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Re: Container gons from NKP from the actual NKP Diagrams - 70 & 100 ton cars

Sorry I have not had time to dig through things to be able to give a more definitive response until now. I have the NKP 1947 folio diagrams for freight cars in our Folio Book and it includes

By Tim Mulina BHI <bhipubs@...> · #131237 ·

Re: Bananas

I don't know anything about the UP operations but the IC rostered a Banana Messenger caboose as late as 1960. It's my understanding that produce buyers rode the trains. The IC also

By Jeffrey White · #131236 ·

Re: UTLX Tank Car Designations

Dave, The photo of 94785 was used by Richard inan article on the P2k 8000 gallon Type 21 cars in the February 1998 RMJ. The photo was taken in 1945 and if from the MD McCarter collection. Thecar

By Steve and Barb Hile · #131235 ·

Re: Container gons from NKP

The Walthers containers measure out at 9'0" x 4'6" .. Thosedimensions probably were chosen to fit their USRA gondola model. In the 1943 CBC are several photos of a 46'0" x 9'3" NKPgondola with 11

By Tim O'Connor · #131234 ·

Re: Car Weights

lol. let's see where lead leads us. at least it ain't bananas!

By Tim O'Connor · #131233 ·

Re: Bananas

And when there were too many bananas for one train, there would beanother section of the train with another banana attendent. This is the origin ofthe term "second banana". Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #131232 ·

Re: Car Weights

Yes, and 0.015625 lbs * 16 oz/lb = 0.25

By Tim O'Connor · #131231 ·

Re: UTLX Tank Car Designations

The challenge is made more difficult bythe fact the relatively few photos we have to show the ends of class Z carswere taken over a span of more than 30 years. So, the basic Z couldcontinue while

By Steve and Barb Hile · #131230 ·

Re: interesting gondola load

Dave, I find a little hard to believe that those are imported pieces of steel given the date of the photo. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but in 1958 there was imported steel coming into the the

By Todd Horton · #131229 ·

Re: Bananas

I'm sure if you post this on PCL you'll get lots of messages, but I recall from old timetables about how some categories of reduced fare couldn't ride the extra fare or reserved seat trains. Clergy,

By mopacfirst · #131227 ·

Re: interesting gondola load

Those boxes likely contain cold finish bar or small diameter tubing;probably imported. We used to unload tonnes of that material from salt water ships here. Dave Lawler Marine surveyor, retired. Avon

By Dave Lawler · #131226 ·

Re: Car Weights

By coincidence I just found this product for weighting cars. The concept is not new and A-Line have had lead shot available for years. But the size of these balls look pretty small, which can be

By North Model Railroad Supplies <nmrs@...> · #131228 ·

Re: Bananas

On 1/20/2015 12:12 PM, pullmanboss@... [STMFC] wrote: Maybe they have to be watered every 24 hours. Spen Kellogg

By Spen Kellogg <spninetynine@...> · #131225 ·

Re: 50 ft SS box cars

the 100 such cars owned by the L&N had composite ends. See Kline/Culotta's Post War freight car book for photo Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #131224 ·

Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: Re: Container gons from NKP (UNCLASSIFIED)

Tim, that may well be how Walthers did their model, That would mean the (model) containers are twice as long as wide. If these prototypes are the same shape as the model you describe, then they

By hayden_tom@... · #131223 ·

Re: History of Bev-Bel

There was a business as well as a personal relationship between them, I saw it first hand when E&B was in its infancy Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

By markstation01 <markstation01@...> · #131222 ·

painted, wood RTR cars

Thank you both that is the name of the company and it explains how it couldoperate! gary laakso south of Mike Brock

By gary laakso · #131221 ·

Re: How late is still considered applicable

Tim, Actually no that was not the purpose in me asking about the time frame. I had no issue with the 3 cylinder discussion at all and I know where the delete key is if I do not care for a thread

By Tim Mulina BHI <bhipubs@...> · #131220 ·

Re: Car Weights

As the old saying has it, "until morale improves." Tony Thompson tony@...

By Tony Thompson · #131218 ·

Re: Athearn container gondolas

[snip] Hey Mark, fix your computer's date. It thinks it is 7/19/88. Well past the era for this group. -- Rod Miller Handcraftsman === Custom 2-rail O Scale Models: Drives, | O Scale West / S

By Rod Miller · #131217 ·

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