T in a wheel report could be for trailing or tow -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 11:15:44 AM Subject: [STMFC]

When I look up SPSX I get Progress Rail Services Corporation Tho it may not be steam era -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, April

The only brake gear that's even remotely visible when the car is on the track is the brake rods to the trucks. Richard Hendrickson

I have a Protowest AAR 70 ton flat car I want to get off the bench. Since the car is a bit light I was tinking of forgoing the underframe detail and filling the cavities with lead. However, I am not

Hi, I have a duplicate back issue of "The Double A", which is the "Quarterly Publication of the Ann Arbor Railroad Technical And Historical Association" - Vol 13 number 3 Fall 1997. It has a nice

Thanks Tim, Glad you clarified that. Makes sense and I suppose I was only thinking one sided. Since you mentioned it I see cars all the time being shuffled around with air hoses disconnected. Thanks

Nope. Air pressure is needed to hold the brakes (if the hand brake is not used). You're confusing two things. A drop in line pressure causes the AB valve to move air from one side of the reservoir to

Clark Hmmmm... looking over my 94 JPEG's of GSC flat cars I think you may be correct. That oval hole only appears in some of the photos. Is it only on one side of the car? The brake release rod is

OK, here we go....I am an engineer for a class one railroad so I guess that sort of means I SHOULD know what is going on here. When one "dumps" the air that is generally meant to be an emergency

I could be wrong but when you dump the air the brakes set, not release. I believe air pressure is applied to release. If the air is dumped then brakes apply. I stand to be corrected though. Robert

which actually -is- a model of a Santa Fe water tank?< I have a couple of those from way back when. But the Tichy tank is close to some tanks the Santa Fe used. Bottom curve may be a little

Thanks Tim, only this car has a square shaft with a hole through it sticking out. Slack adjuster? Clark Propst

Brake release rod -- when the brakeman wants to dump the air from the reservoir to release the brakes. All freight cars have them but they're rarely modeled. Tim O'Connor

Jon The Tichy tank is very nice, but why not use a Rix (ex-BH) tank which actually -is- a model of a Santa Fe water tank?

I believe the wheel shown in one of the photos is of a paper centered wheel, a wheel more common than many STMFC'ers realize in the early part of the 20th century. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA One

One fascinating bit of information in one of the two photographs is the backs of the wheels in the truck in the foreground. Note that the ribs spiral in opposite directions. How many model wheelset

They are indeed the cars in question. I had not seen these but will be ordering prints of them. It is nice to see the end view, however partial it is. Given that there were only ten, the likelihood of

Bill, Are these the N&W cars you mention? http://tinyurl.com/d29elm and http://tinyurl.com/dgst5m (Both from the Virginia Tech Imagebase) Just curious, John Hile Blacksburg, VA

Oops! I should have looked at more photos. Please change ANY to MANY. There may be a timeline on when external door stops for auxiliary doors ceased to be seen on new car construction, and may be

When B&O withdrew most of its M-27b double door XLT roof boxcars from automotive service arounfd 1947, many found their way into grain service. One door was sealed, and reclassed M-27f. In due