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Re: Greetings, a new guy.

I'd say that is the exception rather than the norm... Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"'Steve Sandifer' steve.sandifer@... [STMFC]" Date:Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 8:52 PM Subject:RE: [STMFC]

By Mark Drake <markstation01@...> · #132267 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

There are a lot of options on the market other than the $40 RTR cars. Our club just concluded a train show where you could purchase all the RTR weathered cars with Kadees and Intermountain wheel sets

By Steve SANDIFER · #132266 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

Found it: it’s titled: DS-SS-Steel Split 1938 to 1950.xls DS = Double-Sheathed (with wood) SS = Singel-Sheathed (with wood) Steel = steel sheathed. Regards, -Jeff

By Aley, Jeff A · #132265 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

Mike, In the STMFC “Files” section, if you search for “boxcar”, you’ll find a spreadsheet of all single-sheathed box cars 1945-59. I think there’s

By Aley, Jeff A · #132264 ·

Looking Back: SFRD In 1909

This material is extracted from an article in the Santa FeEMPLOYEES MAGAZINE, Volume 3, No. 12 (November 1909). In those days SFRD stoodfor Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch. The article is titled

By thecitrusbelt@... · #132263 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

Thank you Bruce, and the rest of you guys........... This is part of the continuing build-up to going photo-real modeling with enhanced blow-ups of the Red Ball card side catalog pages. Catalog #9,

By mwbauers · #132262 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

Mike, as Steve, Charles and Bruce point out, ain'tnothin' simple when it comes to frt cars. Some RR's went to all steel sooner than others. And it wasn'tbecause of a gvt mandate. Southern, for

By Mikebrock · #132261 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

Mike, So, after all the bandwidth this weekend… terminology IS really important <VBG> As has been noted, cars with wood sheathing but steel structures lasted beyond WWII in large numbers and so

By Bruce Smith · #132260 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

Stock cars with steel frames, wood sides, ends, and roofs lasted into theend of stock trains (late ‘60s at least). Wood body box cars with steelcenter sills (NP, GN) lasted till the end of this

By Charles Morrill · #132259 ·

Atlatl LCL shipment, 1920

https://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3328441739/in/set-72157614806438040 And Van Dorn ends! https://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3328442021/in/set-72157614806438040 Ray

By Ray Breyer · #132258 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

By all-wood, I mean the double sheathed wooden upper bodies with steel under-frames. Those came with double-sheath wooden ends, steel framed single sheath ends, or all steel ends.......... all on then

By mwbauers · #132257 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

Mike, Single sheathed boxcars (aka “outside braced”) are certainly not “all wood”. All wood boxcars were eliminated from interchange service prior to WW2. This was due to the inability of

By Bruce Smith · #132256 ·

Re: Greetings, a new guy.

In 1952 there would be a lot of single sheathed and double sheathed cars around. Most modelers of that time slot have too many all steel cars. Now your replied will start getting technical with

By Steve SANDIFER · #132255 ·

Greetings, a new guy.

I'm a so-so modeler that is falling into lower cost modeling due to the economy. I have a question about all-wood boxcars. I remember seeing a couple of the older outside braced wooden boxcars on

By mwbauers · #132253 ·

Freight Car Terminology, diversion into track terminology

Paul Hillman said: Wonder what they were called when they were stub-type? (No points) Same definitions apply: the part with movable rails is a switch. In this case it's a stub switch. The whole

By Jack Mullen · #132252 ·

Re: Odd or Even Numbers Only for Rolling Stock?

Thanks Dennis. I note that on the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw and its successor the Fort Wayne & Jackson Railroad (the subject of my new book out this year) that platform cars and flat cars were

By reporterllc · #132250 ·

Re: [IllinoisCentral] IC 38400-38799 Composite Boxcars

Hi Jeff, The cars were originally built in 7/1929 as 165000-165599, with 10' wide Youngstown doors (6' and 4'). They were changed to two 6' doors VERY soon thereafter; the diagram book sheets say

By Ray Breyer · #132251 ·

2015 Central Ohio RPM

The 2015 Central Ohio RPM is planned for April 23rd-25th at Marion Union Station, Marion, Ohio. This meet follows the usual RPM practices of model displays, clinics, door prizes and fellowship.

By seaboard_1966 · #132254 ·

IC 38400-38799 Composite Boxcars

Does anyone have a photo of these cars or know the actual door configuration? The car diagram for these cars states that the cars have 12 foot doors. However the illustration shows a door and a half

By Jeffrey White · #132249 ·

Re: Odd or Even Numbers Only for Rolling Stock?

It was an easy to check for misplaced cars. As an example, the Soo Line, which used the odd/even system for a good portion of the twentieth century, had two main businesses; grain, and iron ore.

By destorzek@... · #132248 ·

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