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Re: Coal car loading on "home" roads...

Thanks folks!!! Actually, it it is Al . . . . . water.kresse address came from the German word for water crest . . . kress. I presume the N&W coal cars to Wheeling had to be hopper cars . . . .

By water.kresse@... · #83354 ·

Re: NYC archives and the Western Reserve HS

--- Schuyler Larrabee wrote: ===================== Before there is confusion, be aware the article concerned the Western Reserve Historical Society, as it related to notice posted here of the NYC

By Eric Hansmann · #83353 ·

Re: Critiquing Pre-production Models?

No you didn't, and yes I was. A very wise policy. However, screen shots don't give much info to critique, kind of like the pix posted of the Atlas model that's being discussed. They show enough to

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #83352 ·

final Naperville?

I just got my flyer about the Naperville meet and Sunshine's 2010 production schedule. Right at the top, "The 16th and Final" Prototype Modelers Seminar! Scott Chatfield

By D. Scott Chatfield · #83351 ·

Re: NYC archives and the Western Reserve HS

Tim's put me on the hot spot to respond to this, I guess. The ELHS (including a lot of DL&W and some NYS&W material) WAS at the U of Akron. We were there for over ten years. We were obliged to

By Schuyler Larrabee · #83350 ·

Re: NYC archives and the Western Reserve HS

The ELHS archives as well as the NKPHTS archives are at Cleveland State University. Some EL stuff still has to be moved. Brian Carlson On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:30:40 -0400, Tim O'Connor wrote

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #83349 ·

Re: Atlas 40' USRA rebuild

The photo I posted in the photos section, from the 1937 CBCyc p460, shows 129534. The photo of 128436 is from RMC, 9-89, p56. The photo of 129529 is from MRG, 6-88, p17. None of these cars is listed

By Larry Kline · #83348 ·

Re: Atlas 40' USRA rebuild

Dave Evans wrote: "I am posting a photo of the Atlas test shot taken Friday. Looks like the tooling has been upgraded, and it seems to address several of the criticisms leveled below: - Riveted

By Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...> · #83347 ·

Re: Coal car loading on "home" roads...

Walt, The PRR movd 100's of these car to the Wheling steel mill in Steubenville, OH. Those more knowledgeable than I confirmed they came from the Columbus area, and returned the same

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #83346 ·

Re: NYC archives and the Western Reserve HS

I vaguely recall the Erie archives (or some of it) is at the University of Akron (?) Ohio. Maybe some NYC fans in the Cleveland area could see about relocating the NYC archives?

By Tim O'Connor · #83345 ·

Re: Critiquing Pre-production Models?

Dennis, hi, Uh, you know, I didn't make the comment about cost and doing it right? (Or, maybe you're using my example to clarify a point about the other poster's comment?) Terrific post because of

By Brian Chapman <cornbeltroute@...> · #83344 ·

Re: Coal car loading on "home" roads...

Tim, I do not have stats for your question. I would like to mention that 1000's of B&O cars were moved by PRR. These were connected in Md, WVa,PA, and OH. Trains of them went to the

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #83343 ·

Re: NYC archives and the Western Reserve HS

Eric Hansmann wrote: The scary part of the Plain Dealer story is the line, ". . . the society is also culling parts of its vast collection . . ." and we have to hope that the railroad parts are

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #83342 ·

Re: Critiquing Pre-production Models?

Gee, Dennis, the problem with the "hand grenade" style of criticism is that there tends to be collateral damage, you know? I think it is much better to just say what's wrong with which models, and let

By Tim O'Connor · #83341 ·

Re: Coal car loading on "home" roads...

Chuck Wow, I find it very interesting that almost 30% of B&O's coal traffic originated offline. So much for the theory of "captive" cars... Do you have any data for coal delivered to

By Tim O'Connor · #83340 ·

Re: Roundhouse milk car (was Milk car photo)

It is pretty close to the Whiting Co. milk reefer and Overland's type B.IMHO a pretty fair model when compared to the old Roundhouse and Athearn's feeble attempts.Armand Premo

By Armand Premo · #83339 ·

Re: Atlas 40' USRA rebuild

Tim O'Connor wrote: "SLSF had more than one type of rebuild .. the 1950 ORER lumps together 127000-130499 with several subgroups -- interior heights 8'6", 8'11", 9'0", 10'0"." Not entirely true. Do

By Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...> · #83338 ·

Re: Milk car photo

GPEX 1021 is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum, where it was occasionally used as a niftily disguised "canteen" for the steam operation. The car interior contains two tanks that fill the

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #83336 ·

Re: Coal car loading on "home" roads...

Chuck,What did Moody's report for the Rutland? Armand Premo

By Armand Premo · #83337 ·

Re: Roundhouse milk car (was Milk car photo)

Garth There were 40' wood milk tank cars, e.g. Abbotts (photo RMJ 10/1990) and GPEX/Pfaudler. Overland imported models of these (calling them Type A and Type B). I've never seen the new

By Tim O'Connor · #83335 ·

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