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Re: Soo Line Box Car

The name Peacock came to the National Brake Co. (now Ellcan-National) with the Champion brake. I have never been able to find the origin of the use of Peacock in connection with hand brakes. I

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #97328 ·

Freight Cars in song - revised

I found, this morning, a typo, and also realized that it was a docx file, not a doc file, so some may have a hard time opening it. Both issues fixed. SGL ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97327 ·

Re: Tank cars

Poor wording on my part, what I really meant was the platforms on the side of the tank, not the ones surrounding the dome. Barry Bennett

By Barrybennetttoo@... · #97338 ·

a little esoteric

I did this decal set http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/samples/QA&P.jpg because I model Frisco as an interchange and thought it would be neat. It's got 7-8 ends but not sure of an appropriate

By jerryglow2 · #97326 ·

Tank cars

Several months ago there was discussion about dome platforms and ladders. I am about to assemble a P2K Cities Service 10,000 gal Insulated tank car kit, car #1133. After viewing every photo I can

By barryb2again <Barrybennetttoo@...> · #97325 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

It's easy. Just take 0.023 wire and file four flats on it at right angles to each other. Simple. The hard part is making the square hole to put it into. If my eyes were 40 years younger I could make

By lnnrr <lnnrr@...> · #97324 ·

Re: Soo Line Box Car

After an offline exchange -- Tim's photo is clearer than the one I had, and the solid center, six spoke weel on these cars was a Champion peacock, as confirmed by Gene Green. There apparently were

By Bob Sterner · #97323 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

Tim, you're forgetting how Cliff Grandt became a superior modeler, and why he began his line of parts. He photographed his models and blew them up so as to be sure they were accurate. If you modeled

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97322 ·

Freight cars in song

I have just uploaded a file to the STMFC Files area, which is the lyrics to the "Song of the American Freight Car." The provenance of this is listed at the end of the lyrics. I often buy old books

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97321 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

Richard After Tom Madden showed me his machine-made resin passenger car rivets that were perfectly square, when blown up to 100x life size, but were perfectly round when seen from 6" away -- I

By Tim O'Connor · #97320 ·

Re: Southern #34364

AWESOME!! Great picture http://www.shorpy.com/node/9914 What a hoot! You see the narrow gauge "turntable" in the foreground? -- just two rails, suspended in the air, to get a narrow gauge car

By Tim O'Connor · #97319 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

Not from three feet away, anyway. Say, are you covertly invoking the three foot rule here? Richard Hendrickson

By Richard Hendrickson · #97318 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

Not at all -- try finding square wire with a .015" cross section! And even if it existed, no one would be able to see the difference. Tim O'

By Tim O'Connor · #97317 ·

Re: Southern #34364

There are many more rr films on this site. Enjoy. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

By O Fenton Wells · #97316 ·

Re: Southern #34364

AWESOME!! Great picture Thanks BILL

By bill davis <billcheri72@...> · #97315 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

Guess that rules out the Music wire. SGL Pardie wrote: Square, Bill, and likewise on all flats at least since WW I. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97314 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

Tim O'C answered: It should be METAL. :-) (Sorry, I've just seen too many broken plastic vertical handbrakes.) I agree. And if you have some, use music wire. That way, instead of bending, the

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97312 ·

Re: Soo Line Box Car

I sent Lester a photo of SOO 45450 that shows the brake wheel and brake housing at an oblique angle, and I couldn't decide if it were Miner or Champion. The brake housing is different than any of

By Tim O'Connor · #97311 ·

Re: New Kadee car?

Maybe it is time for a PS gon.Armand Premo

By A. Premo <armprem2@...> · #97313 ·

Re: SP F-70-7 FLAT CARS

Bill Pardie wrote: Square, Bill, and likewise on all flats at least since WW I. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #97310 ·

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