Jim... I faced the same problem on one of my brass cabooses. The bolster on this caboose is composed of a turned brass center post with a pair of fabricated/decorative brass bolster side pieces. The

Damned spell chequer! Dennis

I think I would prefer "seam", GRIN! Jon Miller AT&SF For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

Tim, The problem with this approach is we will institutionalize another non-prototype term into the model railroading lexicon. Just as we have "roof walk" for running board, "stirrup" for sill step,

Two online sources. one says Telephone Poles, at least the old wooden ones, come in three sizes... 30ft, 60ft, and 90ft. When one is installed, 1/3 of it is buried into the ground, so that means that

A. T.--In the Teichmoeller book, p. 157, H21b 744007, shown in Harrisburg, 1948. Steve Hoxie Pensacola FL

Howdy!        We are planning to produce as a group some Central of Georgia, Georgia RR, and Atlanta and West Point caboose.  They will have a brass frame, so we would like to hear your

Jim, You have the sollution. Of course adding wipers to both trucks you will have a better contact but since you don't need a constant contact , insulate one truck from the body will be easier ( I

Tim O'Connor wrote: Ah, the GREAT source of official railroad lingo, not to mention authoritative freight car history. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Group, First, my thanks to Schuyler for posting the drawing in the photos section. So we understand what the drawing represents, this cross section was scanned from AC&F drawing 61-1651, Side

Hi, I've accepted the task of adding lighting to a large number of cabeese. About 50 or so. Most of them are brass and have the relatively common shouldered truck screw that has a spring

<snip> Were longer poles of 80'-100' transported by rail often? I assume they would have been hauled in 65' drop end gons with idler flats. This is a bit earlier than your period, but you might

Lee, I've never seen poles "grouped" together. They are just piled on the car, held in place by strong side stakes and/or gondola sides. They are not banded or chained either in the photos I have.

Just for grins I tried it. The first page of hits (all I looked at) contains nothing about freight cars (steam era or not). The top hit is "Corbin bullet swaging technologies", whatever they are. Al

I'm preparing a special movement of telephone pole loads over a friend's layout set in 1955. Does anyone have advice on how they would have been loaded? I'm planning on using 1/8" wooden dowels cut

I'm stickin' with crimped. The problem with changing terminology is that you may not be able to find what you're looking for if you go off looking for "swaged laps" (God knows what Google will

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design references books it is Nothing like a controversy. I'm with "swaged." I also received an illustrative drawing from Mr Hawkins, off list, last night. I'll be posting that to the files area,

I agree that tthis is a "joggled" offst joint. I just can't put my finger on where in my steel design refrences books it is difined. Chuck Yungkurth

Lee, There were rules for loading open top cars with poles, and they were published by the ARR, someone must have a set of diagrams. IIRC the standard size of a Utility Pole was 39-feet, and