Thanks again, Ed. I bought the 81000 series car at a good price, hoping to be able to use it on my 1953 layout. From all the information you provided, I can build it with AB brakes, Ajax power hand

All great suggestions! How about simply posting one photo of the prototype for the 36' Accurail wood end box car? That way we can all become enlightened. I am sure that there must be many RRs whom

Plus if our distinguished correspondent won't attach a name to this assessment, why should I care? Ben Hom From: "'Earl Tuson' etuson@... [STMFC]" To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, February

Dennis retorts: then he would see the wood end with exposed steel end sill is correct. They don't even have to go that far. IIRC, both the 1913 and 1916 CBC's have the relevant car drawings; both

Nelson, The Jan. 1953 ORER reported 247 cars remained in MP 81000-81999. The answer to your question about the doors is one of uncertainty. The MP diagram for the cars indicates “Camel Doors”

Maybe your correspondent should order up a set of drawings from the Pullman Library at the Illinois Railway Museum; then he would see the wood end with exposed steel end sill is correct. Dennis ---In

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

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---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