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Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Has anyone a dimensioned drawing of a triple valve they can share? Any era. All sides. Even a couple of photos of drawings will help. Dave Nelson Dave, are you looking for drawings of

By brianleppert@att.net · #140173 ·

The Amherst Rwy. Society Show

Hello All, Please excuse the cross post but I needed to get this out to everyone who might be interested and not yet have decided to attend the Amherst Railway Society Show this weekend at

By Don Valentine <riverman_vt@...> · #140175 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

I seem to recall thet the WABCO catalogs had dimensions of the brake cylinders... but one general illustration covered all of one type, with a table of dimensions. In fact, the illustrations published

By destorzek@... · #140172 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Bill, when you go on the NYCHS website push the red button to contract Tom Gebracht and see if he can help you For Dave Nelson, Dennis’ response about vendor parts is dead on. The resource you can

By ROGER HINMAN · #140171 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Thanks Dennis, I was afraid that was the case. I do know where I can find the equipment to measure… I’m most certainly not looking forward to laying down under a car to do it tho. Perhaps I need

By Dave Nelson · #140170 ·

Maine Central Boxcars ride above the rail

Perhaps, these boxcars have steel under frames and were empty at the timeof the incident...I have no information about the photo:

By gary laakso · #140169 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Thank you for your response Noel. When I log into this website I can find a CD of freight car drawings, however, I do not find any access to individual drawings. I really just want to get drawing

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #140168 ·

Re: Freight car fleet considerations

Guess most of us have had thesame problem.I continue to refine my roster.We tend to overemphasize the roadsand types that we like best.Armand Premo

By armprem · #140167 ·

Freight car fleet considerations

Freight cars are an important component of our model railroads. A couple of recent questions made me think about my 1926 freight car fleet and what should be part of it. It seems many recently built

By Eric Hansmann · #140166 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

The NYCSHS has engineering drawings available in our Society store (Collinwood Shop). The store is accessible to anyone at: Welcome to NYCSHS - The Collinwood Shop. Thanks Noel Noel

By Noel Widdifield · #140165 ·

Re: Machining car end?

Brian, Glad to see you are still at it. When I've had the time to set it up (an all-nighter for me) I've been using CamBam for my CAM and loading the G-code into DeskCNC for machine control. DeskCNC

By hockenheim68 · #140164 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

---In STMFC@..., <Lake_Muskoka@...> wrote : Has anyone a dimensioned drawing of a triple valve they can share? Any era. All sides. Even a couple of photos of drawings will help. Dave

By destorzek@... · #140163 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Thank you Roger for your reply. This certsinly answers my question. I would very much like to obtain a copy of this drawing, however, I don't seeem to be able to access this information on the

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #140162 ·

Re: Machining car end?

---In STMFC@..., <grangerroads@...> wrote : Vector CAD/CAM. It has a 3D module, but at the time I bought the package I didn't buy that. ================ So, all you have to work with is a 2-1/2D CAM

By destorzek@... · #140161 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

I can endorse Roger’s mention of the NYCHS – I have their cd’s for both boxcars and gondolas. The drawing sets are not 100% complete… some cars are covered really well, others are a short of

By Dave Nelson · #140160 ·

Stans parts

Are Stan Rydarowicx parts still available? I am looking for the CGW and WLE PS-o boxcars. Al Smith Sonora CA

By Allan Smith <smithal9@...> · #140159 ·

Re: Machining car end?

> Rhino should certainly be able to handle the model generation... What are you using for CAM software, if I may ask? < Vector CAD/CAM. It has a 3D module, but at the time I bought the package I

By grangerroads@... · #140158 ·

Re: Black Cement Roofs

Thanks for the replies. I noticed my NKP kit also is a Viking roof so of the four cars I have with black roofs three are Viking roofs. The Santa Fe car is a Murphy roof with running boards painted

By George Courtney · #140157 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

NYC drawing Q53551 is for AB brake system retrofits on many of these cars. According to that drawing the brake cylinder and the reservoir are on the same side of the car. the valve is on the other

By ROGER HINMAN · #140156 ·

Re: E-Bay Decals/ Decals that are too small

We can resize most of our HO decals to TT. Email me off group Allen Ferguson Black Cat Publishing- Model Railroad Decals Black Cat Publishing- Model Railroad

By Allen Ferguson · #140155 ·

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