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Re: General Arrangement Drawings

Nor for those I've seen from the Santa Fe files. General arrangement drawings for Santa Fe freight cars were highly detailed and drawn to exact scale. Their only shortcoming was that they

By Richard Hendrickson · #99079 ·

Re: Necessary Freight cars

I for one has seen the gamut when it comes to drawings. My builder has work from 1/4" scale drawings which I also have verify with the real prototype cars. We have also worked with RR general

By Rich Yoder · #99078 ·

Re: Necessary Freight cars

I must echo Tony's comment. All the general arrangement drawings I have seen were drawn to scale. Is it possible that someone has confused 'general arrangement' drawings with what is typically

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #99077 ·

Re: Long shot...

Tim and those few others who might be interested, Those are not the cars about which Clark was inquiring. To expand a bit on a previous post, the 23001-series of 50'-0" flat cars built by GATX in

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #99076 ·

Re: Necessary Freight cars

From: Andy Harman No doubt, but not all of us are employed in model RR R&D, nor retired and mobile to go travel to Roanoke and pull erection drawings, or chase down survivors in museums and

By Schuyler Larrabee · #99075 ·

Re: TC boxcar nomenclature correction

--- In STMFC@..., Anthony Thompson wrote [to my comment on stepped bolster tabs as an identifier for Pullman-Standard boxcars of the late '30s/early '40s]: "Not true, Dave. You can see it

By David Sieber · #99074 ·

Re: Formed wire?

Nothing propriatary here. I've been using a resistance soldering rig and an oxy-propane torch to silver solder wire. It is not a fun experience. Lately I've been

By hacketet <hacketet@...> · #99073 ·

Re: Long shot...

Richard One can be wrong -- because the answer is out there somewhere. There's a 1959 color yard photo in Gene Green's Morning Sun M&StL In Color (page 9) that shows 4 M&StL TOFC flats -- three are

By Tim O'Connor · #99072 ·

Re: Necessary Freight cars

A.T. Kott wrote: I can't speak for many railroads' practice, but the SP, UP and PFE general arrangement drawings I have seen are most certainly scale drawings, as one can verify by checking

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #99071 ·

Re: Long shot... M&StL 23001-series flat cars

Clark & those few others who might be interested, M&StL Specification No. 57, dated March 23, 1931 says in part, "PAINTING "All joints where metal laps on metal to be painted with one (1) coat of

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #99070 ·

Kadee code 88 wheelsets

I include Kadee code 88 wheelsets and #153 whisker couplers in my HO kits. Great quality and appearance, as expected. Jim King Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. Ph. (828)

By Jim King · #99069 ·

Re: Necessary Freight cars (UNCLASSIFIED)

Andy - The last project I did drawings for involved brass models made in China. I provided scale drawings (not RR general arrangement drawings that are seldom to scale) with a few measurements on

By proto48er · #99068 ·

Re: Long shot...

Clark, If no one knows the answer, you can't be wrong whatever you do. :) Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

By Richard Townsend · #99067 ·

Re: Long shot...

Clark, 1.I think Gene told me black. 2.Somewhere I have a photo that shows this series in black. 3. I'm seeing black in the wayback machine. Joe Binish

By Joseph · #99066 ·

Re: TC boxcar nomenclature correction

Jim, Any idea when these will ship? Jim Brewer

By James F. Brewer <jfbrewer@...> · #99065 ·

Re: Kadee Trucks

I use Kadee wheelsets exclusively and about 90% on the stock trucks. I use a truck tuner to clean out and shape the pocket on the trucks and I have found that the ride quality improves and I have

By Mike Fleming · #99064 ·

Re: Necessary Freight cars (UNCLASSIFIED)

F&C has a nine panel CNJ/ B&O hopper.Armand Premo

By armprem2 <armprem2@...> · #99063 ·

Re: Long shot...

Clark I think 23021 was painted BCR -- a black & white photo shows a lube stencil patch, and it is much darker than the rest of the car body -- probably a black patch on a BCR body. The patch is from

By Tim O'Connor · #99062 ·

Re: Kadee Trucks

On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:27:01 -0400, Tim O'Connor wrote Whenever I have metal to metal, I use Labelle 102 which is called "gear oil". It's considerably thicker than 107 or 108. Typically a car lubed

By Andy Harman · #99061 ·

Re: Kadee Trucks

Bob, they were plastic. One thing you can do with plastic-plastic contact is put graphite in the bearing. This is very easy with Neo-Lube which is a paintable graphite. With metal-metal contact I

By Tim O'Connor · #99060 ·

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