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Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

Bob Webber wrote: it). ********************************************************************* Response; I think, apparently, Bob Webber provided an excellent clarification of the G scale/gauge

By Paul Hillman · #29682 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

Hi Randy, Do you have any photos of that flat car? If so, can you scane them and send me a few copies? Thanks. John Degnan RailScaler@... From Railroading To Religion... John's World on

By John Degnan \(RailScaler\) <RailScaler@...> · #30395 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

--- James D Thompson <jaydeet@...> wrote: Certainly by the "teens" good old growth Eastern White Oak favored for schooner production was virtually gone, and the upper Mid-West lumber depletion

By Andy Carlson · #29681 ·

Re: CGW PS1's

Thanks. A 7 panel Superior door seems unusual for a late 50's box car.

By Tim O'Connor · #29680 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

Bob Webber wrote: ********************************************************************* Gee Bob, I think you answered all the "G" scale questions right there!!! All I gotta do now is start

By Paul Hillman · #29679 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

Lumber for sheathing isn't subjected to anywhere near the kinds of forces required of good structural lumber used for frame sills, bolsters, and such. White touches on the decline of cheap, widely

By James D Thompson <jaydeet@...> · #29678 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

"G" gauge is, for 4'8.5" correct for 1/32. It is correct for 3' at 1:20.3 (or Fn3) It is correct for meter gauge at 1:22.5 (which is why LGB uses it). It is correct for 2' in (I think it is) 1:16

By Bob Webber <rswebber@...> · #29677 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

John Degnan \(RailScaler\wrote: Paul, I have been through this very same discussion with quite a few folks in the past about G scale... Therefore, I determined that 1/32 scale (which is

By Paul Hillman · #29676 ·

Re: CGW PS1's

Tim, I have photos of 5781 and 5785 they both have 5 panel Superior doors. A photo of 5615 in Gene's 'color book' has a 7 panel Superior door. Clark Propst.

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #29675 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

Randy Hees writes: All true, Randy, but you're talking about what I would characterize as exceptions in this context - interurban RRs, logging RRs, narrow gauge RRs (dare I say rinky-dink RRs?). I

By Richard Hendrickson · #29674 ·

Re: Rich Burg

Shawn Beckert asked: Has anyone heard from Rich Burg lately? Not lately, but I'll keep an eye open for him the PRRT&HS Annual Meeting this weekend in Cincinnati. Ben Hom

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #29673 ·

Re: C&O boxcars series 5400-5499

"I bought a C&O Viking roof Red Caboose kit marketed by Des Plaines hobbies. Still available?? I cut the ends off the model and changed the number to the correct series and painted the ends and doors

By Scott Pitzer · #29672 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

Brian Leppert wrote: DId OERM do it as a hardback? My paperbound Trainshed version is wearing out. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #29671 ·

Re: C&O boxcars series 5400-5499

Clark Propst wrote: "...I built one of these box cars several years ago. I bought a C&O Viking roof Red Caboose kit marketed by Des Plaines hobbies. Still available?" Here's Clark's

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #29670 ·

Re: C&O boxcars series 5400-5499

I have the C&O 1 August 1937 book with a picture of C&O 5400. It is probably the builder's photo but the door is definitely darker than the sides. It is hard to tell about the ends, but the book

By steamgene@... · #29691 ·

Re: CGW PS1 doors, among other things

Gene, thanks. Ummm.... 5 panel, equal spacing? 6 panel, even spacing? 6 panel, uneven spacing, wide upper panel? 6 panel, uneven spacing, wide lower panel? P.S. I think I've identified

By Tim O'Connor · #29669 ·

Re: Early 1900's Wood Freight Cars

At least in the west, Wooden freight cars were still being factory built as late as 1913, when Holman (San Francisco) went out of business. It appears that the late freight cars were all for

By Randall Hees <hees@...> · #29668 ·

Re: Digest 1808 (Scanning)

Message: 4 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:37:48 -0500 From: Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> Subject: Re: scanning freight car slides & negatives From: Tim O'Connor

By John F. Campbell <jcampbel@...> · #29667 ·

Re: Sou Rwy box car book available at Kudzu Rails

<<Is there a procedure to purchase this book without going to the event?>> When it is available for mail order, I'll post the info on the list. I anticipate enough copies will be produced to meet the

By C J Wyatt · #29666 ·

Re: CGW PS1's

Superior Gene Green

By Gene Green <lgreen@...> · #29665 ·

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