These "geared at the bottom of the brake staff" hand brakes were used on a limited number of house cars. The original 1932 AAR cars had them, as did the cars of that design bought by the Soo Line in

Bill, I take a different tack on this. Instead of focusing on the dates affecting their use ... I go to my books and scan them for pictures. I go thru fairly quickly on the first pass - trying

Jeff Coleman said, "I think Gene is correct but vertical staff hand brakes are no longer manufactured. I purchased one in the late 1990's for a PPGX DOT 111A100W tank car. Since then Ellcon National

Fellas,   I have been ordering from Jerry Glow without a hitch---he makes very nice decals.   He has done some extra work for me that I greatly appreciate.    His communication has been

And don't forget that a lot of flatcars used vertical staffs if they needed a clear deck.   Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent:

I think Gene is correct but vertical staff hand brakes are no longer manufactured. I purchased one in the late 1990's for a PPGX DOT 111A100W tank car. Since then Ellcon National does not list them

Vertical staff hand brakes were never outlawed. Indeed, they are still that which is required. I'll explain. Vertical staff hand brakes have been identified by a number of different terms but the

Tom, Try Bill Mosteller at _wmosteller@... (mailto:wmosteller@...) Great Decals. Chuck Hladik

________________________________________ Group: As a modeler in the minority scale of S and of the time period 1952-53, I am always looking for decal suppliers whose product accurately represents

I know I have photos of cars in service as late as 1973 with vertical staff brakes, long after our Steam Freight Car time frame. ______________ J. Stephen (Steve)

Bill Botkin wrote: I don't know if they were ever outlawed as such, but they were certainly still permissible and in use in 1960, the outer limit of topics on this list. Tony Thompson

I don't know that they were specifically outlawed, but they would have been made obsolete after the rule requiring removal of running boards and shortening of ladders in 1966. I know the CB&Q retained

Sorry if this topic has been discussed previously. Can anyone provide the date when vertical brake staffs on boxcars were outlawed and how long they lasted after that date? Thanks. Bill

The Wyndham is on the north side of I-88, east of Naperville Rd on Warrenville Rd. Less than five minutes from the Marriot. Chet French Dixon, IL

Hi to all again, I have what I need thanks to Richard Hendrickson and Joseph Jacques and others who have put me on the straight and narrow. That's why I am on this list the amount of expertise on

Effective today, Wright Trak Models owns my HO SAL B7 patterns, instructions and production rights. I am mailing the last 25 SMMW kits next week, thus completing my involvement with HO resin kit

The 2013 "Naperville" RPM meet will be held October 17-19 at the Wyndam Lisle-Chicago Hotel, Lisle, Illinois (within half a mile of the familiar Holiday Inn/Marriot facility in Naperville). Joe

Clark Propst wrote: It just says "Naperville IL area." How do you conclude it's moved? Am I missing something? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

The Naperville RPM has been moved according to Joe’s website. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Dennis, You -DO- realize that when you post a link to a page full of drawings of couplers (or whatever) to this list that you have just "wasted" several hundred hours of time (collectively,