Brian are these being offered for sale at the present time. Rob McLear Australia. ---In STMFC@..., <brianleppert@...> wrote: Barber S-1-L trucks. The new Rapido meat reefer comes with those and will

Following Tim’slead I wandered over to the City of Vancouver archives and came upon this car: <<

Thank you everyone, got what I needed. You guys are (as always) great. Dave Nelson

Ed wrote: "How long these hoppers (or any other freight car) remainedin service depended on the Association of American Railroads (AAR) 40 year rule.It barred cars from interchange service when

Working from the roster compiled by Lane (MM 3/82 p 21), here are the numbers of USRA twin hoppers surviving as of 1/43, 7/50, and 1/53 (per the respective ORERs; given in that order): B&O

Good Evening All, For those interested, a list filtered from the January 1958 ORER to show HM cars with 30' 6" IL is posted here: http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/2014/02/hms-with-30-6-il.html This is

The James Lane roster of original USRA twins is in Railroad History #128. Copies were built from 1920 to 1928 or so, when most railroads shifted to offset-side hoppers or their own homegrown designs.

Looks like a welded underframe, too. David Thompson

The USRA twin bay hopper was basically a riveted, rib-sided car with 8 panels, having a 50 to 55 ton capacity. They were about 34' long, 10' wide and stood about 10' 6", top of rail to top of car

I went thru all my achieved e-mails looking for a USRA Twin Hopper roster and was surprised there wasn’t one (it did lead me to find my copy of the March ’82 edition of MM so I did get something

Folks, The winter issue of The Keystone Modeler (TKM) #87 is now available. See: http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/newPRRKeystoneModeler.htm Articles include - Fruit Growers Express Reefer (1928

---In STMFC@..., <eaneubauer@...> wrote: "... Were the roof on the SOO cars actuallyproprietary (available only from one manufacturer), or just an AAR design whichcould be ordered from a variety of

 Dennis, I see what you mean. For what it's worth RDGcontinued to use the "X-29" lap roof arrangement on their version of the AAR1937 design, class XMv, and several related classes of auto cars.

My 009 truck represents a conventional truck with a Barber Lateral Motion Device bolster. I market it as a "Barber Lateral Motion Truck". The Barber S-1-L truck is part of Standard Car Truck

Brian Thanks, but now I'm confused. I thought your 009 model truck was an S-1-L. Not so? Tim O'Connor

Good morning Jim: This would be easier would it not with the InterMountain version of the 1937 design because there would be no pesky ends to remove. Whichever way you go, think "Pattern" when working

Almost looks like mounting holes for somethingŠ Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Friday, February 28, 2014

Barber S-1-L trucks. The new Rapido meat reefer comes with those and will be offered separately. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

I've seen sideframes like this in a couple of photos -- There are small holes on either side of the bolster. Brian, or anyone, know more about these

---In STMFC@..., <eaneubauer@...> wrote: "...As far as I know, this type originated on the ARA"X-29" design. Perhaps these were non-proprietary designs intended toreduce reliance on more costy