405".

Jeff, don't be so hard on yourself. An equally challenged plant employee use and equally inexpensive instrument to set the machine which made the sheet.

I'll bet that there's some differences in thickness from batch to batch.

I worked in a factory that made .060 nominal floor tiles.

Is there any guarantee that the styrene exactly be the nominal? Do most users care?

Ben,
You wrote: "Wow. You really don't know much about..." in response to his use of the word "apparently"?? Geez... what's wrong with writing
"Here's a link to some background regarding the collection; addtional links on the page give further context to this remarkable collection of photos." without the dismissive prelude?? It would have served the purpose.

You replied:
"In an academic discussion, the word "apparently" is a weasel word..."

In casual conversation, the word "apparently" is used more... casually! I hadn't realized this list qualified as an "academic discussion". And... "weasel word"?? Gentlemen, please! Play nice! In past discussions, anybody who made an assertion that wasn't 100% accurate was directed to check his facts before posting (a good idea), so the message seems to be to NOT post if you aren't an expert in the particular subject (perhaps that's why a note of uncertainty crept into his wording?) Damned if you do, damned if you don't. I think we need to allow somewhat more leeway in allowing people to feel free to post without fear of getting called on the carpet... Of course, they'd expect corrections or additions to their info. Correct info and cordial conversation can coexist.

It has been suggested that posters develop thicker skin, when someone tells them they don't know what they're talking about. I'd suggest that the veteran contributors on this list develop "thicker ears": you can expect that a new poster will ask a question that has been asked before. Feel free to ignore it without comment! No harm done... Likewise, a correction can be made without implying that the poster should leave the discussion to the experts.

You then went on to say:
"Sir, I will happily match my body of work against yours any day of the week."

Uh... Nobody questioned your expertise! I can't speak for all (weasel words!), but I have a deep respect for your work (and that of other veteran contributors as well). However, I don't think that expertise gives anybody the right to a lapse in decorum. I've seen this behavior before from others on the list, and it's disturbing. If our most expert members can't be civil... What kind of message does that send?

Dean Payne

cef39us wrote:

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:

Anyone recognize the owner or paint scheme for the steel box car
shown here? It doesn't match anything I can think of.
http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN23377

Tim,

Flip the picture over and it might be a Atlanta & West Point car.
Notice what end the long ladders are on.

I zoomed the image out and yes, the image has been flipped over, the ladders, roofwalk, door guides and brake end give it away...

Alan

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Al Brown wrote:

A few days ago we discussed colors in a Jack Delano freight-yard
photo, as they might be applied to STMFC modelling. This group of
photos also has some Delano pictures of non-railroad subjects; what
do y'all think of the colors in those? (I wish I could ask my late
dad, who remembered that time.)

Reminds me of the theory that before 1935 or so, the world
actually was NOT in color, but in B&W. That's what all the evidence
shows, anyway.

Tony Thompson



Where is Larry Jackman now that we need him? IIRC, he had a job painting
trains into color from B&W in the late 30s.

SGL





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I never knew these cars existed -- rebuilt composite gondolas
with improved dreadnaught ends? Anyone know more about them?
http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN20716

Tim O'Connor

"Anyone recognize the owner or paint scheme for the steel box car
shown here? It doesn't match anything I can think of.
http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN23377"


It looks (to me, at least), that the image is reversed. Looks like
reporting marks are on the right side of the door instead of the left.
Reverse the image and see if you can come up with a match.

Best regards,

Steve Haas
Snoqualmie, WA

Steve Lucas wrote:

Did you notice the missing wood lining on the inside of the car to the left of the door as he's nailing the liner in?

Not at first, but I did recall that the interior of the car had seen better days.

I watched the film again, not only to check out the insides of an old still active 40' box (with plain bearings), but to also get a good look at an old Ruston & Hornsby horizontal diesel stationary engine, with air start even !.

Alan

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Chet

LOL! Yeah I think you got it. I didn't notice the flip.

Tim O'Connor

Interesting load. Four Plymouth Valiants and a Studebaker Lark.

Jim Hayes
Portland Oregon
www.sunshinekits.com


On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...>wrote:

Speaking of MILW 46' flat cars, this web site contains quite a few images
of them converted for TOFC service. This is the first time I've seen a
photo
of these converted cars. I normally wouldn't pay $15 for a photo print, but
this one may be worth it (to me).

http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN24653

Tim O'Connor

Going through old STMFC postings (always fun, learn something every time),

I found this topic as above. Edwin C. Kirstatter wrote: "I have a question
on 46 ft. flatcars, they seem to be a rare and unusual size. [snip] Anyone
know of any other roads that used this size?"

Several people responded with info on 45-46ft flatcars owned by C&NW, CN,

CP, IC, and L&N (also TC 2701-series, but those were USRA 42-footers). I
remembered that the MILW also had some of these uncommon-length flatcars, so
I dug out the Richard Hendrickson article in Prototype Modeler Nov-Dec 83 on
the Milwaukee's two series of 45ft9in (over strikers) flats:

- MILW 63001-63999 (odd #s only) 500 cars blt Ryan Car Co 1925
- MILW 600000-600349 350 cars blt Ryan Car Co 1929

Both series had riveted steel fishbelly underframes and side sills, with

12 pressed steel stake pockets, URECO drop brakewheels, and Dalman and
Bettendorf trucks, respectively. The article included freight car diagrams
for both series, but no prototype photos. Richard noted that "most of these
flatcars remained in revenue service through the 1940s and 1950s, and a few
were still active in the late 1960s."

He'd modeled this car by shortening an Athearn 50ft flatcar by 42 scale

inches (including one stake pocket), to get a slightly long, but otherwise
close representation of the prototype flatcar. The photo of his model showed
a nice-looking car that would be a good use for those Athearn 50-footers
that I suspect many of us have sitting idle in a blue box on a shelf
somewhere. Dr. Hendrickson's early articles and WestRail conversion kits
were pioneering efforts in prototype modeling that helped start the long and
continuing process that has brought us to the abundance of prototypical
models that we now enjoy, and he has continued to share his knowledge with
us all to this day - many thanks, Richard!

Dave Sieber, Reno NV

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--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:

Anyone recognize the owner or paint scheme for the steel box car
shown here? It doesn't match anything I can think of.
http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN23377

Tim,

Flip the picture over and it might be a Atlanta & West Point car.
Notice what end the long ladders are on.

Chet French
Dixon, IL

Speaking of MILW 46' flat cars, this web site contains quite a few images
of them converted for TOFC service. This is the first time I've seen a photo
of these converted cars. I normally wouldn't pay $15 for a photo print, but
this one may be worth it (to me).

http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN24653

Tim O'Connor