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

Gene, I liked you better when you were sick. Thanks for the information. If we find out what the ends looked like I could build one from Ertl stash? Thanks, Clark Propst

They were kind of like wooden boxes with sliding doors in the center of each side and four little wheelies under each end. Seriously though, I can only shed a little light but perhaps someone

Steve: A shameless plug, but refer to the 1932 ARA box car book (www.speedwitch.com) for more info on these two types of roofs. The Hutchins roof on C&O 4000-4500 is actually a "Murphy" rectangular

Manfred, I'm not an expert on this but I can guess as to why, It's easier during assembly to handle smaller panels. Ease of panel replacement for repairs. The bumps, crinkles raised panels, etc, were

In a message dated 9/15/05 2:08:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cepropst@... writes: << No photos, but it is one of the GN 'Glacier Green' with the standing "happy" goat emblem rebuilts from

Sorry for interfering these interesting threads with a dull question. Why did the manufacturers use small panels anyway? Why didn't they simply cut a sheet of steel the length of the car roof and

Try this site: <http://nn.railfan.net/Ingoldsby/gold3.htm> Roger Parry <uncleroger@...> wrote: -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City,

everyday modeler types will be able to create masters... <<< Ahh, OK, I do see what you're saying now, I believe. Generally, I read this list via daily Digests, and I do believe I missed

NO. That is not what I mean Brian. This thread began by talking about compensation for making masters, and it arose that there are pattern makers out there who can do custom work. The problem with

I am not familiar with this type of car, what was it and what did it look like???