On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 06:35 PM, Dave Parker wrote: The CBCs were effectively trade catalogs, and should be considered a secondary source for MCB/ARA/AAR standards or rules.Dave, I certainly agree. I

Hi List Members, I was getting rid of old calendars, and I remembered this nice image from the New Haven Railroad 2019 calendar, the illustration for July.

PRR class F35, #470011. The load looks like a smaller version of the Westinghouse turbod generqator carried by the FD2, 16-axle, flat car. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, Al

Photo: PRR Depressed Center Flatcar 470011 (1949) A photo from the University of Utah Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rn40vm This photo can be enlarged quite a

Photo: UP Gondola 63960 In Discharge Mode (1922) A photo from the University of Utah Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65t5v5t This photo can be enlarged quite a bit. Good

Well said, Dave. Sometimes the EXH of a house car is only 3 feet. Tony Thompson

Dennis: The car lettering diagrams in the CBCs are not always up to date. For example, the diagram accompanying the "1920 Revision" that appears in the 1922 CBC dos not show the journal repack stencil

I looked at the ARA lettering diagram presented in the 1931 CBC, but at that time the arrangement only included EW and EH, which are the width and height of the eaves, with a not explaining that if

In my experience, if you look at multiple ORERs over the years, the outside dimensions are often inconsistent, especially the various heights. I'm not really sure what changed -- conventions,

Thanks guys, but I’m still puzzled. Now it appears that I don’t understand the ORER. The ORER has a column labeled, “Dimensions – Outside – Height from rail – To Extreme Width”.

 Hi Josh and List Members, It is available in RTR form in N scale... https://www.ebay.com/itm/333667435813 This also provides one manufacturers interpretation of the color scheme. No

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 11:44 AM, Eric Hansmann wrote: I don’t know if the chain connections were a requirement for these loads. In reviewing the Loading of Materials section of the 1919 Car Builder

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 01:11 PM, Robert kirkham wrote: Is it the width at those heights?Rob has it right, the H dimension that follows the EXW dimension tells you how high up the car the extreme width

From 1928? Ray Breyer Elgin, IL On Saturday, September 5, 2020, 01:08:51 PM CDT, mel perry <clipper841@...>

Is it the width at those heights? Rob

Victor asks: I know this has been covered in the past (I looked), but in the more recent time period has anyone come with a accurate car either RTR or as a kit, other than brass?

Mill gondolas had drop-door ends to haul loads that were longer than the car. These may extend onto another car with a bearing plate for the load to ride upon. The chains are a safety to keep the cars

Eastern seaboard models will do their XIH in HO too. Brian J. Carlson

well considering that it has an espee herald on the car, fair assumption that it is a t&no car ;-) mel perry

Jeff: The EXW is, as you say, the extreme width of the car. But EXH is not the highest point of the car, but rather the height at which the EXW occurs. EW and EH are the relevant dimensions at the