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Re: covered hopper pneumatic discharge

I think for the most part pneumatic discharge gates postdate the 1960 cut-off of this list. You might have better luck on the Baby Boomer Freightcar

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #102036 ·

Re: Another interesting Shorpy photo

Tom I experience the same problem in IE and Mozilla Firefox Jim Brewer

By James F. Brewer <jfbrewer@...> · #102035 ·

Re: FGE Fruit Growers banana emblem?

I am traveling so I do not have any references in available but from memory there were 100 of these car in dedicated service on Baltimore. This happened circa 1958. They were "HI" or Heavy Insulation

By Bill Welch · #102034 ·

Re: Another interesting Shorpy photo

Tim O'Connor wrote: OK, what am I doing wrong? That link gives an immediate "Page not found" in both IE and Safari on two different computers. If I put a backslash character at the end of "jpg" I go

By pullmanboss <tcmadden@...> · #102033 ·

Re: Another interesting Shorpy photo

Link and pin couplers no less. Neat photo. John Hagen

By John Hagen · #102032 ·

Re: Another interesting Shorpy photo

Looks better if you remove the 'preview' ... :-) http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a21996a.jpg

By Tim O'Connor · #102031 ·

Re: covered hopper pneumatic discharge

Chris, there are MANY styles of pneumatic outlets - It's best to identify the prototype you are modeling and find out if anyone has photos or knows where you can find drawings or photos. Tim

By Tim O'Connor · #102030 ·

FGE Fruit Growers banana emblem?

Bill, and other STMFC folks I don't think I've ever seen this banana emblem before. Do you know about it? I'm not sure, but the car seems to have FHIX reporting

By Tim O'Connor · #102029 ·

Re: weathering with artist oil paint

Weathering with brushed oils is the time-honored method of doing so. Paul Jansen, who pioneered and popularized "weathering" and "aging" in the late '50s and '60s used oils (white, black, burnt

By Denny Anspach <danspach@...> · #102028 ·

Re: Billboard Reefers; was, Rapido Meat Reefer

Scott wrote: My mistake; the word "except" should be inserted within the original text of Rule 3, section (a), paragraph (8). In other words, all cars except tanks and cars of mechanical designation

By Guy Wilber · #102027 ·

Re: Billboard Reefers; was, Rapido Meat Reefer

As I read this, advertising was banned from covered hoppers and tank cars for just a couple of years? What principle applies here? Why would they be considered any different from reefers? Scott

By Scott Pitzer · #102026 ·

covered hopper pneumatic discharge

Hi I am working on a model of a covered hopper. The diagram I am using specifies pneumatic discharge hoppers. Can anyone describe the difference between these and say, Enterprise Doors, on the

By ltctilley <ltctilley@...> · #102025 ·

Re: Icing frequency

From what I could find in my limited research, on my road, the cars were checked (inspected) at least either every twenty four hours or at major yards and iced as needed. As part of this, bunkers were

By np328 · #102024 ·

Re: NYCentral Modeler - new ezine - available for download

This is a VERY impressive first issue. Nicely done... and much appreciated. I don't model the NYC, but I found the article on NYC freight cars very useful. As the man says, there were a lot of NYC

By Thomas Warne <warne@...> · #102023 ·

Re: Another interesting Shorpy photo

Convertible stock cars, ARA class SC, which could be configured as either single or double deck cars, often had actuating rods along the side sills which controlled chains so that the second deck

By Richard Hendrickson · #102022 ·

Another interesting Shorpy photo

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a21996a.preview.jpg Found another Shorpy photo with interesting freight cars visible on the car ferry SS Detroit and I have a few questions: On the starboard side,

By Dave Lawler · #102021 ·

Re: NYCentral Modeler - new ezine - available for download

Just downloaded it, no problems. Only a 17 MB file (PDF). And it looks very nice. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #102020 ·

Re: Morton running boards

Tim, try this: http://tinyurl.com/4u5gt5j It is in the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Later, Bill Kelly Tim wrote: whilst Baltimore Baltimore Port

By Bill Kelly · #102019 ·

Re: NYCentral Modeler - new ezine - available for download

It's been posted since early this morning. I grabbed it then without a problem, since the Society announced a few weeks ago that it would be posted on 8/1. bb

By Bryan Busséy · #102018 ·

Re: NYCentral Modeler - new ezine - available for download

Al, I got it to download on the second try and I have t2 data lines here at the office. Their server is probably getting blasted right now. Mike Fleming Superintendent, Bluff City Div. SER,

By Mike Fleming · #102017 ·

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