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Re: Wanda Petroleum

At the risk of incurring wrath for non-steam era content, the popping in and out was due to reporting marks being added and eliminated due to changes in corporate ownership of Wanda, i.e., from a

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #32654 ·

Northern Pacific Radial Roofs

To anyone who missed out at my offering limited numbers of the Central Valley Model Works Northern Pacific radial roofs (as supplied in their HO NP Stockcar kits), I am pleased to announce I

By Andy Carlson · #32651 ·

Re: Wanda Petroleum

List, Thanks for the help with researching this company (sorry about your knees, Dave). Well, since Richard has a photo of a Wanda Petroleum car with GATX reporting marks dating from 1963, we know

By Shawn Beckert · #32650 ·

Re: Any Guesses?

Looks like a straightforward bash using an Intermountain modified 1937 box and a couple of Westerfield 4712 ends. Counting door corregations with the wide rivet panels, i'm sort of assuming that

By buchwaldfam <buchwaldfam@...> · #32649 ·

Re: Wanda Petroleum

I had a quick look through my listing of reporting marks, and the first reference to Wanda Petroleum doesn't occur until the January 1969 issue when they listed VPCX reporting marks (these had

By Ian Cranstone · #32648 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

No Doug, The term "outside-swing-hanger" is correct for describing a truck allowing lateral bolster movement from suspension points outside the truck sideframe. Many of the GSI caboose trucks used

By Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@...> · #32647 ·

reefer hinges

--- In STMFC@..., Jeff Aley <jaley@p...> wrote:Never mind the IM R-40-23; I'm wondering if these doors are helpful to fix the Atlas meat reefers. Or should I just replace the hinges

By ed_mines · #32658 ·

Re: Wanda Petroleum

A Google search comes up with reporting marks dating back to 1971. One details the changes in LEYX from year to year as the company was bought and sold from Dow to Ashland, etc. Certainly NOT steam

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #32646 ·

Re: Wanda Petroleum

Dave Nelson wrote: Wanda Petroleum was not listed in the 1958 Industrial Manual either. Tim Gilbert

By Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #32645 ·

Re: Wanda Petroleum

adding my 2cents.my 1952 MOODYS doesnt list a Wanda Oil Co Joel Norman Eastern Maine Rly--ALO Div

By Joel Norman <mec-bml@...> · #32644 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

Doug Brown wrote: Doug, you have a terminology problem of your own. Equalizers are not swing hangers and vice versa. Swing motion trucks may or may not have equalizers. There are plenty of photos

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #32643 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

That is not a picture of an outside swing hanger truck. That is just a shock absorber. I can send you a picture of a Union Pacific caboose outside swing hanger truck. Centralia Car Shops made the UP

By Tim O'Connor · #32640 ·

Re: Stock car models

Bruce Smith wrote Dang! I had almost forgotten about those! I paid for two kits and never received anything, not even an email. Does anyone know what become of Mr. Gjermundson and his kits? Has he

By Tim O'Connor · #32637 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

You can take the Centralia truck, file off the roller bearing and attach a solid bearing journal box to the sideframe with Cyanopoxy. I cut some solid bearing journals off an Intermountain truck for

By Steven Orth · #32642 ·

Re: Wanda Petroleum

5210 unread STMFC messages and I have to pick one that causes me to crawl under tables to reach two 10 pound books... And the answer is: "Nothing". Wanda had not issued any debt that was held by the

By Dave Nelson <muskoka@...> · #32641 ·

Re: Stock car models

Tim, I received mine some time ago (12-03). Maybe your name slipped down a crack as I thought most/all people on the waiting list had gotten theirs. Really nice kit with color picture in the

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #32639 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

Doug Brown wrote: These UP caboose trucks are indeed inside swing hanger and outside swing hanger trucks. They have a floating bolster that is supported by either an inside swing hanger or an outside

By Don Strack <donstrack@...> · #32638 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

"Mr. Data" wrote: The cupola marker lights were first applied as part of system wide pool service, beginning in 1969. Don Strack

By Don Strack <donstrack@...> · #32635 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

"Mr. Data" wrote: The only place I know of for the outside swing hanger trucks is centralia. But their's are roller bearing ends. The Walthers truck is inside swing hanger (minus the strut), and

By Don Strack <donstrack@...> · #32636 ·

Re: Trix U.P. CA-3 caboose.

We need to tighten-up our terminology here. These trucks are "outside-equalizer-trucks". The bar connecting the journals is the equalizer. The equalizer transfers the car's weight on the sideframes

By Doug Brown <brown194@...> · #32634 ·

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