Mike - Thanks so much! This proves my first great hope, that these did indeed have Morton RB's; Having the round hole 'texture' will make these even more visually arresting! Also, thanks for the

You are correct, Andy. I didn't know about them, but I don't have much interest in prototypes built past September 1949. Did any other GN double door cars have the center post? What is the purpose of

I think that you are overlooking the 40' dbl door (12') 3500 series of 1955 built steel boxcars. They had the removable center door post, which was done well on the McKeen car, which was almost

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/dlw12098alb.jpg That photo suggests to me the DF is white. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/dlw12040alb.jpg This one suggests to me the seam caps are

Ray, I won't argue with photographic evidence to the contrary, but the question as I understood it was "was it common for double door automobile boxcars to be used for shipping grain" which I

Bud, attached is the EL diagram sheet for these cars. If anyone else on STMFC would like a copy, please send me an email OFF LIST and I'll forward it to you directly. Assuming I actually GET

You can see below that I mentioned email problems in my attempt to reply to this question earlier today . . . Here is another attempt to get this to the list, and to Ed. I'll be interested to see

Jim There is a photo of DL&W 12098 in the 1961 Car Builder's (p.76) Unfortunately I can't make out the rb, step, or even the brake wheel, although the shape of the handbrake housing is

Brian, interesting about CMO cars -- they are not listed in my 1955 ORER but they do appear in the 1959 listing. Evidently they were renumbered from 26001-26499 (244 cars) to 4992-5091 (98 cars) in

In a message dated 04/05/09 19:21:23 Eastern Daylight Time, bnchmark@... writes: My DL&W diagram book is only good until 5/1/52, and these cars were built in September, 1956, so I don't

The GA drawings say 12'6" high, top of rail to the top of the running board, and 9'9" wide over side plates, 37' 0 3/4" truck centers. ....Mike

Schuyler wrote: <<Robert Federle gave the first answer, here's the second: You have paint, I'm sure. A dab on the <<tools you want to keep straight will assist. Since I am forever picking up the

Greetings group; I have searched the archives for a possible answer, but have come up short-handed, so I am firing away here. I am working on detailing and weathering some of the really nice

Bud, The AC&F drawings are at the museum, and they are stored in two locations. Gaining access to them must be coordinated with the staff at the MOT. Drawings for the specific covered hopper car

Here they are, Paul, though these photos don't show the diagonal panel roof very clearly. However, that's definitely what was on the rebuilt Bx-11s and Bx-13s, since the rebuilding started in

Mike and Ed, Thanks for the 47' length on the DL&W soda ash hopper, and yes Ed, I see I made a numerical error in my original post :-[ 18000-18099 is more like it! I am also wondering about

Ray Breyer wrote: Also remember that those were what we now would call "free range chickens," much tastier than today's factory product. It's no accident that poultry cars were used to ship the

Good grief! Did I really write that??? I should have said "Grain doors," not "Grain." I'm sure no one was confused but a little proof-reading isn't so hard to do. Gene thinks faster than he types

<snip> And a fifth reason might be that the car was used to deliver grain doors. Grain, as you all know, were owned by the railroads which wanted them returned for reuse. Gene Green

Go to an office supply store and look for pencil grips. They are a soft sponge tube that slips over a #1 Xacto or similar round tool, providing a soft grip area. I got mine as a package with multiple