Re: Hooks under UP S-40-10
Jack Burgess
Here is what a YV brakeman told me many years ago about Keeley's:
"The YV had friction bearings in all of the cars and when you'd have a hot box or one that is warming up, that'd hang what you'd call a Keeley. This was a tank with water in it and it had a hose and you'd just open the journal box lid and fasten the hose in there and it would just kinda drip in there and keep that sucker cool enough so that you could get to some place to set it out or take it into Merced Falls that way. I just figured that the Keeley was made by the Keeley Company some place. After the War [WW2] I had to go and take a physical after I was discharged. They sent me to Pontiac, Illinois. I went in there, by gosh, it was the Keeley Institute. I wondered, what in the hell is this? It turned out that the Keeley was a "drop" rehabilitation deal back in the early days! The cure was a water cure and so I think that this tank got the name Keeley because that was the popular way to cure somebody. I don't think that it was made by the Keeley Company at all. I think that that was just a clever name they hung on it. "It looked like one of these tanks that you carry air in for airing up tires remote from the pump. It was hung right off of a grab iron and I suppose that it was 2'-3' long and 10" in diameter and it had this rubber hose on it. You'd just hang that thing in there and keep things cool. "I remember one time they burned a journal so bad that we had to change the wheels. That is hard to do with a car load of logs. With arch bar trucks it's not too bad, you can just drop the bolts and pull the journal boxes and the whole works out. With a car with cast trucks, you can't do that out in the field, you'd have to go out with a wrecker and put a new truck on it. Things were always done in a most expeditious manner on the YV. The YV had all kinds of clever ways to do things." I've often thought that modeling a car with a Keeley on it would be a nice detail. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com
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Re: Hooks under UP S-40-10
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Richard Hendrickson wrote:
Jim, they were for coolant tanks to drip cold water on hot journals - a primitive but, apparently fairly effective way to deal with hot boxes. Many SP and PFE cars also had them in the 1920s and '30s, though they're in shadow and often difficult to see in photos.Officially on the SP these were "journal box coolers," but crews universally called them "Keeley cans." They can be found in photos of steam locomotive tenders on the SP too. I have a bunch of photos of cabooses with them in my Vol. 2 on SP cabooses, and an SP drawing for them on p. 157 of that book. 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: Hooks under UP S-40-10
Greg Martin
Jim,
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I remember a conversation with Richard Hendrickson about this photo as he had a copy as well and we never could figure out why they were there. Greg Martin
In a message dated 11/28/2010 4:39:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
jimhayes97225@gmail.com writes: One of Don Strack's UP photos is of an S-40-10 stockcar. It has several hooks under the side sill. What are they for? _http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/UP-Freight-Cars/12573244_k2YDv#90261 6546_Y2DuX-X2-LB_ (http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/UP-Freight-Cars/12573244_k2YDv#902616546_Y2DuX-X2-LB) Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: Hooks under UP S-40-10
Jim Hayes
Thanks, Richard
Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Richard Hendrickson < rhendrickson@opendoor.com> wrote:
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Re: Hooks under UP S-40-10
Richard Hendrickson
On Nov 28, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Jim Hayes wrote:
One of Don Strack's UP photos is of an S-40-10 stockcar. It hasJim, they were for coolant tanks to drip cold water on hot journals - a primitive but, apparently fairly effective way to deal with hot boxes. Many SP and PFE cars also had them in the 1920s and '30s, though they're in shadow and often difficult to see in photos. Richard Hendrickson
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Hooks under UP S-40-10
Jim Hayes
One of Don Strack's UP photos is of an S-40-10 stockcar. It has several
hooks under the side sill. What are they for? http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/UP-Freight-Cars/12573244_k2YDv#902616546_Y2DuX-X2-LB Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
W.R.Dixon
On 2010-11-28 10:52 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
You must remember that until about 1957 the PGE was an isolated railway connected to Vancouver, BC by car barge. At that time I would think that it would be very unlikely for a PGE car to stray very far from home. After the track was laid to connect the PGE to North Vancouver and new equipment was purchased, the equipment would start to roam further afield. This ties in nicely with a spotting of a New PGE box car in California in 1958. Bill Dixon
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Re: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Rob Manley wrote:
That's good news for me. I wanted to do one of my Westerfield USRA cars as Rock but I assumed they had all been rebuilt.Or the corollary to Clark's Law: the more you know, the more stand-ins you find in your fleet. 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: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar
Steve,
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That's good news for me. I wanted to do one of my Westerfield USRA cars as Rock but I assumed they had all been rebuilt. This is an exception contrary to Clark's Law. The more you know , the less you model. Rob Manley
