I am as well. Mansell Peter Hambly COQUITLAM, B.C.

Dear group: I would like to contact Mr. Eric Lombard of Homewood IL off list. My email is <lrkdbn@...> Sincerely, Larry King

Without meaning to criticize anyone from the previous posts, and certainly not Mark, I strongly urge those of you near facilities with collections to volunteer with the curators of those

Guys Yes, finding a home for your collections can be difficult. I've had several collections that I have scanned and been asked to find new homes for. The collections that I have dealt with have all

Ray: A wonderful offer and I will take a pair of cars. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Chris, Thank you for posting these images. Note that the Vulcan ends in these views are the 8+8 style outward corrugations that were used on the PM cars. (Eric Hansmann shared a photo of one of

FWIW here attached are two snips as JPEGS including a discussion of the Vulcan Steel Car Ends from the 1919 Car Builders Cyclopedia available on line form the Hathi Trust Library site. Of note,

Jerry Michels wrote: I was going to wait until Friday ("commercial day") for an announcement, but since co-author Jerry Michels has spoken, I will offer more description now. Here is the blurb

Hi Folks, Thought I'd announce the good news that the ART book is out! It is available from Signature Press and The Missouri Pacific Historical Society. This effort took Gene Semon and I over ten

Gene, Thanks so much for that information on Hand Brakes. George Toman

Thank you, Gene! I learned from your pedantry. Here's applause for the years of work you have devoted to putting on the brakes, so to speak.

Thanks Ray! I'd love a set of these, are the from Shapeways or an individual that made castings? Did he also do the PM type? The PM were outward corrugations and were an 8+8 pattern. I would want

Excellent. I’m interested. Rob Kirkham

The ends for these cars already exist as a print; they have for a couple of years. If there's enough interest I can see if the artist is interested in drawing & printing the rest of the car. Ray

OK, I'm going to get pendantic and, for some of you, quite annoying. I am not intending to single out any one person but, if the shoe fits, wear it. There is a significant number of you who seem to

Hi Nelson, I have a 34.25 in my stash. I'll scan the instructions and PDS and send them to you later this morning. Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

If anyone ever makes the PM style of these ends, I'm in for at least a dozen sets, since the PM had a thousand cars equipped with them, in the 85000-85999 series. Built as auto cars, they were

Steve: Yes, putting those colors in order helps. Thanks. Ron Merrick

Rob and Dennis, No need to use typical dimensions. Here are the dimensions for the W&LE 27000-series cars from the ORER: IL--40' 3" IW--8' 6" IH--9' 1"

Thanks for your comments here Dennis. No worries – it was more a proof of concept/proportions anyway. Easily re-drawn if dimensions of the end are available to make it worthwhile. Rob