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Notice: InterMountain Parts Requests

Notice: InterMountain Parts Requests Courtesy of a "heads-up" from John Hodson, the InterMountain website says they "...are no longer accepting non-warranty parts requests. This includes, but is not

By Bob Chaparro · #172350 ·

Rapido NP boxcar

Decided to work on an “easy” model today and I’ve run into a quandary. The trucks tool by rapido look like the ones that are under the Northern Pacific cars in the instructions but the spring

By Brian Carlson · #172349 ·

Building Roofs - was Re: boxcars can be lined up on two tracks

<Most flat roofs of that era and later in the Midwest are "tar paper". More accurately; roofing felts tarred over in several layers. I have crawled over many and on hot days, had the gooey tar on as

By earlyrail · #172348 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

GTW did roster 50-foot cars with end doors. Some lasted long enough to be sold off to other railroads (I remember one that ended up on the Michigan Northern Ry post-1976 and I am certain that the end

By Craig Wilson · #172347 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

The photo of AT 10338 clearly shows a shop date of 11-46 (Topeka). Conjecturing, this one could have been moved to freight service, repainted and had the steam and signal lines removed. The other

By mopacfirst · #172346 ·

Re: boxcars can be lined up on two tracks

Most flat roofs of that era and later in the Midwest are "tar paper". More accurately; roofing felts tarred over in several layers. I have crawled over many and on hot days, had the gooey tar on as

By Mike Aufderheide · #172345 ·

CIM Container Gondola 15001

CIM Container Gondola 15001 A fair quality undated photo from Richard Leonard’s Rail Archive: https://www.railarchive.net/cimbook/page-m37.htm Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

By Bob Chaparro · #172344 ·

Re: CB&T Shops car shells

Eric,I could use a few if they are still available.Please advise. Armand Premo

By Armand Premo · #172343 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

Thanks Garth, Unfortunately the D&H had no 50 ft. box cars in my era when the 17000 series 40 ft. steel cars they rostered were the longest boxcars they had. Lots of 36 ft. wood sheathed cars

By Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...> · #172342 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

Hi Tim, Unfortunately ORER's don't provide any info regarding use or usual routes. They do, However, tell me that your ATSF 10338 was one of 50 cars in the 10300-10350 group that list no special

By Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...> · #172341 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

I seem to recall the Allied full-cushion trucks were banned from interchange about 1959 due to excessive derailments. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

By Bob Chaparro · #172340 ·

Re: CB&T Shops car shells

The CB&T Shops boxcar shells have been claimed. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #172339 ·

Re: Anthracite Hopper in S.W. Virginia Coal Fields

I think that's what sometimes called a Chiseled Side hopper. I've always wanted an excuse to model one. I suppose if one appeared onlyin an operating session every two years it could be justified.

By George Courtney · #172338 ·

Re: ASM Chrysler trucks (was WP Boxcar 20807)

Neither, haven't bought or tried them. My WP collection is limited to 1950... Fred Jansz

By Fred Jansz · #172337 ·

CB&T Shops car shells

A friend contacted me about some excess HO scale freight car shells he found in storage. These are CB&T Shops kit shells only, and the version before the cast-on details were added. See the attached

By Eric Hansmann · #172336 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

When I was doing time studies on repair of wrecks in Topeka Shops in the 1970s, I was surprised to see odd holes punched ( not burned with a torch) in the body bolsters of FE-24s. A little

By Thomas Birkett <tnbirke@...> · #172335 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

Oh, but they do! The Fe-24s numbered 4100-4399 carried the BX mechanical designation with a note that they were equipped for high speed passenger service with steel wheels, steam and signal

By John Barry · #172334 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

Here's one in 1962 On 4/25/2020 10:38 AM, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #172333 ·

Re: boxcars can be lined up on two tracks

Do you know the date of that photo James? Scott McDonald

By Scott · #172332 ·

Re: Santa Fe Fe-24 and Fe-28 photos

Don, D&H had 10 50-foot double-door boxcars in series 25000-25009. These were ex-PRR cars. I don't know when the D&H bought them, but they are in my October 1958 ORER. They had special racks for

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #172331 ·

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