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From: Steve and Barb Hile To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar Actually, the Rock Island only rebuilt 800 of their 2500 USRA double sheathed cars with steel sides. Many of them remained double sheathed wood well into the 50's, receiving AB brakes, as required. Supposedly, the Atlas ad shows the N scale car with 8 panels while the summary text states 10 panels. 10 panels would be OK for the RI, but the height issue, Ben raises is still unresolved. Steve Hile _____ From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of benjaminfrank_hom Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:14 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Re: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar Don Burn wrote: "No it is not accurate for any of those roads." True, but some corrections need to be made to the following comments to set the record straight. "The EJ&E rebuilds had 10 panel sides not 8, and the C&NW was taller with a blank panel added to the ends." True. In addition, the EJ&E rebuilds had rectangular panel roofs, nd the CNW rebuilds had Viking roofs. See Ted Cullotta's Prototype Railroad Modeling Journal Vol 1 for Clark Propst's article on modeling the EJ&E cars. "The DT&I had rebuilds but they had Murphy Dry Lading roofs." Incrrect. The DT&I rebuilds had a unique radial roof with 15 U-section carlines. The Atlas model with 5/5/5 ends and 8-panel sides can actually be used as a starting point for these cars as the ends were not modified during the rebuilding, but the roof will have to be scratchbuilt. http://dti.railfan.net/Equipment_Database/DTI11000sUSRA40';dsBox/ArtDTI11500s .html http://dti.railfan.net/Pototype_Images/rs/DTI11542.jpg "I could be wrong but I don't believe the other roads had rebuilds." You are incorrect. Rock Island rebuilt 2500 of their own USRA DS boxcars in 1936 and 1940, and later leased 500 C&NW rebuilt boxcars in 1955. You are correct that Ann Arbor and Canadian National did not have any USRA rebuilt boxcars, but both roads did own rebuilt boxcars (in the case of AA, via the Wabash). Ben Hom
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
Ian Cranstone
The PGE did not really interchange its cars for a period from 1927 through 1952, so would likely have been rare sights in the U.S. at that time. At the time the only access to the PGE was to barge the cars from Vancouver to Squamish, and it wasn't until the 1950s that the line was completed south to CNR/CPR interchange in North Vancouver and north to a CNR interchange at Prince George.
The main boxcar fleet at that point were 75 steel boxcars constructed by CCF in 1947 (15 of which were converted to stock cars in 1959-60), 20 old steel frame xMKT cars (which were transferred to MoW service in the mid-1950s), and 200 steel boxcars constructed by NSC in 1958. I would guess that lumber service was a frequent use of these cars (especially the later cars with 8' doors). In comparison, the THB & ONT fleets were huge: TH&B had 600 steel boxcars constructed by NSC (300 in 1949 and 300 in 1953), which replaced some old Fowlers and the remaining double-sheathed cars acquired from NYC in 1941 (300 cars originally). ONT purchased 1000 cars from NSC (570 in 1947, and an additional 430 in 1948), which likely travelled extensively in paper service. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@nakina.net http://freightcars.nakina.net http://siberians.nakina.net On 2010-11-28, at 1:52 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
Frank Valoczy <destron@...>
Bill McCoy wrote:NAR no, as AFAIK they never had any cars in interchange.I know CP and CN cars came to the states in the 50's but did cars As others have said, there are many examples of ONT/TEM, PGE, AC and TH&B cars south of 49. I would /guess/ that QC cars also got across the border, but my only evidence to suspect that are several photos of QC equipment as far away from home as Vancouver, BC. Roberval-Saguenay had equipment in interchange, but I've not seen any photos of their stuff even outside Quebec, nevermind south of the border. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC
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Re: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar
Benjamin Hom
Steve Hile wrote:
"Actually, the Rock Island only rebuilt 800 of their 2500 USRA double sheathed cars with steel sides. Many of them remained double sheathed wood well into the 50's, receiving AB brakes, as required." Steve, thanks for the correction - got cross-threaded between original and rebuilt quantities reading my own spreadsheet. Ben Hom
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
From Dan Smith's slide-sharing collection, Andy Carlson sent me slides
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of PGE and ONT box cars in southern California circa 1958. The PGE box car was newly built in 1958 but the ONT box car was built in 1947. The PGE owned fewer than 100 box cars in 1955, and only about 300 in 1959 (after buying 200 new cars in 1958). So I imagine sightings of them would be very rare indeed in the STMFC era. I believe there was a large aluminum smelting operation in British Columbia, in addition to lots of lumber. I agree with Richard AC, ONT, and TH&B box car sightings were not unusual esp near US-Canadian border. From the ancient FCL (pre-freightcars list) I seem to recall someone mentioned spotting an AC box car in Mexico. Tim O'Connor
I can add to this and other reports numerous photos from my own
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Bill McCoy wrote:
I know CP and CN cars came to the states in the 50's but did cars belonging to other Canadian carriers (PGE, TH&B, NAR, etc.)come south of the border in 1957?I have a photo of a PGE box car in SP's Taylor Yard at Los Angeles in the late 1950s. 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: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
Richard Hendrickson
