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Re: Reading Boxcar 18729

There’s an informative data sheet on this XAra class on the Reading Modeler site. Click on XAra for the

By Eric Hansmann · #191354 ·

Walthers did one. Maybe Train Miniature as well. Same car. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Ray Hutchison <rayhutchison2@...> Reply-To:

By BRIAN PAUL EHNI · #191353 ·

Re: transport of locomotive wheels

Locomotive Quarterly Volume III, Number 2 on page 89 features a full page picture of Texas & Pacific 4-6-2, #721 with the caption noting that …”Extra 721 West carries a set of engine drivers on a

By gary laakso · #191352 ·

Re: transport of locomotive wheels

Ray, I’m puzzled as to what words it is worth? 😉 This photos occurs at least 62 years in the future of this list and denotes a practice that will occur in the absence of the typical shops

By Bruce Smith · #191351 ·

Gon interior pt 2

Agreed. There was a big problem with cars in the STMFC that amounted to literally thousands of damaged cars on the big roads, at any given time. In some years it was astonishing how many as a

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #191350 ·

Reading Boxcar 18729

Reading Boxcar 18729 Photo courtesy of Robert Wanner. Sorry, I have no information about this car. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

By Bob Chaparro · #191349 ·

Re: transport of locomotive wheels

Slightly off topic but . . . the Strasburg Railroad has complete wheel manufacturing and repair capabilities including an 80" wheel lathe. They did the driver work for the UP's 844 and 4014. -- John

By John Sykes III · #191348 ·

Menasha Woodenware car

Several months ago there was a brief thread about the Menasha Wooden Ware freight cars. There is a "rebuilt" 40' car here in the National Railroad Museum as well as a model of a 40' car (forget the

By Ray Hutchison · #191347 ·

Re: transport of locomotive wheels

This photograph, from the Midcontinent Railroad Museum link that Doug sent, is worth a thousand words...

By Ray Hutchison · #191346 ·

Re: Gon interior pt 1

It's operable as long as you don't load it with gravel, coal, ore etc. As and when there are a surplus of Gondolas and capacity in repair facilities then repair it. Perhaps outside the STMFC era it

By Philip Dove · #191345 ·

Gon interior pt 1

Folks; Thought you’d enjoy the attached and see if anyone had the guts to model it. I talked to a few of my friends, and we think it is a bad repair of a burned-out wooden floor. The MRY is

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #191344 ·

Re: New resin freight car kits

Yes, the two center panels are wider. I'll do a blog post on how to make and easy USRA 3-bay hopper. Frank Hodina Resin Car Works

By Frank Hodina · #191343 ·

Re: Train Shops in DC Area

Sounding off from the Northern DC suburbs, here are my two cents: I'll give another big thumbs-up for Mainline Hobby Supply in Blue Ridge Summit, PA. I consider this my LHS and it's well worth the

By Ben Sullivan · #191342 ·

Re: NKP Boxcars 20000-20500

Rick, The short answer to your question is yes. The box cars in the subject line "NKP 20000-20500" were of mixed designs. NKP 20000-20499 was comprised of two orders of different box cars, neither of

By Ed Hawkins · #191341 ·

NKP Boxcars 20000-20500

I have some decal sets with that range of numbers, supposedly these were ex-W&LE boxcars. the capacity and dimensional data suggests a 1937 AAR Boxcar with a build date of 1941, but the 1937 AAR

By Rick Jesionowski · #191340 ·

Re: Tichy P&LE Rebuilt Boxcar.

Really like the faded paint! Great model Charlie! Scott McDonald

By Scott · #191339 ·

Re: transport of locomotive wheels

This is from a 1955 a L&N Freight car Diagram book. Never saw a photo of one. Lee S.

By Lee Singletary · #191338 ·

Re: transport of locomotive wheels

By Rupert Gamlen · #191337 ·

Re: Frisco coonskin question

Thanks, I’ll use the Lines logo then. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

By Charlie Duckworth · #191336 ·

Re: Frisco coonskin question

Charlie I've seen a car repainted in 1952 with "lines" and a car delivered brand new in 1951 without the "lines". Tim O'Connor On 3/23/2022

By Tim O'Connor · #191335 ·

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