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Re: Off-line repack

In a message dated 7/9/02 8:16:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ted_culotta@... writes: << Does anyone know if there was a standard policy for what stenciling would be applied by a railroad that

By Guy Wilber · #9943 ·

Re: N&W HL hopper questions

Schuyler, hoppers come out at 1.68 inches in diameter. << exactly spec for a 1" rivet. < I used a dead-on photo of an HL car end to measure from. Gee, the accuracy is much better than I would have

By cornbeltroute <cornbeltroute@...> · #9938 ·

Re: PRR Merchandise Service Boxcars

Greg Martin wrote: ...then I dug around and found an article by Richard Burg and found the reference I was looking for in his article of August 1992 RMJ in which he states... "In 1948, one car,

By Benjamin Frank Hom <b.hom@...> · #9937 ·

Re: N&W HL hopper questions

Brian Chapman writes: Just what I would do. I can probably do that (TS5 scan, that is) tomorrow. SGL

By Schuyler G Larrabee <SGL2@...> · #9934 ·

Re: N&W HL hopper questions

Brian Chapman asks: N&W HL hopper questions, such as: According to my Steel Manual, a 1.625" dia head on a rivet is exactly spec for a 1" rivet. The formula is 1.5D + .125", where D = diameter of

By Schuyler G Larrabee <SGL2@...> · #9933 ·

Re: N&W HL hopper questions

apparently don't have access to, I assume you are measuring a model. If this be the Stewart car, can you tell us the distance from the bottom of the side at midpoint of the car and the top of the

By cornbeltroute <cornbeltroute@...> · #9932 ·

Re: PRR Merchandise Service Boxcars

Guys, <<First Ben Hom (b.hom@...) writes: cars Then I comment... Then Tim adds these reminders... a photo of a X29d in MS paint but it might be a model photo.< First I checked MM and

By Greg Martin · #9936 ·

Re: N&W HL hopper questions

Brian Chapman writes: Brian, since you, in another message refer to a Cyc drawing that you apparently don't have access to, I assume you are measuring a model. If this be the Stewart car, can you

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #9931 ·

Re: RI and WM 40' Auto Cars

Bill-Looking at the number of reviews you have done in the last two weeks, I have to ask--How many hours does it take you to build the average Sunshine kit? Paul Lyons Oceanside, CA

By Paul Lyons · #9935 ·

Re: N&W HL hopper questions

They were in the 1940 CBC (and probably in the 1937), and that part of the 1940 CBC was reprinted as Train Shed Cyc #5. David Thompson

By James D Thompson <jaydeet@...> · #9930 ·

Re: Tractor loads

Tim said, concerning loading tractors: Drop ends might be better than "lift capability"- all would be required would be an end ramp. I even have a photo taken on the Suncook Valley of a drop end

By Earl Tuson · #9929 ·

RI and WM 40' Auto Cars

I recently finished assembling a 40' automobile boxcar for both the RI and WM from kits by Sunshine (kit 55.2 and 55.3). The RI car has 14'6" door openings and the WM car has 12'6" door openings.

By Bill Darnaby · #9928 ·

SAL 40' Boxcars

I recently finished assembling two SAL 40' round roof boxcars, a B-7 6' door car and a AF-1 double door car, that are offered by Sunshine (kit 55.8 and 55.6). These are the cars that are very similar

By Bill Darnaby · #9927 ·

Re: N&W HL hopper questions

David, my cyclopedia collection goes back only to 1957. Would you know in which cyc the HL drawings appeared? Thanks, Brian Chapman ---

By cornbeltroute <cornbeltroute@...> · #9926 ·

Re: PRR Merchandise Service Boxcars

Tim O'Connor recommended re: Greg Martin's search for PRR Class X26C boxcars in MS1 paint schemes: Try Mainline Modeler 12/1992 -- I have notes showing RMJ 3/1991 has a photo of an X29d in MS paint

By Benjamin Frank Hom <b.hom@...> · #9925 ·

Re: ATSF Mineral Brown

FWIW, on my color scanner Floquil ATSF Brown and Modelflex Dark Tuscan produce a RGB/CMYK result that is almost identical. At least for the level of precision provided by RGB/CMYK. Dave Nelson

By Dave & Libby Nelson <muskoka@...> · #9924 ·

N&W HL hopper questions

Hmmm, hard to say without looking at the engineering drawings, but they're probably closer to 1 inch. The drawing in the CBC says they're 4-1/16" wide on the face and 3-1/8" tall. You'd have to

By James D Thompson <jaydeet@...> · #9923 ·

N&W HL hopper questions

1) Using a scale ruler and photos, the rivet heads on the HL hoppers come out at 1.68 inches in diameter. Are they as large as 1-1/2 inches, or am I way off on my measurements? 2) Z-bar channels on

By cornbeltroute <cornbeltroute@...> · #9922 ·

Re: RI Single Sheathed Auto Cars

In case anyone is interested, I do have a photo of a model of one of the 40 footers that, in my ignorant youth, I built and incorrectly painted and lettered (for my late 1947 era). It is slated

By ted_culotta <ted_culotta@...> · #9920 ·

Re: IM ART Reefer

There are very few examples of anyone that does live up to their marketing motto. Remember Circuit City's "Service is state of the art"? I called their service once, got put on hold for 35 minutes.

By Andy Harman <andy10@...> · #9919 ·

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