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Re: Mystery to me box car

Dennis Storzek wrote: Not sure this description is at odds with calling it a "slough track" though I recognize it's a little more specific. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #97727 ·

Re: Mystery to me box car

Thompson <thompson@...> wrote: But the "sluff" track can be any convenient track. These are specifically placed between the ladders. My best guess is they are, for want of a better name, "hand-off"

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97726 ·

Re: Duty Paid-Why Archbar Trucks Listed?

Steve Lucas wrote: Steve, in the list of cars in a conductor's time book I've looked at for 1948-1952, I was struck with the observation that in among all the other other cars were two

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #97725 ·

Re: paint sripping

Don-- I have two of these Roundhouse milk cars, and brake fluid worked well to strip the paint off one of them. The paint came off by scrubbing with an old toothbrush after a few hours'

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #97724 ·

Re: Duty Paid-Why Archbar Trucks Listed?

Many were the roads that kept archbar trucks and K brake systems on company-service cars. Furthermore, unlike within the US, these were NO restrictions on the use of cars equipped with either or both

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #97723 ·

Re: Mystery to me box car

But the "sluff" track can be any convenient track. These are specifically placed between the ladders. My best guess is they are, for want of a better name, "hand-off" tracks. Most yards that have

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #97722 ·

Re: Mystery to me box car

Sounds plausible given boxcars, flats, and tank cars can be discerned. Mike Turner Simpsonville, SC 29681

By mike turner <yardcoolieyahoo@...> · #97721 ·

Re: Murphy ends with vertical ribs

Frank, I personally don't know beans about PM boxcars, but didn't Fritz Milhaupt just say in message 97935 that the PM diagram specifically called these out as "Murphy" ends? I thought that since Mr.

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #97720 ·

Re: Murphy ends with vertical ribs

Car makers may have favored one part or appliance supplier over another but the purchasing railroad specified the various parts and appliances in incredible detail - usually more than 125 different

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #97719 ·

Re: Proto 50' boxcar roof removal

Mark I remove the sides of these cars by using a Dremel tool with a saw blade and cut close to the line I'm removing. I have done 4 Southern 10 IH 50 ft boxcars this way from 10'-6" IH Life Like

By O Fenton Wells · #97718 ·

Official Railway Equipment Register

Does anyone have a 1951 ORER for sale or trade? I hae a 1963 to trade or I would buy it outright. -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@...

By O Fenton Wells · #97717 ·

Proto 50' boxcar roof removal

Any suggestions on removing a roof on a Proto 50' boxcar. Bought resin parts 50' viking roofs for NKP #87000 series. Had four of the cars 3 RTR and one kit. Plan too roof three and use the other for

By Mark · #97716 ·

Compendex EI, was Re: No joy

There is an on-line resource at university libraries. It is called Compendex EI, it is the digital, searchable Engineering Index. Remember the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature from grade

By Jim Mischke · #97715 ·

Re: Frisco covered hoppers

There are cement plants everywhere, on the Frisco and other railroads. That would be my educated guess.

By Jim Mischke · #97714 ·

Wabash 8141

Can anyone provide a link to a web-based photo, or send me one off-line, of this car, or any similar car (double-door 40' box car)? TIA SGL ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97713 ·

Re: Murphy ends continued

Al Kresse wrote: Thanks, Al. Now that you state it, I think Richard Hendrickson had come with this fact too, but I'd forgotten. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #97711 ·

Re: Murphy ends continued

I am amazed to learn that there actually WAS a Murphy! Thanks, Al, for explaining this. So we should all now be careful to use the term Murphy, as opposed to murphy. SGL It was named for Peter

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97710 ·

Re: paint stripping

Don, I recently needed to strip paint from a relatively new Athearn gon (preparatory to the last Shake'n'Take project, actually) and found that submerging the car in 90% alcohol was incredibly

By Schuyler Larrabee · #97709 ·

Re: Murphy ends with vertical ribs

Considering the small number of Vulcan ends Chicago-Cleveland seemed to sell, assume they are Murphy unless something says differently :-) There are illustrations (photos) of both horizontal and

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #97708 ·

Re: Murphy ends with vertical ribs

Dennis, How does one tell the difference? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

By al_brown03 · #97707 ·

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