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Re: assistance of this group with a freight car ID

"ACKSON MAINTAINER" was "JACKSON MAINTAINER" and suggests that the car's last use was as an assigned carrier car for a Jackson Track Maintainer. The car number is one digit shy of being a Santa Fe M

By John C. La Rue, Jr. <MOFWCABOOSE@...> · #153096 ·

This is for SP&S fans

Hi List Members, I'm cleaning out some stuff I no longer need. This is for SP&S fans, I have the following data pack... Tichy's HO scale 41-foot flat car by Hendrickson (features SP&S flats) and

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #153095 ·

assistance of this group with a freight car ID

Hi, I would like to ask the assistance of the august members of this group with a freight car ID. I did not record an exact date (foolish of me), but I took the photos below sometime in the 1990s

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #153094 ·

For Sale: RP Cyc's

Hello Everyone, As you are aware Cyc 34 is the last one to be issued. There is a sale of remaining RP Cyc's to reduce remaining stock. I can offer the following volumes in the sale including

By Ted Schnepf · #153093 ·

Re: Reefers & Seafood

I mention this to Keith Jordan, one of the authors of the Santa Fe reefer book. Hecommented, "If cars were in dedicated service, there would be bulletins,etc., that would indicate which cars were in a

By thecitrusbelt@... · #153092 ·

Re: Low side gons

Thanks for the info I was thinking of the 3 foot high cars. I'm in S and there are 40 and 41' foot cars but no 46 foot. The 41 foot cars are excellent Southern prototype though. I bought a 40' 3

By George Courtney · #153091 ·

Re: And the weight of the cast truck is? Bolster? (was Weight Of A Freight Car Wheel?)

It appears that the Terminating Truck is a swing-motion truck - You can see the parallel transoms and bolster between them at 2:01 in the clip. It should have significantly more mass than the standard

By Jack Mullen · #153090 ·

Re: N&W GJc (was Re: Low side gons)

The GJc were scrapped in the late 1930s (class GJ was built 1909-13). The later 98000-98631 were class GUb (also #s 91000-92599); class GU gons rebuilt with corrugated ends. David Thompson

By David · #153089 ·

N&W GJc (was Re: Low side gons)

The weird part is what happened to the 98000-98799 GJc series betweenthe 1934=1935 rebuilding and the 1940 ORER (where they DON'TEXIST) and then the reappearance of the series in the 1950 ORER? Were

By Tim O'Connor · #153088 ·

Re: Low side gons

Friends, I am looking at the N&W Historical Society drawings list, and have found a wealth of information about class GJc, including photos, drawings and lettering, at

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #153087 ·

QA&P boxcar, carbon black covered hopper and a vinegar tank car

Hi List Members, I'm cleaning out some stuff I no longer need. I have the following article... Essential Freight Cars 20 - QA&P boxcar, carbon black covered hopper and a vinegar tank car by Ted

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #153086 ·

Re: And the weight of the cast truck is? Bolster? (was Weight Of A Freight Car Wheel?)

Dennis Storzek wrote: Wasn't that the question? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

By Tony Thompson · #153083 ·

Re: And the weight of the cast truck is? Bolster? (was Weight Of A Freight Car Wheel?)

Although the Terminated Truck may have been manufactured during our time frame. Note the journal covers on the truck, normally on plain bearing devices for supporting STMFCs on rails. John Barry

By John Barry · #153085 ·

Re: And the weight of the cast truck is? Bolster? (was Weight Of A Freight Car Wheel?)

---In STMFC@..., <b.hom@...> wrote : Heavy enough to squash a Terminator, though this takes place well after the era of this list. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKG3WMkMxQ Ben

By destorzek@... · #153082 ·

Re: And the weight of the cast truck is? Bolster? (was Weight Of A Freight Car Wheel?)

James Matthews wrote: "Are you sure about those weights? Not quite apples to apples but a built up three piece 70-ton roller bearing truck with truck mounted cylinders and 34" wheels weighs

By Benjamin Hom · #153081 ·

Re: And the weight of the cast truck is? Bolster? (was Weight Of A Freight Car Wheel?)

Tony, Are you sure about those weights? Not quite apples to apples but a built up three piece 70-ton roller bearing truck with truck mounted cylinders and 34" wheels weighs 8,500-9,000 pounds (I have

By jace6315 · #153080 ·

Re: Box Car Crack Filler For Grain Transport

I had mentioned the following before, perhaps not on this list. Seafood shipping is where refrigerators went to die, not unlike hide cars in the same manner. I have a copy of a letter (somewhere

By np328 · #153079 ·

Chicago RPM operating session

Hi Everyone, Attendees to the Chicago RPM can participate in an operating session on Sunday morning, on a O scale 2 rail layout, no experience is necessary. As at past meets, an operating session

By Ted Schnepf · #153078 ·

Re: Box Car Crack Filler For Grain Transport

So is part of Oregon, such as the deep water port of Coos Bay, the railroad line to which was part of the Southern Pacific system in the Steam Era. I imagine most of the freight cars on it then were

By Jeff Shultz <jeff@...> · #153077 ·

Re: Box Car Crack Filler For Grain Transport

Actually, it went by boat in the 1950s and earlier, but I was too young to imbibe when I lived in Alaska. Nelson Moyer

By Nelson Moyer · #153076 ·

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