Bill Welch wrote: "I have a photcopy of NX 8845 with a reweight date May 1947 at the Long Island City yard with what are clearly silver ends in case someone wants to model this paint scheme." I

I have been alerted to the fact a very rare photo of a Fruit Growers Express steel rebuild from their 52680-52799 series appeared in "Classic Freight Cars -- The Series" Vol. 5: NE Railroad

I have a photcopy of NX 8845 with a reweight date May 1947 at the Long Island City yard with what are clearly silver ends in case someone wants to model this paint scheme. I will try to put outa legit

Did these cars have steel center sill kits put in them at Ralston? Al Kresse

I've purposely stayed out of this discussion as it seems peripheral, at best, both to my own interests and to the STMFC list's objectives. However.... Every tank car had bolsters which provide

Yes, I did misunderstand. I thought you meant that the car sale was in anticipation of the USRA, whereas you meant (I think) that it was among the stimuli for the USRA. Tony Thompson

I didn't participate in the X45 clinic out of guilt at not having finished the previous two, but (1) the KCS car is now done; (2) an FGEX car, done by the techniques of the Kahn's clinic, is now in

Frank Valoczy wrote: I've finally memorized this one, since we cover it every six months or so: 1941. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

Dennis Storzek wrote: I concede defeat, being unable to produce a quotation that might have occurred. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

This is a short note to exhort those who participated in Greg Martin'skitbash PRR X45 kitbash clinic at Cocoa Beach this past January (and who will be attending this year) to bring their completed

I'm away from my notes, but as I recall, these T&OC cars were indeed wood gons, built in 1901 for the Toledo & Ohio Central. I have an e-mail from Lance Brown with dimensions and disposals on the

Thank you, Tony, for the lesson in semantics. I'll be sure to keep it in mind. However, you make my point. I'm sure Rob is recalling a period trade press description that said something to the

Thanks John, Jim and Lisa! John Golden Bloomington, IN <jimandlisa97225@...> wrote: (K-10), Behalf Of John

List, Sorry guys, that message to Al was to be off list. My apologies for wasting the bandwidth. Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@...

Hi Al, I have 2 Fruit Growers Kits, #11602with the Pre-1950 roofs. What will it take to upgrade these kits to post 1950s cars and at what cost? Are the new kits still at $40 plus

As I understand it, wood underframes were banned in the US in 1931; there was some extensive discussion of that and the problems it would raise to Canadian roads in some 1930 issues of Canadian

Hmmm, I don't intend to resolve this - if I happen to come across the original source for using the word in reference to the cars, I'll post it. At the same time, I guess one could argue that the

Dennis Storzek wrote: So if I understand your comment, Dennis, a bolster built up of pieces called diaphragms can be called a "diaphragm." By the same logic, since it's riveted together with

Photos of the modern R7 reefers are now up on our web site www.westerfield.biz. We'll be ready to ship by mid-week. - Al Westerfield

Is it too late for me to chime in here? "Diaphragm" is a fabricator's term, possibly now archaic, for a web that spaces structural members. Used in this manner, any built-up bolster consists of four