Stephen, I've got lots of data on the W&LE 78000-series cars. They went as a group to the NKP in 1949. I've got 17 in-service NKP photos, a copy of the original 1948 W&LE diagram sheet, a copy of

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Schuyler is right, and the idea doesn't require separated panels; the segments and their ribs can all contribute to local expansion, even if the roof is welded. OTOH,

Well, I have been called Clark a few times, so what does that make me? Chet French Dixon, Illinoise December

<schuyler.larrabee@v...> wrote: is absorbed by the individual help deal with it. ======================= Aren't 86' boxcars welded though? I would think that the reason was stamping a small piece of

Manfred Lorenz: Expansion and contraction, a significant dimension over a 40' car, is absorbed by the individual panels. Yes, the entire car expands and contracts, but the joints help deal with

I drove 180 miles (round trip) to Cabela's to buy my wife a new Walleye rod only to find they don't carry that model in the store anymore. Kind of like a 37 car with round versa square ends. I

IF the pattern maker is a model railroader , is also the resin caster and was the freight car design mananger for a car builder , I'm sure you will get something outstanding. Marcelo Lordeiro

Speaking of "size of presses available for stamping," there is an NdeM 40' box #76079 in Volume 7 of Classic Freight Cars. The caption says it was built a few months after this list's era ends (March

Guy, Oct 95 MLM magazine has a nice article on how to build one of these cars. The auther states the cars were rebuilt at St Cloud MN in 60-61. So your photo is correct :) Chet, you read this? Guy

raised Wasn't this the Milwaukee rib approach? Manfred

Jeff Aley wrote: Of course the rectangular panels would help; and those are mostly "rib-like," with their seam character at best a detraction from their structural role. Remember, those

Hutchins roof Hmm. As they say on TV, "Myth busted!" Not even if you stamped in some Murphy-shaped panels and a raised "seam-like" area between them? Thx, -Jeff -- Jeff Aley

Jeff Aley wrote: Photos of the Van Dorn (bulls-eye) end do not show any seams that I can see. It appears to be a one-piece stamping; and it dates from 1912. The important thing to remember

Steve Busch replied There was clearly cross-licensing, as Chicago-Cleveland also made a "Dreadnaught" end which was extremely similar to the SRE end. The same was true in spades for the truck

Jim, I much enjoyed your note. Riches are not my goal (good thing, eh?) In fact, I had hoped to develop this small business to keep bread on the table while I pursue a few writing projects I've

Hello, While doing some other research lately, I came across a source for late 1920's "Freight Car Location Statistics" in Canadian Railway and Marine World. I have yet to return and see if they

Tim, just a thought that came to the forefront of my mind while reading your last post in this thread: specs, and if the pattern maker can do a set of CAD drawings from that and the modeler can see

Ted Culotta writes: Gads! This has begun to sound like the riddle of, "When is a dog's tail not a dog's tail?" - Steve Bush Duncan, SC

I would be worried more about the collapse of the model railroad freight car market myself. RP isn't going to happen overnight, it will take a while before the service bureaus even can do things with

Roof Manfred, Perhaps it was the size of the presses available at the time (?). Ignoring the sides for a moment, it is easy to note that both the roof and ends required some kind of stamping to