Jack and Rob, A series of 1937 AAR box cars came with the same type of "hybrid” 4-5 Dreadnaught ends as were used on the UP S-40-12 stock cars, except with round corners. They were used on M&StL

Nice photo of a rare end. I have a little story about this end. Many years ago, while our deceased friend Terry Wegmann was in the middle of tooling up his Pacific Fruit Express R-30-18 flat kit he

Interesting. Don’t know what it should be called, but for ease ofreference, the slim ribs remind me of Q tips. Rob Kirkham

Here's a Dreadnaught variation which I don't think has been discussed before. It seems to be sort of a hybrid of the Improved Dreadnaught and the earlier Dreadnaught. This example is on a UP

Fair enough Jack – I was trying to find some on-line images to communicatewhat I felt I was seeing off line and wasn’t entirely successful. Sometimes its helpful to Photoshop the images to

Robert, I don't think any of this is "old hat" to the group. There remains a lot of confusion and different terminology regarding Dreadnaught ends. I have seen terms Dreadnaught, Inverse

Rob, I agree with your basic point that the shape of the rib tips changed, probably over time tho maybe not in clear-cut "phases". That said, I'm not seeing what you see in some of these photos. The

---In STMFC@..., <rdkirkham@...> wrote : ...with precise cross sections and outlines, so it was a deliberate process thatformed them. Rob Kirkham ===================== Herein lies the problem; the

I don’t know for certain how the process was done, but agree that the maleand female die pair makes sense. I’m not sure if I am understanding your question David – are you askingwhether the

No, we've discussed this before years ago, but I have never found anything conclusive. Dennis Storzek

David Thompson wrote: I don't know specifically about freight car ends, but what I know about metal stamping in general makes me pretty sure they would have used a male and female die pair.

This brings up something I've wondered about. My understanding was that Dreadnaught ends and the like were formed by pressing a steel sheet between sets of blocks arranged in a pattern to produce the

---In STMFC@..., <rdkirkham@...> wrote : Some ribs have more rounded cross sections; others more flatsurfaces. It can depend on the lighting in photos, but the effect isnoticeable.

This is a further question following my enquiry earlier this week about theCar Builder’s Cycs for the 1930s. I’m working on 3d drawings of variousdreadnaught ends – with a focus (for now) on

Santa Fe Bx-74 -- series 12500-12699 built 1957 http://www.kadee.com/month/future/6376l.jpg This is the second 8' door 50 foot PS-1 from Kadee -- and it has a different side sill than that previously

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Jack, thanks for the information. I was not familiar with the Glidden logo, and concur that is what is on the tankcar. I will add that to my knowledge pool. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Hi Andy, I'm just geting caught up on my emails after back surgery -- almost 1,000 when I got back to my computer. Just by chance, are any of these cars left? Thanks, John Larkin On

Ed Mines wrote: "There was an article in Mainline Modeler about the later version of the Viking Roof written by me." Scott Haycock asked: "Can you tell us which issue?" November 1986. Came right up