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Re: Murphy Ends

Look at where the light is coming from - upper left - you can tell by the shadows of the ladder rungs. That means the ribs on the end are convex toward the coupler (protruding out of the car), since

By David Smith · #198567 ·

Re: Photos of CMO AAR cars

Hi Tony; If you are modeling the as-built CMO 20050-21398 (even numbers) series cars with the "Route of the 400" slogan, my notes indicate that the ends were same freight car red/brown as the sides

By Rob Adams · #198566 ·

Re: Photos of CMO AAR cars

Thanks to Tony Wagner and Tim O’Connor for nice photos, even though most are of the express cars, which I am not going to do. But plenty of lettering info for these cars. I have some Richard

By Tony Thompson · #198565 ·

Re: Photos of CMO AAR cars

More photos from this series. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni

By BRIAN PAUL EHNI · #198564 ·

Re: ATSF flat class

Also, the drop sill of the car in question, and the FtP, is clearly deeper than on Wt-I 190080, as it should be since the Ft-P was a longer car than the Ft-I/J. Jim Eager

By Jim Eager · #198563 ·

Re: ATSF flat class

With all due respect, the car that I asked about does not match car 190080. It has fewer stake pockets (12 vs 14), the shape of the stake pockets themselves is different, and the drop sills lack the

By Jim Eager · #198562 · Edited

Re: Colors by Freight Car Type by Railroad

Charles, There is one "this is how it worked" relative to paint ... before ... color film. And that is that many (dare I say "most"?) RRs mixed their own "box car red", a batch at a time, in the

By Jim Betz · #198561 ·

Re: CNJ/CRP 1905 style hopper cars

The 63000-63999 series were built in 1916 and were slightly different with 9 panel sides instead of 8. F&C makesa kit of these cars. Tony Wagner

By anthony wagner · #198560 ·

Re: Photos of CMO AAR cars

I also have been wanting to model one of the CMO cars in the 20000-22414 series. I think the challenge in HO is the Superior door with the wide space at the top. I have not found a good model for this

By Andy Cich · #198559 ·

Re: ATSF flat class

Tim, 14 stake pockets is not necessarily the spotting feature! Some of the same series of flats have only 12 stake pockets. This is mentioned and evidenced by photos in the Santa Fe HS book. Sorry

By Rich C · #198558 ·

Re: Colors by Freight Car Type by Railroad

Haha he must have been a Calvin & Hobbes fan ! :-D On 1/24/2023 5:16 PM, Dennis Storzek via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #198557 ·

Re: ATSF flat class

The car in Jim's picture has 14 stake pockets ! It is either an Ft-P or similar car with 14 pockets. On 1/24/2023 1:54 PM, charles slater wrote: --

By Tim O'Connor · #198556 ·

Re: C&O Ralston Covered Hopper

Builder photos were taken when convenient. Sometimes it would be the first car built, often a car somewhere in the middle, and sometimes a car near the end of a number series. Also, you need to be

By Tony Thompson · #198555 ·

Re: Photos of CMO AAR cars

Tony, note that 20000-20048 were AAR BX express box and 20050-22414 (1175 cars in my 1-1-50 ORER) were AAR XM. In both groups CMO used even numbers only. Also note that the express versions were built

By anthony wagner · #198554 ·

Re: C&O Ralston Covered Hopper

It is interesting to me that a car so near the end of the series is getting a builders photo. One explanation might be that C&O was experimenting to see how a gray car would look, and more

By Bruce Hendrick · #198553 ·

Re: Colors by Freight Car Type by Railroad

Well, the late Larry Jackman, who used to post on this list, insisted that before the thirties there was no color in the world, every thing was shades of gray, and there was a state park someplace in

By Dennis Storzek · #198552 ·

Re: GM&O wood boxcar 51309

Side issue. Didn't the ATSF one have narrower planks than the standard on other War Emergency boxcars? That might rule out the Sunshine one in HO if it replicates this? -- Ben Scanlon Tottenham,

By Benjamin Scanlon · #198551 ·

Photos of CMO AAR cars

I was thinking of modeling one of the CMO cars in the 20000-22414 series and thought I had a photo for the lettering. But my photo is for one of the rebuilt cars. Does anyone have a photo to show

By Tony Thompson · #198550 ·

Re: Colors by Freight Car Type by Railroad

Years ago, a small module done this way was exhibited at an NMRA regional contest, and maybe at the National the same year. I can’t remember the modeler or the year. Maybe someone on the list will

By Tony Thompson · #198549 ·

Re: Colors by Freight Car Type by Railroad

Architects … before the current high tech tools were common … would model their concepts in white models with dried plant material providing the ‘growies’. I must confess that i have thought

By Bill Keene · #198548 ·

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