I only have this one cropped from a larger image. Can't read the number so it may not be a N-25b. It appears to have the original brake arrangement. Attached: The origins for the N-25 hoppers was the

Can anyone point me to a picture of the B-end of one of these? Kitbashing one for a friend. And those outlets are very odd. Scott Chatfield

List members, A slightly larger image using the below link, at least on my iMac. http://frisco.org/mainline/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cattle-Car-47864-date-and-location-unknown.jpg Bob Witt

On the color of kick plates: It depends on the era you're modeling. In the late steam era, kick plates on wooden ART cars were usually red. There are a few published color photos that show this.

I’m finishing up two ART reefers as 12645 and 13657. The photo of 12248 in the ART book, p. 134 appears to have a long sill step extending the full width of the door and suspended from the bottom of

Thanks Ron. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

We are closing out our remaining Reboxx wheel inventory at 40% off MSRP. Remaining stock is listed on our web store www.desplaineshobbies.com To reach the list quickly, scroll through the BRANDS list

Dave Parker wrote:Thanks, Dave. I appreciate the additional details. The side-mount safety valves, though ordinarily performing exactly the same as dome-top valves (and both being 5-inch

Ed Bommer wrote that a gallon of water contains 16 pints. Not true, it contains 8 pints or 4 quarts. Also, a gallon of water weighs 8.32 lbs. (I used to work in the oil patch before I went to work

Tony: First, the outage chart and tables were likely needed in a significant number of cases. The ICC regs on this, which date to 1918 at least, pertained to all commodities classified as

Ed There’s 8 pints in a gallon. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Dave Parker wrote:Not clear which part of my comments you state isn't true. The gallonage on a tank car end is indeed the shell-full gallons. And many commodities were loaded shell-full. I spoke at

It seems a little bit of déjà vu all over again. Perhaps it is time for a reminder of some of the details of the USRA tank car design. First of all, there was not a single design, but a family of

Sorry Tony, this is simply not true. If you dig back into the ARA tank car specs from ca. 1920, you can find the outage tables and chart that gives the needed expansion volume for a given commodity.

Dave Parker wrote: This seems an odd story. The MCB report which was the basis for the 2 percent rule had accepted input from many shippers of all kinds, to create a "safe" volume. Perhaps Texaco

On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 12:36 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: BTW, in response to Scott Chatfield's comment about dome volume, it was required to be a MINIMUM of 2 percent of the tank volume. Car buyers

Having been a volunteer firefighter for 45 years, a gallon of water always weighed 8.34 pounds not 16. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sunbury, Pa.

Yep, Doug! You got me there. I was going too fast in my post. Many thanks for the correction. Ed Bommer

Ed you need to adjust your math. There are 8 pints in a gallon at 1 lb per pint. There are 16 cups in a gallon at ½ lb per cup. Meaning a gallon of water weighs 8 lbs. Thus a 100 gallons would weigh

Ed Bommer wrote: Thee are complications with the domed heads and other issues. I explored ALL of that and came up with an excellent approximation to account for the details. It's at this link if