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Re: CofG PS 1

Clark, I do not have this Wright Trak kit but do have a couple of others of theirs. I fear something is missing from you kit. The Wright Trak kits I have had the instructions on a mini-CD. I do not

By Bill Keene <wakeene@...> · #148879 ·

CofG PS 1

A friend asked me to assemble a Wright trak CofG PS1 with roof hatches.First I took the parts/envelopes out of the box. There’s no instructions, noladders, no grab irons. It this normal for these

By Clark Propst · #148878 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

Dennis replied: This also emphasizes the importance of understanding assigned service. While smaller companies might not have the financial ability to buy their own cars, if they had enough traffic

By Bruce Smith · #148877 ·

This is not a USRA boxcar!

The fine model that Bill is showing is from the World War II GN shops and is not a USRA DS box or a clone or a re-build of one. It’s a new car! The cars were a fine looking orange and black when

By gary laakso · #148876 ·

Re: GN USRA boxcars, was Re: What can I model?

No, it means the person that labeled it that way was wrong. Don't blame it on the model. Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #148875 ·

Re: GN USRA boxcars, was Re: What can I model?

Tim, here is photo of my GN Plywood model. Going on memory Andy only offered the doors and sides. In addition to DA ends it looks like I used their ladders. Mostly I used CDS Dry Transfers applied to

By Bill Welch · #148874 ·

Re: ORERs

---In STMFC@..., <mark_landgraf@...> wrote : It's the accountants telling operations when portions of the fleet are worthless and are at the end of their lives. After which any serious repairs cause

By destorzek@... · #148873 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

---In STMFC@..., <rwitt_2000@...> wrote : FWIW the NH and BAR "potato" cars from the early 1950s were classed XIH so they were considered a box car insulated with heaters. I can't recall other

By destorzek@... · #148872 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

FWIW the NH and BAR "potato" cars from the early 1950s were classed XIH so they were considered a box car insulated with heaters. I can't recall other examples. Here's a link to a NHRATA forum

By rwitt_2000 · #148871 ·

Re: ORERs

Tim Several things come into play. We've all seen trust plates on various freight cars. In that case the bank owned the car. Many new cars from ACF, Pullman Standard, Greenville, etc were financed.

By mark_landgraf · #148870 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

Dennis ? Is that really the same question ? RB's were around in the 1930'sfor wine, beer, chocolate, and other products. I don't know of any in railroad company service (were thereXI's?) but maybe

By Tim O'Connor · #148869 ·

Re: ORERs

Ok, Mark, you have me stumped. What does depreciation of cars haveto do with any of this? Tim O' > Mark Landgraf wrote Monday, April 10, 2017 6:48 PM > I suspect the accountants may have driven the

By Tim O'Connor · #148868 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : Say WHAT?? There was no such thing as an insulated box car (i.e. RBbunkerless reefer) ??? I have shots of wood sheathed steam era Hershey's RB's. The

By destorzek@... · #148867 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

---In STMFC@..., <vasa0vasa@...> wrote : Would such factories have their own power plant or would they have used the local grid? It could be a function of the age of machinery in the plant:

By destorzek@... · #148866 ·

Re: ORERs

Tim has hit on the most important reason that railroads would care about how many of each car class remained on their rosters: Not per diem per se, but ACCOUNTING. Railroads employed legions of

By Schuyler Larrabee · #148864 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

Gary, I would think that cream would be locally sources and would arrive via a motor carrier and not on the rails. I also do not believe that cocoa beans would require insulated shipment. Most likely

By Bill Keene <wakeene@...> · #148865 ·

Re: ORERs

From: Mark Landgraf Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 6:48 PM To: Tim O'Connor timboconnor@... [STMFC]; STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: ORERs

By mark_landgraf · #148863 ·

Re: GN USRA boxcars, was Re: What can I model?

Well, my 1952 ORER says the GN USRA originals and clones had the same height to the eaves, running board and top of the brake staff, and the same cuft capacity (3098). The only difference is that I

By Todd Sullivan · #148862 ·

Re: Car Types for a Brown & Haley Candy Factory

Thanks, Tim O’! Gary Laakso south of Mike Brock

By gary laakso · #148861 ·

Re: GN USRA boxcars, was Re: What can I model?

Tim O' wrote: Does Accurail offer its USRA DS box car with 7/8 ends?? I don't know if Accurail does, but Westerfield offers a 7/8 corrugated end that looks like it should fit their USRA DS kit. I'm

By Todd Sullivan · #148860 ·

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