Tony - It is ME who was confused, not Bruce! Bruce was 100% correct, and I was confusing the H21b with the H21e class! I should never post unless I have my files here with me at the office! A.T.

Tony, With all due respect,the process of swaging means different things to different trades. Repairs to overhead electrical and telephone wire are done with swaging tools and soft metal sleeves.

A.T. It appears you may be confusing the H21B with the H21E.? I have checked the July 1933 ORER from Al Westerfield's CD of PRR ORERs and found no H21E's.? There are a number of series of H21A and

Ed Hawkins wrote: Thanks, Ed. I didn't meant to imply that the Wabash and Southern cars were first. And yes, SP data do indicate that quite a few of the T&NO cars were built in December,

Bruce - There were indeed 8,546 H21e's converted from H21a's, and you are correct that conversions to H21e did not start until 1946! (Kott eats more bitter!) The H21e centersill cover apparently

Tony, In addition to the two you mention, there were four other 2893 early orders that preceded delivery of any production 2003 PS-2s. T&NO (lot 8141) T&NO 3774 shows a build date of 1-54. Some may

Bruce - I AM SORRY!!! I have totally confused the H21b and H21e classes in my two former posts!! I am "eating bitter" as the Chinese say! Defense - I hauled and placed a bunch of 100 lb. flat

Ed Hawkins wrote: I don't dispute this fact, but it makes it interesting to note that P-S was building 2893-cu. ft. PS-2s with three bays the previous month, for both Wabash (lot 8158) and

Scott Chatfield wrote: Ed Kaminski's P-S book says it was June 1953, and has a photo of the prototype car. Both ACF and P-S offered different latching arrangements as options. Scott, do

Bruce Smith wrote: I would disagree with "replete," because although errors are certainly findable in ORER entries by anyone who spends much time perusing them, they are NOT at all common.

Bruce Smith wrote: This may well be the meaning in automobiles, but to most metalworkers "swaging" refers to making metal rods smaller in diameter (and thus longer) in a machine with rotating

Scott, Pullman-Standard built their 1,958 c.f. covered hoppers at Bessemer, Butler, and Michigan City from 8/40 to 11/53. All PS-2s were built at the Butler plant. The earliest production 2,003 c.f.

Tony Thompson wrote: This car was built at Michigan City, IN. Did Michigan City ever build any PS-2/2003s? I thought most if not all were built at Butler, PA. The Michigan City and Bessemer, AL

Kurt-- Thanks for the CN content! Steve Lucas.

Hello Dave, For pressing wheels further onto an axle, I've had good results using the NWSL puller with a short length of brass tubing. You want a size of tubing that will fit over the pin on the end

A.T., Without primary data from the PRR showing that the H21E modifications were performed in the early 1930s, I'm highly dubious. I tend not to base my data on model manufacturers web sites ;^)

I'm With Barry. These should be called "swaged" car sides. From http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/home/display/store4/item78132/#1 "Swaging is a technique in which cold metal is formed over a

It would work one heck of a lot better if the "pin" against the point of the axle were cut off and the remaining part of the screw adjustment piece machined to have a female depression with the

Thank you, Dennis, for the only illuminating definition of how such an "offset" joint was actually formed. I suspect this was quite important with cars constructed especially for loads such as

A big thank you to all for the ideas put forward and in particular to Dave North for some ideas we will work on offline. Cheers Justin Walker Gold Coast AUSTRALIA