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Re: NYC reblt gon

Thanks so much for the replies!! Very helpful. One last question: The instructions give a Floquil mix for a freight car red. I know the NYC switched colors on their hoppers. Don't want to show off a

By Clark Propst · #185607 ·

Re: Mystery boxcar

Chris, Right here. You will probably have to shrink it down a bit. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #185606 ·

Re: Does anyone recognize the herald on the boxcars?

Hi Brian, Thanks for the great image - this helps clarify things a lot! I will note the diamond (actually, two diamonds), just above the word "Somisspo" on your image. I remember seeing this

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #185605 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

Re: Running boards, single-sheathed, handholds. Are there any other such terms? In the spirit of this website, is it incumbent on us, individually and as a group,

By Kenneth Montero · #185604 ·

Re: Mystery boxcar

Hi Garth and List Members, Garth asked: "Can anyone check ORERS for this?" I checked my Dec 1930 ORER, and HBKX 161-162 are listed, data submitted on Aug 1930 (see attached image) With

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #185603 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

Interestingly, ‘handhold’ was first used in Model Railroader in July 1934, while ‘grab iron’ wasn’t used until December 1934. After that, ‘grab iron’ was the predominant term. This is an

By Nelson Moyer · #185602 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

Another invented term commonly used in the model railroad community is "grab iron". The correct rail-industry term for these is "handhold". -- Chris Barkan Champaign, IL

By Chris Barkan · #185601 ·

Re: [EXT] [RealSTMFC] caboose colors

Out of not knowing, I am wondering about the uses of lead oxides. Grandfather, an L&N RR boilermaker, had mason jars of red lead and white lead that he had brought home from the shops. I seem to

By Charles Peck · #185600 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

Hi all, as for the term roofwalk, in the future of this list the protorype might have been inspired by the enthusiast press. At least the Microscale data sets include roofwalk as well as running

By Bernd Schroeder · #185599 ·

Re: [EXT] [RealSTMFC] caboose colors

Ray, Red pigments are one of the earliest color pigments that human used. Red pigments occur naturally in the form of iron oxides, hence the name "oxide red" as a common paint color for that boxcar

By Bruce Smith · #185598 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

‘Outside braced’ first appears in Model Railroader in the September 1939 ad for Laconia Industries, Inc. freight cars. Again, blame the editors and manufacturers for introducing and perpetuating

By Nelson Moyer · #185597 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

Ed Mims asked: "Tony Thompson is correct. In the real world they are not "stirrup steps" they are sill steps and always have been. Where did the name 'stirrup steps' come from?" The same place where

By Benjamin Hom · #185596 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

It’s the model press that introduced and perpetuates the term stirrup and stirrup step. The kit manufacturers contribute to its continued use. Same thing with roof walk. The first mention of

By Nelson Moyer · #185595 ·

Re: Car Builder’s Dictionaries

Tony Thompson is correct. In the real world they are not "stirrup steps" they are sill steps and always have been. Where did the name "stirrup steps" come from? Ed Mims

By Ed Mims · #185594 ·

caboose colors

I know that the answer for individual railroads will differ, but I am wondering when the "caboose red" started to be used? Color photographs (there are not many) of older cabeese show a boxcar red or

By Ray Hutchison · #185593 ·

Re: Photo: Santa Fe Boxcars At Hills Brothers Coffee Factory (1938)

Brian, Thanks much. Obviously there is a lot of track missing from the Sanborn map. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #185592 ·

Re: NYC reblt gon

Does anyone know where I could get double-sided Murphy ends for this car? I have a few of the flat kits but want to detail the interiors. -Phil Lee

By nyc3001 . · #185591 ·

Re: Canopy glue -another use

To compliment Tony's post, I bought 3/16 and 1/4 in. pan machine screws to mount couplers and trucks on flat cars from FMW Fasteners. I use 3/8 and 1/2 in. machine screws for other cars, with the 1/2

By Nelson Moyer · #185590 ·

Re: Photo: Santa Fe Boxcars At Hills Brothers Coffee Factory (1938)

Here you go, Garth. You can see the spur coming off the State Belt main tracks from the south. -- Brian Stokes North Point Street in Proto:48

By Brian Stokes · #185589 ·

Re: NYC reblt gon

On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 01:34 PM, Clark Propst wrote: My question is when did the NYC do away with the stripes above and below the initials/numbers? I'd like to do the car for 1950 +- 5 yrs. The 1”

By Seth Lakin · #185588 ·

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