UPDATE TO MY NOTE BELOW ERIE cars 11000-11599, 11600-11799, and 11800-12299 ALL have reference to the "type "F" slack adjusters". This second group of three orders are post-war copies of the earlier

Hello Group! My ERIE RR equipment diagrams for the three groups of orders comprising cars 10000-10824 do not mention anything about slack adjusters. However, on another subject brought up a few days

Besides other details, one not mentioned - it appears to have a Royal Fslack adjuster! A very nice detail, but is it correct for the Erie cars? Tim O' -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I was thinking it was for crushing rock or ore. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Agreed! There were MANY amphibious landing operations using such craft. The largest (far bigger than D-Day) was Okinawa. They also were used in many smaller opertions, like crossing the Rhine river.

Also another link using the Speedwitch 41’ 6” gondola which were used for auto frames as well. This series ended up on the

Here’s a link to modeling auto frames with a DT&I car. http://dti.railfan.net/Model_Building_Articles/Freight_Cars/DT&I_9100s_Model/G31DFrameRackInstr.html Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

Kristen pointed this out in her fine presentation. The mesh is in several horizontal bands separated by open spaces (slots) through which the ends of the board decks protrude. Thus the already

Not a gear of any usual kind. Tooth form all wrong for a herringbone gear. The teeth (lugs?) appear like just triangular bars. Almost like a steam-tractor wheel. Perhaps some kind of turbine wheel? Or

We called them “Mike boats” in Vietnam. Pax, Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532 rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com

Nice work with the photos, Claus. Always something interesting in your treasure hunts. Looks similar to, if not the same car, that Norm Buckhart just had done in O

Sheeesh... I'm surrounded by humorless school teachers... :'( :-|:-D So what's the NUMBER on this Erie gondola? I'm wondering if it's one ofthe gondolas built at the Dunmore Shops in

These pictures youv'e been sending are REAL COOL!!! Thank you! LR King

That would really ruin someone's day if it fell over before the bracing was constructed. Dennis Storzek

I would suspect that the D-Day contracts were fulfilled a while ago, and the manufacturers are now working on material for the Pacific Theater. Dennis Storzek

Tim O'Connor wrote: "It's May 10, 1944 - less than a month before D-Day! They'd better get it going quickly if it's going to be useful. :-)" There were far more amphibious operations (many conducted

There is a color photo of CNJ 21675 in the Steamscenes' 2002 Southern Pacific calender, month of September. The 1923 ARA proposed design box car is directly behind a cab forward steam locomotive

Landing Craft, Mechanized... LCM-3... as the web page says. LCVP wassimilar. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=general&CISOPTR=7034&action=2&DMSCALE=200&DMWIDTH=1200&DMHEIGHT=856 -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I’m in. J. Stephen Sandifer