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Beautiful 1905 Panaorama

The following link will take you to an incredible panorama featuring many early freight cars: www.shorpy.com/node/9481 Enjoy! Bill Welch 2225 Nursery Road; #20-104 Clearwater, FL

By Bill Welch · #99736 ·

Re: Accurail 41' gon

Al, The sides of the Frisco 55000-55199, built by Mount Vernon Div. of Pressed Steel Car Co. 1951, had 11 side posts. A photo appears on p151 of the 1953 CBC. Regards, Ed Hawkins

By Ed Hawkins · #99735 ·

Re: NYC or New Haven 90 ton flat car

Bill, I can't speak to the New York Central cars, but the New Haven's transformer cars were a shorter than 40 feet in length. bb

By Bryan Busséy · #99734 ·

Re: Foobies

Jerry Michels wrote: Since the drawings for the USRA tank car design (not ever built) were in the Cyc in 1919, Hundman doing a drawing confirmed NOTHING. What should have happened in the

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #99733 ·

NYC or New Haven 90 ton flat car

All, I am looking for photos preferably showing the data etc for this NYC or New Haven 90 ton depressed center transformer flat car as show here. http://www.btsrr.com/bts9209.htm A clear dead side

By Bill Lane · #99732 ·

Re: Mathieson and Cardox Dry Ice cars

Walthers did a decal for this (I know) which according to an old catalogue is described as being black, red and green. Barry Bennett

By Barrybennetttoo@... · #99731 ·

Mathieson and Cardox Dry Ice cars

Gentleman I am working on a packet of photos to send Martin to support Sunshine using one of his existing FGE wood-sheathed reefer kits to do a Mathieson dry ice car and perhaps a Cardox dry ice

By Bill Welch · #99730 ·

2011 Central Ohio RPM

This is the last call for the 2011 Central Ohio RPM Meet to be held May 19-21 at Marion Union Station, Marion, Oh. Come join us for 2 1/2 days of fun at Ohio’s ONLY RPM Meet. The meet features

By seaboard_1966 · #99729 ·

Re: Accurail 41' gon - WLE and NKP (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Thanks, Ed!

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #99728 ·

Re: Accurail 41' gon - WLE and NKP (UNCLASSIFIED)

Elden, The car numbers didn't change, just the reporting

By Ed Hawkins · #99727 ·

Re: Foobies

A lot depends on what we've using our cars for. I'm not 'contest quality' modeler, 'layout quality' at best. My cars are made to operate on my layout. If I had several members of this group in my ops

By Clark Propst · #99726 ·

Re: Accurail 41' gon - WLE and NKP (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE What was the number series of the ex-WLE gons when transferred to NKP? Were they 45000 to 46749? How long did they remain in WLE lettering? Anyone

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #99725 ·

Re: Foobies

Jerry Michels wrote: "I have a few of the Tichy tank cars that I built when they first came out and the resources available to make a decision on accuracy was not what it is today. In fact, I believe

By Benjamin Hom · #99724 ·

Re: Foobies

Ed wrote, "What is more frustrating (to me!) is when cars are produced that have a fundamental flaw that renders them inaccurate for anything (eg the infamous Tichy tank car). In so many of these

By asychis@... · #99723 ·

Re: Accurail 41' gon

Has anyone a photo of Frisco series 55000-55199? The ORER dimensions are almost exactly the same as the ACL cars'. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

By al_brown03 · #99722 ·

Coupler box fasteners

Truss head screws are a perfect fit for coupler pockets. Low profile and slightly larger diameter head than a round head screw. My last batch was from a clock repair supply house. The 2-56

By RDG2124 <RDG2124@...> · #99721 ·

Re: Accurail 41' gon

Done. From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Aley, Jeff A Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:02 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: RE: [STMFC] Accurail 41' gon

By Schuyler Larrabee · #99720 ·

Re: Accurail 41' gon

Schuyler, I suggest you re-upload the file in .xls format (Excel 1997-2003) for maximum compatibility. Regards, -Jeff Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5:49 PM To:

By Aley, Jeff A · #99719 ·

Accurail 41' gon

I have uploaded the Excel spreadsheet in the Files area which consolidates the replies to my inquiry regarding correct road names for this kit. It is called "Accurail 41' Gon" and is not quite

By Schuyler Larrabee · #99718 ·

Last Truss Rod Boxcars Ordered by Class 1 Railroads

It appears that the last new 40 foot truss rod boxcar were built by CB&Q in 1926. Its Aurora shops built the class XM-27 in the 12100-121299 series. They had 6 truss rods, 6/7 corrugated Murphy

By gary laakso · #99717 ·

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