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Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

There was a typo in the link: http://mopac51.tripod.com/id5.html Here is the direct link to the

By Paul Krueger <kruegerp@...> · #78104 ·

Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

Marty, The picture was of a car model, in the new Yahoo weathering group. The difference in this car model, was that the car had Youndstown doors, but the end of the car in the photo could not be

By rdietrichson · #78103 ·

Re: 1950 ORER

wrote: a however. ... Hi Mike The file you refer to is on the "Steam Era Freight Car Analysis" Yahoo site, an overflow list for STMFC. I'll send it to you off list. Best wishes, Larry

By laramielarry <ostresh@...> · #78102 ·

Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

Where did you see the picture? If it's online a link would help. I don't have my reference material at work but that number sounds like it's one of the c 1928 cars built for the Central Vermont

By Marty McGuirk · #78101 ·

Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

Guys, For others wishing to see GTW #583699, a photo of it appeared in the 1931 Car Builders Cyclopedia on page 131. It was reprinted in the Train shed Cyclopedia #3 also. It appears to have a

By cinderandeight@... · #78107 ·

Re: 1950 ORER (boxcar distribution)

At 07:46 PM 12/30/2008, Mike Aufderheide wrote: <snip> >Based on the Gilbert/Nelson idea of boxcar distribution it should be >possible to come up with a list of cars most likely to appear at a >given

By Richard Brennan <brennan8@...> · #78100 ·

Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

Denis, The car # that I've seen a model of is 583699. I hope this helps clear up which class I'm refering to, and again Dick thanks for the scan of the car. Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

By rdietrichson · #78099 ·

1950 ORER

Larry, I'm a member of the STMFC group and have enjoyed your posts on the breakdown of car construction and quantities. I have a printout of a file I believe you posted of the 1950 ORER that I have

By Michael Aufderheide · #78098 ·

Re: Seeking photos of Royal Brake Regulators

The brake regulators on the Santa Bx-44s were Royal Type F, and I have a Bx-44 photo that shows how they were installed which I'll send you off-list. Richard Hendrickson

By Richard Hendrickson · #78097 ·

Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

wrote: Richard, He might mean the tall ca. 1930 cars that were drawn in Mainline Modeler fifteen or twnty years ago. A number series would be helpful. Dennis

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #78096 ·

Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

Thanks Dick, Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

By rdietrichson · #78095 ·

Re: GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

Rick, the HO scale resin kit was actually a Don Valentine conversion kit with new doors, etc. to kitbash an Accurail single sheathed box car. I have a photo which shows the end and I'll send you

By Richard Hendrickson · #78094 ·

Seeking photos of Royal Brake Regulators

Hello everyone, I'm looking for photos of the Royal Brake Regulator as used on some Santa Fe and Burlington boxcars. The cars in question are ATSF 138700- 139199, class Bx-44, and CBQ 17000-17799,

By Mark Heiden · #78093 ·

GTW 11/2 door Single sheathed boxcar

Hey all; On the SS 1 1/2 door automobile boxcar that GTW ran, what type of an end did this car have? I believe that a model of this class of cars were done as a resin kit in HO, but I'm doing in N

By rdietrichson · #78092 ·

Re: making the case for self-tapping screws

What has "making the case for self-tapping screws" got to do with the NMRA? PLEASE change the subject line. Roger Robar _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

By Roger Robar <rrobar@...> · #78091 ·

Re: Photos needed

There's an in-service B&W photo of a well-weathered CGW 705 in RMJ 12/03, p 12. The caption refers readers to the Morning Sun CGW color guide (which I don't have). There's an in-service B&W photo of

By al_brown03 · #78090 ·

Photos needed

Hi, I've done at least some of the requisite pre-request-here web crawling at the usual suspect sites, but have failed to uncover some photos I'd like to see for the purposes of guidance on

By Schuyler Larrabee · #78089 ·

Re: Tank car info needed

Thank you! Anton Smolka wrote:

By Anton <wcpd444@...> · #78088 ·

Re: Tank car info needed

Yes, many of them lasted in revenue service through the 1960s and some into the '70s. A Texaco distributor would have received products either in TCX cars or in GATX cars. Texaco sold their tank

By Richard Hendrickson · #78087 ·

Re: making the case for self-tapping screws

Jon, Prior to earlier this year, Standards had to be approved by the NMRA membership and RPs were approved by the BOD. Approving changes to Standards did take up to two years. However, RPs changes

By Didrik Voss <davoss@...> · #78086 ·

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