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Re: Alaska Railroad Hart Convertible Ballast Gondola ARR 1443

Which Hart convertible gondola design? I believe there were several options down through the decades. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #194115 ·

Re: Prototype for Branchline 37-Foot Reefer?

Maybe Rapido? They made undec kits as well as RTD models of the 37’ meat reefers Joe Binish

By Joseph · #194114 ·

Re: Prototype for Branchline 37-Foot Reefer?

Branchline didn’t do 37 ft reefers in their line. Is this an earlier Branchline custom painted model (mdc) and not Blueprint. Can you share a pic? Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson,

By Brian Carlson · #194113 ·

Re: Alaska Railroad Hart Convertible Ballast Gondola ARR 1443

Sure wish someone would do the Hart cars in 3D. It should be a good seller as most railroads had them and were also used in cinder service. LK

By Lloyd Keyser · #194112 ·

Re: Prototype for Branchline 37-Foot Reefer?

Bob, I didn't know Branchline did short reefers. -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

By O Fenton Wells · #194111 ·

New Haven Insulated Box Car NH 45003

New Haven insulated box car NH 45003 built by Pacific Car & Foundry in June 1953. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Richard Wilkens

By Richard Wilkens · #194110 ·

Re: General Petroleum Tank Cars

Notice the "Cards Here" stencil. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

By Bob Chaparro · #194109 ·

Re: General Petroleum Tank Cars - Questions

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 09:04 AM, Charles Greene wrote: Somewhat similar to the Miner brake actuator mechanism?Well, yes. Unfortunately, that's no clarification at all. Miner made both the lever on

By Jack Mullen · #194108 ·

Rebuilt Milwaukee Road Box Cars

In September 1920 Pacific Car & Foundry had a contract to rebuild 500 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound wood box cars. Here are the cars being rebuilt along with

By Richard Wilkens · #194107 ·

Re: Northern Pacific Automobile Box Car NP 8029

Notice the "Transfer Cards" stencil. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

By Bob Chaparro · #194106 ·

Alaska Railroad Hart Convertible Ballast Gondola ARR 1443

Alaska Railroad Hart convertible ballast gondola ARR 1443 built by Pacific Car & Foundry in May 1930. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Richard Wilkens

By Richard Wilkens · #194105 ·

Prototype for Branchline 37-Foot Reefer?

First -- thanks to all who commented on the just-completed Branchline NWX 40' reefer. Encouragement always helps motivate the next one. While on reefers -- I also have a Branchline

By Bob Chapman · #194104 ·

Re: UTLX Class X Tank Car Build

Not to divert from the current discussion, but I can offer a bit more information about the car being tracked in the blog post, or rather its origin. The point called "Atreco, Texas" is actually the

By mopacfirst · #194103 ·

Re: UTLX Class X Tank Car Build

Bruce LOL. WHERE did I say crude was shipped by rail to the east coast, EXCEPT in WWII ? Most of the refineries were then, and are now, in the three

By Tim O'Connor · #194102 ·

Re: UTLX Class X Tank Car Build

A few things: The "Big Inch" pipeline was completed in July of 1943, and at least some historians credit it with being a significant factor in victory on the European front. There was also a "Little

By Dave Parker · #194101 ·

Re: UTLX Class X Tank Car Build

Nelson, Correct. In addition, post WWII, tank car traffic was almost exclusively in refined products and therefore would be from the refinery to the distributor. Large blocks of cars might

By Bruce Smith · #194100 ·

Re: General Petroleum Tank Cars - Questions

Somewhat similar to the Miner brake actuator mechanism? Chuck Greene St. Charles, IL

By Charles Greene · #194099 ·

Re: UTLX Class X Tank Car Build

Tim, You are mistaken in a couple of important ways. First, prior to WWII, crude was mostly handled by coastal tankers, not by rail, when shipping to the refineries in the north east.

By Bruce Smith · #194098 ·

Re: Branchline NWX Reefer

Excellent build and finish. I really like the CNW NWX cars. On 7/17/2022 7:14 PM, Bob Chapman wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #194097 ·

Re: UTLX Class X Tank Car Build

Early in the war solid trainloads of CRUDE oil plus large blocks had to be moved to east coast refineries (spread from Chesapeake Bay up to North Jersey) by rail until a huge

By Tim O'Connor · #194096 ·

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