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Re: a GATX prototype for SC&F tanks?

Dennis Storzek wrote: I concede defeat, being unable to produce a quotation that might have occurred. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #77038 ·

Shake/Bake Cocoa Beach

This is a short note to exhort those who participated in Greg Martin'skitbash PRR X45 kitbash clinic at Cocoa Beach this past January (and who will be attending this year) to bring their completed

By Denny Anspach <danspach@...> · #77037 ·

Re: Old news pieces and questions they raise.

I'm away from my notes, but as I recall, these T&OC cars were indeed wood gons, built in 1901 for the Toledo & Ohio Central. I have an e-mail from Lance Brown with dimensions and disposals on the

By Mark P. · #77036 ·

Re: a GATX prototype for SC&F tanks?

Thank you, Tony, for the lesson in semantics. I'll be sure to keep it in mind. However, you make my point. I'm sure Rob is recalling a period trade press description that said something to the

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #77034 ·

Re: Sunshine ACL Gondolas

Thanks John, Jim and Lisa! John Golden Bloomington, IN <jimandlisa97225@...> wrote: (K-10), Behalf Of John

By golden1014 · #77033 ·

Re: Post regarding upgrading Westerfield R7 reefers

List, Sorry guys, that message to Al was to be off list. My apologies for wasting the bandwidth. Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@...

By tmolsen@... · #77032 ·

Re: new product

Hi Al, I have 2 Fruit Growers Kits, #11602with the Pre-1950 roofs. What will it take to upgrade these kits to post 1950s cars and at what cost? Are the new kits still at $40 plus

By tmolsen@... · #77031 ·

Arch bar trucks, wood underframes and billboard ads.

As I understand it, wood underframes were banned in the US in 1931; there was some extensive discussion of that and the problems it would raise to Canadian roads in some 1930 issues of Canadian

By destron@... · #77035 ·

Diaphragms: re Standard Tank Car bolsters

Hmmm, I don't intend to resolve this - if I happen to come across the original source for using the word in reference to the cars, I'll post it. At the same time, I guess one could argue that the

By Robert kirkham · #77030 ·

Re: a GATX prototype for SC&F tanks?

Dennis Storzek wrote: So if I understand your comment, Dennis, a bolster built up of pieces called diaphragms can be called a "diaphragm." By the same logic, since it's riveted together with

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #77029 ·

new product

Photos of the modern R7 reefers are now up on our web site www.westerfield.biz. We'll be ready to ship by mid-week. - Al Westerfield

By Westerfield <westerfield@...> · #77028 ·

Re: a GATX prototype for SC&F tanks?

Is it too late for me to chime in here? "Diaphragm" is a fabricator's term, possibly now archaic, for a web that spaces structural members. Used in this manner, any built-up bolster consists of four

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #77027 ·

Re: Old news pieces and questions they raise.

<schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote: Keep in mind, Canada technically entered the war in August of 1914, when Great Britain declared war. They had been at it for three years by the time of this news piece,

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #77026 ·

Re: New info for the freight car distribution question

From about 1890 until 1920 each railroad had to annually report to ICC and to most state railroad commissions the number of miles and payments for privately owned cars. In the early years it was

By Cyril Durrenberger · #77025 ·

Re: Old news pieces and questions they raise.

Tony, you misread what I wrote. The "shenanigans" were happening BEFORE the USRA was formed, and the USRA was a response to them. I didn't say that the article was in any way part of or because

By Schuyler Larrabee · #77024 ·

Re: New info for the freight car distribution question

This is great information Frank - you are the first person to have identified anything like it for Canada in my experience. Now I am especially curious to know if it continued to be published into

By Robert kirkham · #77023 ·

Re: Old news pieces and questions they raise.

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: I don't think so. The magazine quoted was published in September 1917, likely meaning that the events described occurred in prior months. The USRA was formed on December

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #77022 ·

Re: Old news pieces and questions they raise.

A bit of reflection makes me ask, what sort of condition the cars sold to Canadian roads were in? After all, the T&OC is repairing the cars before they leave. Perhaps they were pretty worn out? It

By Schuyler Larrabee · #77021 ·

Re: Old news pieces and questions they raise.

Frank Valoczy asked (edited for clarity): Re: September 1917 issue of Canadian Railway & Marine World "'A press dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, states that the State Public Utilities Commission and the

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #77020 ·

Re: Old news pieces and questions they raise.

Common? I don't know. Big deal? WWI. This is probably some of the shenanigans that were going on that led to the formation of the USRA. SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #77019 ·

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