Folks- I am sending a snipet from a message sent by a respected friend of mine. He is addressing the uncommon aspects of the all-wood version of the car. ************************** Because of the

Eric, The road number makes it a class M-8b as you stated and it seems definite that it has the replacement steel center sills otherwise the car would have collapse as the reefer did. Bob Witt

The box car looks to be B&O 93554, amember of the M-8b class. Many M-8 box cars retained the truss rods after beingupgrade with straight steel centersills. About the time of this 1918 photo,

I don't know about the reefer, but from the background, it was truly a Corn Field Meet! John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC

This is a link to a photo from the Miami(Ohio)Conservancy District's Construction Photos Archive: http://www.miamiconservancy.org/resources/ConstructionPhotos-WM.asp?ID=2710 This photo

Hello- I am offering free shipping to the US on orders of Intermountain wheels of eighteen or more 12 packs. Both the earlier code 88 semi-scale wheels ($9/12 pack) and/or the new High Detail code 88

---In STMFC@..., <espeefan@...> wrote : Don't forget that there is a nut on the shaft! Dan Smith ============== I'll say. I imagine the OP was really looking for some guidance as to height of the

Very well put. One thing that's is not obvious about "high power" geared hand brakes is you have to move the brake wheel more revolutions to have the same effect; something that I'm sure got old fast

Time for an RPM-East update! We are five weeks away from the event on March 24 & 25 in Greensburg, PA. The hotel has lowered the room rate to $89 per night for our event! Anyone who reserved a room

Thanks, Ed, for your authoritative and complete response to my questions. I have RP CYC Volume 14, so I’ll look up the photos. I forgot to ask about replacement of the wood doors with steel doors

Tim, Short answer to your implied question, no. The move to vertical wheel geared power hand brakes was the result of the shake out of various attempts to increase braking force that was needed

I forgot to send this message to this list. Because of that flub, I'm extending the pre-pub discount on FOFC Vol. 9 through next Tuesday. Details may be found here. I have also posted 11 new decal

Nelson, Sorry this reply is late. As MoPac upgraded SS box cars with power hand brakes, railroad diagrams designate Ajax and Universal as the two most used. A photo of 81322 taken 11-22-51, available

Group, There is no standard height for a Plate A staff hand brake but it is easy to calculate what is would be for any specific car series. Just go to an ORER and look up the series. Subtract extreme

Hi Earl, That's a FEC 10001-10175 series ventilated boxcar. Those cars were originally in the 6000 series, built by Mt. Vernon in 1914. IIRC, there's a builder's photo of one in Ted Culotta's

I have that issue of MM. Other than the 4'' clearance mentioned by Dennis, there are no other dimensions related to the brakewheel's position. The brake staff must be within 17''-22'' of the vertical

You're welcome Earl. I got a chuckle out of your comment about draglines, etc - I made an almost identical comment when I posted a link to a photo of an overturned railroad crane last year. It's a

In Mainline Modeler Feb. 1996 there was an article by Keith Retterer about safety appliances. There are drawings of the 1911 Safety Appliance standards but my scanned copy of the magazine doesn't show

It's interesting that in most photos the staff brake wheel is the HIGHEST point on the car! As cars got taller and pushed the limits of clearances, I wonder if that had a lot to do with moving the

---In STMFC@..., <therrboomer@...> wrote : Was there a standard height requirement for a staff brake wheel above the platform? For staff brake with no platform what was wheel height above car roof