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Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Pool Service into California

Attached are some photos of boxcars cars in tire service. Based on the way they are stacked in the car, I would say any boxcar was suitable. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

By Douglas Harding · #179247 ·

Photo: Cities Service Oil Tank Car 1002 (Undated)

Photo: Cities Service Oil Tank Car 1002 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3603414 This

By Bob Chaparro · #179246 ·

Re: Car ID just for fun

Thanks for those details, Bill! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #179245 ·

Re: Weathered NKP gondolas

Thanks, Doug! To answer your question, gondolas could haul anything that fits. A few images of these NKP gondolas show them with aggregate loads, possibly gravel or sand. But they could haul

By Eric Hansmann · #179244 ·

Re: Ann Arbor Hutchins End (was FW&D 7231 Accurail kitbash)

Let me know the dimensions and it might be do-able. BTW, a typo crept in below: the Accurail kit the ends currently match is the 4300 series single sheathed cars. The 7200 car series is the Ann

By Robert kirkham · #179243 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

This is actually quite simple … Do you want an accurate model, or one that LOOKS like an accurate model? You cannot have BOTH! Dan Mitchell ==========

By Daniel A. Mitchell · #179242 ·

Re: Photo: Reading Well Hole Flat Car 99009 (Undated)

Is that a clock on the upper right of the object being carried?

By Thomas Klosterman · #179241 ·

Re: Early 20th Century Freight Cars Photograph

Hi Jim and List members, Thanks again Jim for the great image. Here are some enlargements of areas I found interesting... We have discussed in the past that large paper or cloth billboards or

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #179240 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Pool Service into California

Garth; I agree that there would have been pools of cars doing this, but I have not found dedicated cars by the PRR that did this. The dedicated cars mostly had racks, so had to be in dedicated

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #179239 ·

Re: Early 20th Century Freight Cars Photograph

Hi Jim and List members, Thanks again Jim for the great image. Here are some enlargements of areas I found interesting... This box car is having a problem with its door - I dare someone to

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #179238 ·

Re: Early 20th Century Freight Cars Photograph

Hi Jim and List members, Thanks again Jim for the great image. Here are some enlargements of areas I found interesting... This Rock Island stock car has an off-center door - see attached

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #179237 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

Dave, This is a great description. Another facet we most often overlook is how colour changes with scale. The military modellers (aircraft in particular) seem to understand this and lighten the

By Brian Stokes · #179236 ·

Re: Early 20th Century Freight Cars Photograph

Hi Jim and List members, Thanks Jim for the great image, I've spent some enjoyable time looking more closely at what there is to see - I will address this in some further emails on the topic...

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #179235 ·

Re: Ann Arbor Hutchins End (was FW&D 7231 Accurail kitbash)

Aren’t the double sheathed cars slightly wider at the car ends? Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #179234 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

Thank you for the excellent detailed explanation. I learned a lot. Thank you again. Bill S

By erieblt2 · #179233 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Pool Service into California

Jim, Auto makers were voracious buyers of tires, and I expect there were pools between major tire makers and auto plants. They needed reliable on-time deliveries, to keep production running. It would

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #179232 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 04:44 PM, Bruce Smith wrote: "Sorry, but you’ve “triggered” me. Please save us from the pseudo-science babble of people like your optometrist friend." What Bill

By devansprr · #179231 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Pool Service into California

I believe tires used to come individually wrapped. And they are certainly not as prone to damage as most car parts. I would think that any reasonably clean boxcar would be suitable for tires. Jim

By Jim Gates · #179230 ·

Re: Ann Arbor Hutchins End (was FW&D 7231 Accurail kitbash)

If the 7200-series Accurail car this is designed to fit has a 9'2" IH, then a Pere Marquette 86000-series double-sheathed boxcar becomes a reasonable project, using these ends, a Hutchins roof and

By Fritz Milhaupt · #179229 ·

HO scale freight car kits for sale, Branchline, Bowser and Intermountain

F/S: HO scale freight car kits by Branchline, Bowser and Intermountain; to receive lists send e-mail to Hugh T Guillaume at: mguill1224 at aol dot com

By Hugh Guillaume · #179228 ·

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