Dang! With everything else in my life I am lucky to finish one every two months! I buy quicker than I build. Brian Carlson On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:26:34 -0800 (PST), Dennis Williams wrote

Tim O'Connor wrote: SP explicitly had in mind the shipping of sugar beets, which prior to the arrival of the composite gons had been moved in Blackburn beet racks, removable contraptions

That may be true, but T&NO moved a lot of gravel, sand, wood chips, and agricultural waste products (I forget the name but it's the stuff left over after the sugar cane harvest)... and maybe sugar

I think one of the reasons the T&NO purchased wood sided gons this late is that they were often used to ship sulfur, which has a habit of destorying steel sided cars.  The T&NO had steel sided cars

Technically, there were two War Emergency 40' (nominal length) gondolas -- a solid bottom and a drop bottom General Service version. The GS version is documented as a 1942 "AAR Emergency" design in

Great job, Clark. I did 20 Sunshine kits last month! 1/2 were for a friend!1 Keep up the good work! Dennis

I assigned the month of February as resin kit building month. I know it's March, but I was near the end of the pile so I over shot a bit. I've built: 1-SC&F tank car 1-F&C gondola 3-F&C box

Spring switches points only contact the flange. I've seen shiny wheel rims on hump engines when they run down through the retarders to retrieve a mis-routed car. The retarders contact the face of the

================================================================= Errol: Sorry for chiming in late here. Has anyone on your committee contacted Lee Johnson who is also on the OSW committee? He had

Tim, My somewhat less than exhaustive review shows there were several differences. One difference is the GN DS cars used center sills comprised of a pair of channels (called channels despite the

Richard- I didn't see the "40'" and did not know about any such cars built! Thanks for clearing up my confusion. Charlie Vlk

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Wrong. The first batch for T&:NO was built in 1944, Class G-50-17. It is true, though, that T&NO liked them well enough to buy three more classes after the war. Tony

Well, let's start by clearing up some confusion. First, these are not the cars Charlie Vlk had in mind when he posted a response; Charlie was thinking of the 52'6" "War Emergency" composite mill

Charlie Vlk wrote: Charlie, if you re-read the post, he was asking about the 40-foot car. The Tichy kit is for the 50-foot car. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

John Riba wrote: John, the SP did not own these, strictly speaking, but the T&NO liked them and bought a bunch. I believe Wabash was among the other owners. Tony Thompson Editor,

--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> wrote: Considering my luck, a well-stocked first aid kit within arm's reach of the workbench probably wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Thanks Stephan I should have remembered that. As a WM fan, that bit of info has turned up before. CJ Riley --- On Thu, 3/5/09, sparachuk <sparachuk@...> wrote CJ: Possibly

John- Railroad Model Journal had a two part series on building these cars using the Tichy HO kit in the May and June 2002 issues. AHM / Roco made a trainset rendition of the car in HO. N Scalers can

While I'm sorry for you Andrew, It does please me that not the only dummie. CJ Riley

Really nice ones are available from a butcher's supply. Not recommended for picking up steam era freight cars however. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr