I am going to go out on a limb and guess that undec kits are going to be out of the question for these cars, right? How about just undec cars or data only? Jason Greene

STMFC members, Does anyone have a photo or know of a source of a photo from series L&A 4001-4050? These cars were AAR 33' IL twin offset-side hopper cars built in 1937 by Pressed Steel Car Co. The

The film was more melodrama than railroad. However, there were several AT&SF Bx-Os in evidence. Also steam shovel and dump cars. It appeared that the film was shot both on SP and Sante Fe trackage.

In a message dated 12/15/2011 7:27:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: The stick you mentioned used by brakemen to tighten brake wheels were known as "brake clubs".

I've collected a couple of steam-era brake clubs. Yes, brakemen could have used the busted handles from spike mauls and sledge hammers, but with a broken end I doubt a trainman would trust it. Broken

I've asked Chad to make 20 pr of the Superior doors used on the CGW 900 series cars and others (several more modern cars). Thanks to those show interest! Clark Propst PS: More doors can be cast if

I missed that . . . stick . . . sorry.

That's why it was end grain wood.

"4-5 inches in diameter"? That's kinda big to get one's hands around. I always figured that brake clubs looked like cut off sledge handles... in fact broken spike maul handles likely were a prime

Hope fully the stick's surface was soft enough to not scratch bearing interface. Al Kresse

doug.harding@...> wrote: Thanks for the info Doug. I did a screen capture of the photo (I love SnagIt!) and will send it on to Mel Johnson. I checked the title on Google Books, and

Alot of hard-copy MR magazines (& books) can be found here at good prices: http://www.railpub.com/ Andy Jackson Bellflower CA

So it's a pretty sophisticated piece of equipment? <g> Jerry Glow

A picture is worth a thousand words. Apparently this was the method used to move wheels around before the advent of the forklift. There must have been a steam powered crane to move them from the wheel

Here is a photo of a "wheel stick" in

I have for sale 22 CBCs for $50 each plus postage. If interested please respond to my Email address only and I will send you a list. Tom Chenoweth

Here is the Sixth update: Folks here is the official list as of just about #PM PST: Primary List: 1. Rich Hanke 2. Rick Devlin 3. Armand Premo 4. Denny Anspach 5. John Cantlay 6. Jerry Glow

Fred, The stick you mentioned used by brakemen to tighten brake wheels were known as "brake clubs". Brakemen used them for leverage to turn the brake wheels when manually applying the brakes to

Tim, I can date this film to at least 1954 judging by a paint scheme I saw on one of the freight cars.  Todd ________________________________ To: stmfc@... Sent: Wednesday, December

At 13:56 is an aerial view of a PFE ice reefer -- and the roof appears to be plain galvanized (unpainted) metal! The film appears to have been made in the early 1950's long before PFE applied aluminum