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CGW question

7-panel doors. David Thompson

By David · #197363 ·

CGW question

I’m building a kit, and would like to know whether the CGW 91000-series box cars had corrugated or panel doors. Any help appreciated. Tony Thompson tony@...

By Tony Thompson · #197362 ·

Re: New Haven 36' (rebuilt) boxcar series

OUTSTANDING presentation Eric! Much appreciated!! Dave Nelson

By Dave Nelson · #197361 ·

Re: Securing Pipe Loads

With the advent of computer graphics, it got harder to find chart tape. I found some online in 1/64 and 1/32 in. width. Search for Chartpak BG1501M and BG3101M for black matte tape, respectively. I

By Nelson Moyer · #197360 ·

Re: Securing Pipe Loads

If he is looking for banding instead of cable, I've heard people have used Chartpack black lines for it. davo in Orlando

By David Wiggs · #197359 ·

ITS Coal Hopper Lettering for Decals

To the Group: I'm looking for some suggestions - I'm wanting to get HO scale decals made for the 10080-10139 and 11000-11099 series coal hoppers. I can't quite make out the lettering in the middle of

By Doug Forbes · #197358 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10, 000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

A Tangent quality PTC tank car would sure be miraculous and wonderful. :-) On 12/14/2022 11:34 AM, Dave Parker via groups.io wrote: -- Tim

By Tim O'Connor · #197357 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10, 000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

I agree, but I should have been clearer. It's very had to find a photo of a post-1917, MCB Class III car with both dome platforms. That was really the context I was trying to address, i.e., the

By Dave Parker · #197356 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10, 000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

Several with dome platforms on the R side here. I agree many photos show no platform on the R side. On 12/13/2022 7:31 PM, Dave Parker via groups.io wrote: -- Tim

By Tim O'Connor · #197355 ·

Re: SAL V-9’s

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 07:47 AM, Ray Hutchison wrote: Interesting to me to see the ventilated boxcars with steel sides... as I usually think of these as pre-war cars. Was this simply steel siding on

By Jack Mullen · #197354 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10, 000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

Hmm, well, Sinclair. Over 6000 cars (all reporting marks) from 1930 to 1945, making it the largest private-owner petroleum fleet in the U.S. If one wanted or needed "a bunch" of 1920s-era cars (and

By Dave Parker · #197353 ·

Re: Securing Pipe Loads

Magnet wire works well. I use the wire from the old Kemtron switch machines. It's colored brown and strong. Lloyd

By Lloyd Keyser · #197352 ·

Re: Photo: SFRD 35258 (Rr-28)

The side sill reinforcement below the door opening has yet to be added to the car.

By Bob Chaparro · #197351 ·

Re: C&O 53' 50 ton Gondola

Take a look at the photos at Railroad-C - Pullman-Library (smugmug.com) There are a couple of the Greenville batch that can be downloaded. Steve Hile

By Steve and Barb Hile · #197350 ·

C&O 53' 50 ton Gondola

I was recently given a few copies of RP CYC and in issue 4, there is a photo of a C&O gondola hauling freight car trucks. The photo isn't credited that I could see, I would like to find either a

By Dave Wetterstroem · #197349 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10, 000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

A bunch of each? 😉 -Bruce Smith Auburn, AL From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> Reply-To: "main@RealSTMFC.groups.io" <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date:

By Bruce Smith · #197348 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

Many tank cars of that era existed in tiny numbers, like less than 10 cars. And for Tangent and Sinclair (SDRX) in particular, Proto 2000 did Sinclair tank cars that were

By Tim O'Connor · #197347 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

Eric. You realize many of the schemes you are asking for were released in October on 8k tanks right. General American 8,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

By Brian Carlson · #197346 ·

Re: Tangent December: GATC 10,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car

Dave & Group, Sorry if I was mis understood by my comment. It was in no means a complaint. I have no issues with Tangent and own quite a few of their models. I just made a statement that most of the

By Eric Thur · #197345 ·

Re: SAL V-9’s

Interesting to me to see the ventilated boxcars with steel sides... as I usually think of these as pre-war cars. Was this simply steel siding on top of double-sheathed cars?

By Ray Hutchison · #197344 ·

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