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Re: Reading boxcar series 101000-102999

You probably have the photo and roster on Ted's old web site. http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/gallery/boxauto/rdg102751main.html Two more photos are attached Larry Kline Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:25 am

By Larry Kline · #121239 ·

Re: Stubborn Projects

Many times, Marty. Mostly when I run up against a problemscratchbuildng a certain part or a difficult assembly procedure. However,I find that if I put it away and move on to something else for a

By asychis@... · #121238 ·

Re: MStL 63001s, 65001s

I checked C&IW and C&IM for 1930 and 1940.Only one series turned up, C&IW 6500-6599. I'm not sure where these camefrom but they're not in the 7-70 ORER, so probably secondhand. Eric N.

By Eric Neubauer <eaneubauer@...> · #121237 ·

Re: New York Central USRA 50-ton gondola paint color

Hello Everybody, The NYC USRA gondolas were rebuilt around 1938. They looked like all the other 40' gons with steel sides 4'10" high (no diagonal ribs). After rebuilding they did not look like USRA

By John Riba · #121236 ·

Re: Reading boxcar series 101000-102999

Larry, I’m sending you off-list scans of several photos. I haven’t included the three shots I have which are broadsides, but I am sending views which illustrate both ends, the roof, and the air

By Richard Hendrickson · #121235 ·

Re: Early, but definitely steam era

It's probably not news to most of you, but safetyappliances were hardly standard industry wide until the Safety Appliance Act of1911. Cars which met the standard were marked "United States Safety

By Eric Neubauer <eaneubauer@...> · #121234 ·

Re: Stubborn Projects

Armand Premo wrote: Armand, as I always observe, canopy glue gives me the best results with dissimilar materials like you mention. You can read my comments

By Tony Thompson · #121233 ·

Re: Stubborn Projects

Funny you should bring that upMarty.I am currently working on a kit that is basically wooden with a resinroof , styrene and metal parts.The instructions call for drilling some126 holes of

By Armand Premo · #121232 ·

Unusual WFE Car

In http://www.mashpedia.com/videoplayer.php?q=52D1xs_hc_k at 09:12 what appears to be a GN WFE plug door car appears. It has a row of five "hatches" on each side of the roof. I wasn't able to make

By Rod Miller · #121231 ·

Re: Stubborn Projects

Marty McGuirk wrote: I had an NP box car awhile back that I began to call "the unluckiest freight car." In building it, it seemed like everything that COULD go wrong, did. I had to rescue the

By Tony Thompson · #121230 ·

Re: AC&F Type 27

Please change the subjects. I've received 7 emails with this subject and none had to do with Type 27 tank cars. Brian Carlson.

By Brian Carlson · #121229 ·

Re: Reading boxcar series 101000-102999

Does anyone have a photo of any Reading boxcar in series 101000-102999 they’d be willing to provide me a scan. I’m trying to create a model of one these cars which, at first look, appear to be

By Larry Sexton · #121228 ·

Re: Stubborn Projects

back in the '80s I started a Western Maryland Pacific using Bowser components for a NYC loco. Shortened the boiler, modified the cab, turned a couple of domes from brass rod. Now, after a move

By cj riley <cjriley42@...> · #121227 ·

Re: Early, but definitely steam era

Cool image. Another little detail of note - on the car in the right foreground notice how the brake wheel staff goes through the roof of the car. Those "boxes" on the caboose roofs are very likely

By Marty McGuirk · #121226 ·

Re: AC&F Type 27

David Thompson wrote: If you mean "route card board," it is there, right on the bolster at the left of the car side (and has a card). If you mean "placard board," there wasn't one. Tony

By Tony Thompson · #121225 ·

Stubborn Projects

Ever have one of those projects that fights with you all the way? That’s been the case with a certain otherwise non-descript Sunshine Cotton Belt double-sheathed boxcar. I started building it back

By Marty McGuirk · #121224 ·

Re: AC&F Type 27

No tack boards on the middle reefer. Wonder where they put the car cards at? http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1946-Aug-Green-River/i-BdkW6SQ/A David Thompson

By David · #121223 ·

Re: AC&F Type 27

DT&I gon with auto frames? http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1946-Aug-Echo-to-Green-River/i-xV3zdmW/A Six-dome tank

By David · #121222 ·

Re: New York Central USRA 50-ton gondola paint color

Don Valentine wrote: "Did not a number of railraods change their hopper car color from black to read somewhere in the 1925 to 1945 time frame as well, i.e. Lehigh Valley, Pennsy, New Haven and Western

By Benjamin Hom · #121221 ·

PFE Reefer was GATX 6-dome tank - Emil Albrecht photo from Don Strack

R-50-5, rebuilt from R-50-1 for frozen food service, plywood sheathing. http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/bynumber/reefer/index.htm Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

By Bruce Smith · #121220 ·

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