As everyone knows except Bob Hundman, the drawings were only proposals and don't necessarily represent the cars as built. In fact, the striking castings on most of the USRA cars were concave. They

Come on, Byron, you ought to know that D couplers used a 13 3/8" long, 1 5/8" diameter pin, drilled for a 3/8" X 2 1/2" cotter. Geez, I thought everybody knew THAT one. Now, can anyone help me with

Hi: I don't know that the Maritime fishery was involved but seeing as we are talking fresh fish, speed was critical to keep the time from the water to the consumer's plate at a minimum. Therefore my

Bet you never thought I'd be asking for prototype data on hopper cars. But it's not for me personally. However, I would very much like to track down photos of Wabash and GM&O (ex-Alton) war

Gee, Tim, sorry I spoke. I was responding to a question about GLUE, if you perhaps recall. But I will in future try hard never to answer any question which may have been answered previously. Tony

sswain@... wrote: Probably from maritime fisheries, too, or would that be assumed to be unable to compete with direct coastal shipping? In any case, CN express reefers were common on the

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Some cars were on long-term leases and remained in the service of the same shipper (and often on the same routes) year after year. Some of these cars were stenciled with

While we're on the subject: Were the cars of the big lessor/owners, like UTLX, SHPX and GATX assigned regionally, or were cars simply leased out to companies wherever they might be? I'm curious

No. It's my understanding that the tooling is finished, but (with only one molding machine) BL has a BIG backlog of kits that have been promised but aren't yet available - wood reefers, express

Jeff, In further contemplating the UOCX car you identified as being on the Rutland, I realized that you found it in So I'm not so surprised, after all. That was a period when there was still a

Would you be interested in a data swap? If you can send me a spreadsheet list of the car initial & number from the above, I'll return to you on the following day the corresponding ORER data for each

Mike Brock wrote, in part: Mike, and List: I hesitated a great deal before posting this, but I feel it needs doing - I watched with concern last week as the unfortunate debate over the "B" word

Oooh, looky, some real FC questions: What's the latest on Branchline freight cars? Are the 40' [as opposed to 41'] box cars available yet? Do they have a version of their 50' box car that has a

details And has Mike Rose revealed to the world the name of his so-called miracle adhesive? Until he does, I can only assume that it's made by Wrigleys. I have, by the way, tried using "Poly-Zap",

They ranged from 1.25 to 2.5 inches. Larger knot holes would have caused the wood to be a different grade and thus unsuitable for flat car decks. [*]. Coincidentally, for those who model in HO

Jon Miller writes: Alas, the poor caboose. Usually...but not always assigned to the rear of a train, it has no real home in the various lists. It isn't really a frt car, nor can it be considered a

Jeff English writes: Guys, given part of the stated objective of this list...."Emphasis is to be placed on the study of the prototype with a goal of producing models of them with as great a degree of

Since I'm not sure if this list is being kept secret from the FCL, but I thought both lists would find this info of interest, here's a "blind copy" of my response to an inquiry prompted by an

underframes< Speaking of tank car frames I have all these tanks waiting--------! Might be a good time for Mike to state whether Way cars, er Cabooses, are within our freight car topics.

Thank you Tom, I'm glad to see that someone on this list is not only paying attention, but . . . . What was the question again? On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 00:35:55 -0700 "Gail & Tom