Anyone see this Arcadia book? " Yards" is the Chicago stock yards. Listed as a railroad book. Ed Mines

I need to reweigh a few C&I hoppers. Does anyone know if the railroad had their own facilities for this and what the code is? Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga, NY

Dennis Storzek wrote: Good summary. But several Cycs from early in the 20th century show a fourth type of roof, with some kind of waterproof membrane sandwiched between the two board roofs,

Some of the statements in the recent discussion about wood roofs on FGE reefers show a not total understanding of the challenges faced by builders of freightcars in the late nineteenth and early

Thanks for sharing Paul Doggett UK On Saturday, 26 April 2014, 13:58, "westerfieldalfred@..." wrote: The attached link is to an eight minute 1960s film about the Staten

Given that the roof of a freight car main purpose is to keep the lading dry, "quite trustworthy" seems like a relative term here if they also had a "tendency to leak." I am not an engineer but since

The attached link is to an eight minute 1960s film about the Staten IslandFerry. During the trip three car ferries are seen. – Al Westerfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja_KeCi9BPI

Richard, Rats, there went that idea for simplifying life. I had hoped to standardize on one configuration. Looking at the Oct 45 and Jan 53 ORER, it looks like the total of 10'6 rebuilds was on the

change. Wooden roofs were known technology and quite trustworthy except for the tendency to leak. Adding some thin tinplate between layers to stop water leakage was not a radical step. Making a

I've done a little research and come up with a list of numbers assigned to the idler cars used in the Bay area during WWII. A few of them were retired in San Bernardino and would have operated over

Hi Don... For an explanation of the problemwith double-board roofs and the solution provided by the introduction of thecombination wood/sheet metal/wood roof, see page 227 of The American

Hi Tony, Wiyh eight CBC's here from 1919 through 1953 I have seen that many times. That, however, dose not explain the necessity of the extra layer of wood over the metal sheathing in any way

John, the ORERs aren’t helpful here because these cars retained their original numbers until ca. 1945 and were then only gradually renumbered into the 210000-214549 series. The first cars with

I am trying to find the dates of the roof extensions on the Bx-11/12 classes. The ORER listings seem to indicate a prototype in 1944 and production coming on line in small numbers by Oct 45. I have

That’s true. Bill, as did many private owner meat reefers. Outside wood roofs were still fairly common in the late ‘40s and only gradually disappeared in the ‘50s. Richard Hendrickson

I would like to have these but it is unclear to me if the photos show FGE/WFE/BRE cars or freight cars with double board roofs. I am not totally certain but I think the AC&F built NWX reefers had wood

That was fast. One generous STMFC member has offered what I need. Tom Madden

I have one of Ted's packages of custom parts for the Speedwitch P&WV postwar AAR boxcar. Ted originally marketed these with an undec Branchline boxcar kit but packaged and sold the custom parts

Don, please share these negatives with Bill Welch and I hope photos appear in the upcoming book. From past experience I know you have contributed a lot to the hobby. Thanks. Ed Mines

Hello, I have 5 Centralia Car Shops (By Intermountain) undecorated early steel cupola caboose kits for the Santa Fe Railroad, cast in gray styrene. Has several additional parts for various options.