Guy Wilber wrote: Thank you, Guy. Specifics always appreciated. But this is yet another case where "standard" requirements were obviously ignored by a number of railroads, since one can find

I have a diagram of AAR Standard Lettering and Marking of Cars with a revised date of 1938 that shows 9" reporting marks for cars that could accomodate it. Flat cars were shown as 7" letters. Jerry

Reporting Marks were to be 9" figures and car numbers 7" as first adopted by the MCBA in 1916 as "Standard" practice. The ARA's 1926 revisions of the "Standards" (as per note 1) specified that 7"

I know very little about ACL flatcars. I just noticed the sides were different. Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Jim Am I missing something? Both have 10 stake pockets, fishbelly u/f, short sides... Perhaps I should have asked "Is this the car Tichy is -trying- to represent"? (Since the Tichy flat car kit was

Not the same. See the Tichy car here. http://tichytraingroup.com/images/parts/4040_1_b.gif <http://tichytraingroup.com/images/parts/4040_1_b.gif>Jim Hayes Portland

Yes, though it's shown in that slide at a much later date than the STMFC list encompasses. The side sheathing on that car identifies it as one of the early 20th century cars with steel underframe

Is this ACL P-11-[?] similar/same as the Tichy kit? Were these originally plain flat cars and then converted to this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150447285148 Tim O'Connor

Santa Fe had at least 9 spray cars, according to Childer's roster: 199201-199203, 199205-199208, and 199904-199905. Most seem to have been rebuilt from baggage or other passenger cars. There may have

For photos of some of the 1920s SP equipment for weed spraying, see page 185 in my Vol. 5. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Richard, that probably would be this car: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250638270039 Tim O'Connor

The Santa Fe's Coast Lines had a weed spray train with a retired baggage car as a spray car and a string of Tk-K class tank cars assigned to, and equipped for, weed chemical service; I have photos

Dennis S. wrote: I've never heard of this either. Oiling for lubrication at sharp curves, of course, was done in the steam era and ever since. SP designed and built its own weed spraying

Hi Bruce and list, In may railroad experience the coating on rails to prevent brine corrosion was a asphalt/tar like substance, about 1/16" thick that dried to a grey colored, hard coating. I dealt

I was always under the impression that railroads oiled track joints for a twofold purpose; reducing mechanical wear, and ensuring that the parts would pull up tight when the track gang the joints

Dennis S. wrote: Wrought iron did continue to be used as small parts in car bodies, and in truss rods, for some time after steel replaced iron in virtually all large-scale applications. When

The Fairmont Railway Motors INC. made a "W61 Oil Sprayer" that could be towed behind a speeder. Consisted of a tank, pump with small gasoline motor and a couple of hoses with wands/nozzles on the end.

Yeah, I've always considered the center sills and draft sills (back in those days a separate sub sill from the bolster outward), the side sills as part of the body framing, and the intermediate sills

In my response I considered the sills as part of the body structure The underframe being the bolsters and the needle beam. I'm in 100% agreement with you on the break in dates of steel. Once steel is

Tim- Sorry, I was thinking about the topic from the perspective of a manufacturer or importer, not as an informed Model Railroader. Sad as it is, sales do not follow the prototype. People don't buy