On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:22 AM, John wrote:
I can add to this and other reports numerous photos from my own collection of ONT, TH&B, and Algoma Central cars below the border, including AC single sheathed cars in Mason City, IA and Minneapolis, an ONT steel car in San Francisco, and TH&B 40 ton USRA wood sheathed box cars in New Haven and Kansas City. Richard Hendrickson
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Re: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar
Actually, the Rock Island only rebuilt 800 of their 2500 USRA double
sheathed cars with steel sides. Many of them remained double sheathed wood well into the 50's, receiving AB brakes, as required. Supposedly, the Atlas ad shows the N scale car with 8 panels while the summary text states 10 panels. 10 panels would be OK for the RI, but the height issue, Ben raises is still unresolved. Steve Hile _____ From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of benjaminfrank_hom Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:14 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Re: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar Don Burn wrote: "No it is not accurate for any of those roads." True, but some corrections need to be made to the following comments to set the record straight. "The EJ&E rebuilds had 10 panel sides not 8, and the C&NW was taller with a blank panel added to the ends." True. In addition, the EJ&E rebuilds had rectangular panel roofs, nd the CNW rebuilds had Viking roofs. See Ted Cullotta's Prototype Railroad Modeling Journal Vol 1 for Clark Propst's article on modeling the EJ&E cars. "The DT&I had rebuilds but they had Murphy Dry Lading roofs." Incrrect. The DT&I rebuilds had a unique radial roof with 15 U-section carlines. The Atlas model with 5/5/5 ends and 8-panel sides can actually be used as a starting point for these cars as the ends were not modified during the rebuilding, but the roof will have to be scratchbuilt. http://dti.railfan.net/Equipment_Database/DTI11000sUSRA40';dsBox/ArtDTI11500s .html http://dti.railfan.net/Pototype_Images/rs/DTI11542.jpg "I could be wrong but I don't believe the other roads had rebuilds." You are incorrect. Rock Island rebuilt 2500 of their own USRA DS boxcars in 1936 and 1940, and later leased 500 C&NW rebuilt boxcars in 1955. You are correct that Ann Arbor and Canadian National did not have any USRA rebuilt boxcars, but both roads did own rebuilt boxcars (in the case of AA, via the Wabash). Ben Hom
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
John <jriddell@...>
Bill,
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In 1957 the Ontario Northland (ONT) owned 1,000 40' steel boxcars, series 90000-90999. Newsprint was a major product shipped by the ONR to city newspapers including many northeastern U.S. cities. At any time a large number of these cars would have been south of the border. A color photo of ONT 90710 in Columbus Ohio is in Morning Sun book, Canadian Railways Vol 1. The same book also has color views of TH&B yellow and black 40' steel boxcars in Council Bluffs, Iowa, John Riddell
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
RDG2124 <RDG2124@...>
Have a photo of a TH&B box car (insulated?) being switched into the Luden's (cough drops) plant at Reading, PA in 1960 if that helps. Also, one of the Morning Sun books on the Reading Co. shows a yellow TH&B box car at Reading at a slightly later date.
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The 1959 opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway greatly altered traffic patterns between Canada and the U.S. Traffic that had headed south for U.S. ports, especially winter time traffic to ice free ports, vanished over night. Evan Leisey Bennett, CO
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From: Bill <wpmccoy@comcast.net> To: STMFC <STMFC@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Nov 28, 2010 5:22 am Subject: [STMFC] TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957 I know CP and CN cars came to the states in the 50's but did cars belonging to other Canadian carriers (PGE, TH&B, NAR, etc.)come south of the border in 1957? Thanks. Bill McCoy Jax, FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: Atlas HO USRA Steel Rebuilt Boxcar
Benjamin Hom
Don Burn wrote:
"No it is not accurate for any of those roads." True, but some corrections need to be made to the following comments to set the record straight. "The EJ&E rebuilds had 10 panel sides not 8, and the C&NW was taller with a blank panel added to the ends." True. In addition, the EJ&E rebuilds had rectangular panel roofs, nd the CNW rebuilds had Viking roofs. See Ted Cullotta's Prototype Railroad Modeling Journal Vol 1 for Clark Propst's article on modeling the EJ&E cars. "The DT&I had rebuilds but they had Murphy Dry Lading roofs." Incrrect. The DT&I rebuilds had a unique radial roof with 15 U-section carlines. The Atlas model with 5/5/5 ends and 8-panel sides can actually be used as a starting point for these cars as the ends were not modified during the rebuilding, but the roof will have to be scratchbuilt. http://dti.railfan.net/Equipment_Database/DTI11000sUSRA40';dsBox/ArtDTI11500s.html http://dti.railfan.net/Pototype_Images/rs/DTI11542.jpg "I could be wrong but I don't believe the other roads had rebuilds." You are incorrect. Rock Island rebuilt 2500 of their own USRA DS boxcars in 1936 and 1940, and later leased 500 C&NW rebuilt boxcars in 1955. You are correct that Ann Arbor and Canadian National did not have any USRA rebuilt boxcars, but both roads did own rebuilt boxcars (in the case of AA, via the Wabash). Ben Hom
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Re: TH&B and PGE cars in the states circa 1957
mopacfirst
I have a slide of a yellow/black TH&B car in Kansas in 1970, in a Rock Island freight.
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Ron Merrick
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