Richard, Tony Thompson can probably respond in more detail, but the two flat cars were definitely Harriman Standard cars, the nearest one an F-50-1 through F-50-3 with pressed steel shallow

Richard Brennan wrote: Richard, you need to study my volume on flat cars, Vol. 3 <g>. The car is a CS-35A design of SP, one of 500 built in 1903 by Pressed Steel Car, series 78900-79499. The

Al Brown writes: "I'm confused. Direct the *seller*?" Al thinks he's confused. Think about me. I'm confused and I wrote it. What I should have written is..."All selling messages must direct

Larry Jackman wrote: Correct. But the bearing supports were not brass, they were just called "brasses" by workers. They were in fact bronze. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Richard and Tom: He has passed on to his final reward, and all his stuff is now available at the railroad museum in Temple, Texas. Sic trainset gloria! A.T. had from this

I'm confused. Direct the *seller*? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

For some time, messages regarding the selling of items have been in violation of STMFC rules. Note that STMFC rules state: "Announcements of frt car related items for sell are permitted BUT

At 09:56 3/19/2007, Bob Chaparro wrote: [edited - RB] >I found the image below on Calisphere ><http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7779q91m>, a service of the >University of California Libraries.

Clark, The AC&F paint specs in the bills of materials normally do not give the paint number for shades of freight car red. Typically all that's specified is a paint color and brand name, such as

I guess this post is for Ed Hawkins, but here's the question: Is there a way to find out what a railroad color looked like? I have an ACF drawing with a paint spec of Gidden Co. MGL-8319 Red freight

Wrong address HYPERLINK "mailto:daveydiesel@..."daveydiesel@... Sorry about that. Dave Powell

One small correction. While the bearings were called brasses and brass bearings, the bearing itself was not brass. The brass held the bearing material which was Babbit. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> But the real reason is... Actually, Richard has it right, except he didn't conclude with the real reason why a journal repack was

Ed, I would be interested in any of his Pennsy Powers. HYPERLINK "mailto:daveydieael@..."daveydieael@... Thanks, Dave Powell Iowa

wrote: > Eventually, however, the waste by regular cars. replacement. > An interesting side note, The T&P had a problem with flooding along the Red River near Boyce, LA. They even went to the

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "Fluff up?" Oil-soaked cotton fiber? As if! <LOL> I think we better stick to "reposition." <still smiling> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

What about "Hot Boxes" ?Armand Premo

Journal bearings were half-bearings, in effect, which bore only on the top of the axle journal. Oil was poured into the lower part of the journal box, which was loosely packed with cotton waste

Dennis Storzek wrote: An interesting variation on this, as mentioned by Garth Groff, is the multiple images of same shot by different photographers. Al Phelps and Will Whittaker were good friends

I'd say it's a very reasonable price, considering the investment in equipment and facilities that's involved, the cost of materials these days, and the amount of time and labor required to produce