Besides structural steel what would be some common loads for 65 ft. steam era gons? Would structural steel be I beams and the like? Were electrical transmission towers preassembled (drilled and

What seems to be the problem, Marty? I looked up the cars in the 1/58 ORER (I assume it's CV 7517 –7677 and/or 7700 – 7781 you are interested in). The ORER shows the inside length to be 36'-10"

Gentlemen, Thanks to all who responded to my question re. the Atlas/Trainman 70 ton hoppers. I was especially glad to learn that the B&O had a bunch(even if second-hand) in the 1960's.

Bill - Try cslater@... - Al Westerfield

Marty, I'll take any NSC ends you wish to dispose of . . . contact me off list. Jim Peters Coquitlam, BC _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail is

I need to send something to ATSF modeler Charley Slater. I looked through the membership list and did not see his name but could have missed him. Can someone send me his email address. My address

Marty, This discrepancy could be the length over the deck vs. length to face of coupler or some other pertinent dim that was "outside" of the deck length. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch

What do you mean "labeled as uninsulated"? Where is this ad? For sure the Western Asphalt and Cities Service cars could be accurate. Don't know about the Army car -- 10287-10859 were 1-dome, 10,000

Martin McGuirk wrote: "So I decided this may make a worthwhile scratchbuilding project. So I dug out more photos and my official railroad freight car data sheets. All the cars in the photos have a

Armand, Thanks, but the confusion stems from the fact that the cars themselves have 36'-10" stenciled on the sidesills. Trying to determine 1. Where the dimension is measured from 2. Which dimension

I came across an ad for Overland Models from '93 or so showing a number of tank cars: COLX 1068 "Western Asphalt", insulated 10,000 gal GATX 1929, insulated 10,000 gal SHPX 4035 "Cities Service",

I wrote: My apologies for having misread Denny's post. He said the Pratt is lighter, which is correct. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

Marty,CV 5100 to5103 ,5136 37' 5'' ,7500 -7677 also37'5", 7700 to 7781 ,37'5".Source: CV Freight Car Classification sheets..Hope this helps.Armand Premo

Eric Williams wrote: See the relevant Cycs, Eric. I included the perspective view in my Volume 3 on SP freight cars, along with a sketch, page 44, to show the details of the construction--and

I'm working on some drawings of Milwaukee DS boxcars that I want to model. The Milw Freight Car Diagrams I have indicate that these cars had Bettendorf underframes. Does anyone have a source for a

The Southern car is riveted. On the model there are no rivets that attach the bays to the sides however. Also missing on the model are the poling pockets. Tim you are right the model is slightly

Andy Carlson wrote: This is a good summary of the bridge perspective, Andy, but it misses two points. First, steel trusses were essentially universal in bridge building after about 1880, and

Hello all, To broaden my original question a bit - I would also greatly appreciate any references to works that discuss the transition from ice to mechanical reefers in terms of both design and

I think that the Howe truss designed car was familiar with the RR's back when cars were mostly of all wood construction. The engineering of wood trusses takes advantage of the greater strength of

Although I seem to know that in bridge engineering a Pratt truss is inherently lighter than a Howe, and thus in practice, the Howe is relatively rare, how does this play out in boxcar design? Does