Technically correct, but they did have at least one semi-rigid airship and many blimps. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

>>The US Army did not have dirigibles, only the US Navy. >>Jim Gates Definitely not true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_airships Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

The US Army did not have dirigibles, only the US Navy. Jim Gates --------------------------------------------

Garth Groff wrote: Um, no. It's the 3000 pounds per square inch pressure (and higher) inside the tanks that makes them thick-walled and very heavy. The helium is a small part of the total weight.

US Navy 1001 was the first helium car, October 1926, 3 tube car. USNX 1927 two more were builtl, assigned to U. S. Q. X. (U. S. Army Air service)#201, 202 These three were the only 3 tube helium

Garth, 1) These are plain bearing trucks. While there were roller bearings in 1931, they were quite rare and mostly applied to passenger cars. 2) No helium is NOT really heavy when condensed. When

And the big one… the mostest obvious one… and the one confirmed by the lettering on the Helium car “US ARMY AIR SERVICE”… The burgeoning US dirigible fleet. We’ve discussed these helium

In 1931? Observation balloons as well ;) Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."

Antiaircraft balloons for coastal defense..At the time, the nation's coast was ringed with coastal artillery batteries, all manned by the army. Dennis Storzek

Allen and friends, I saved this photo to my desktop and lightened it a bit with Photoshop to see the trucks. They are a very interesting heavy-duty Andrews type with outside

even more freight cars by searching the Herald Review for just Wabash there's helium cars from 1931

Beg pardon, Chaps, but the list owner has already requested that any discussion not pertaining to this group's stated purpose, (i.e. steam era freight cars), stop immediately. I fully support that

“3D modeling for computer games, specifically train simulators.” That usually ends the discussion. If it doesn’t I’ll add “Mostly architectural models but sometimes freight cars” and

Anheuser Busch came to that conclusion, their name did not appear on any cars in the immediate post-prohibition period, eventually even changing their beer bottle green color on the St' Louis

Guys, scroll around this website, there are lots of great photos on all kinds of RR subjects, and various local roads. A really great find! Bill Woelfel

The cars were insulated (by the standard of the time) and ice blocks were inside the car. Tony Thompson

Beer didn't need icing, so beer cars were usually ARA class RB, Refrigerator, Bunkerless. Eventually the brewers came to the realization that putting their logo on the car was akin to posting a COME

yes indeed. why hide it?-- Best regards, Gary Patrik

I just tell them I have the model railroading disease which is extremely contagious and fortunately has no cure. -- Rod Miller Handcraftsman === Custom 2-rail O Scale Models: Drives, Repairs, Steam

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