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That, too, is being debated on the erielack list. SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #55751 ·

Schuyler, That is a nice shot! That was a classy diesel paint scheme that Erie black & yellow. Surprised at the number of boxcars running with open doors, the "bo's" must have been warm that day!

By Bud Rindfleisch · #55750 ·

Re: Nice photo of a freight

Actually . . .based on the fact that the sun's on the left, I expect it to be eastbound. Research is underway on the erielack list. I'll advise. SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #55749 ·

Re: Nice photo of a freight

Probably a Westbound because of the empty boxes. Tim Gilbert

By timgilbert17851 <tgilbert@...> · #55747 ·

Re: Nice photo of a freight

Schuyler Larrabee writes: "October '54, so it's in era." Not only that but there are no less than 13 box cars with open doors showing. Interesting. Mike Brock

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #55746 ·

Re: Low-Side gondolas

I can confirm the Southern and N&W, and add ACL (at least one is still running around with CSXT reporting marks; see <http://frankg290.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=358776>), L&N (2' 2"

By Frank Greene <fgreen01@...> · #55748 ·

Nice photo of a freight

http://www.railfan.net/railpix/submit/subphoto.cgi?rondukarm/ER_712_long_10-54.jpg October '54, so it's in era. SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #55745 ·

Re: Low-Side gondolas

what is the rationale for them? << Well others will answer some of your other questions better than I can, but low sided gons saw extensive use in limestone, sand, and pig iron service, where the

By Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton <smokeandsteam@...> · #55744 ·

Re: Looking for sources on NYC USRA and pre-WWII ARA/AAR Boxcars

Richard: Very informative, thanks Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Richard Hendrickson Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 10:58

By Paul <buygone@...> · #55743 ·

Low-Side gondolas

The latest MM has quite nice drawings for a VGN prototype low-side gondola. I seem to recall that both Southern and N&W had similar cars, perhaps also CNJ, but this kind of car seems to have been

By Justin Kahn · #55742 ·

Re: Looking for sources on NYC USRA and pre-WWII ARA/AAR Boxcars

Tom, below you will find an unpublished MS I wrote early this year for an importer who was considering having HO scale models of these cars made. It's a rather general overview but you may find it

By Richard Hendrickson · #55741 ·

Looking for sources on NYC USRA and pre-WWII ARA/AAR Boxcars

Hello all, I am presently doing some research for a preservation project involving a NYC USRA design steel boxcar and at least one pre-WWII ARA/AAR Boxcar - (I am actually still a bit uncertain about

By rrhistorian · #55740 ·

B&O HO CARS FOR SALE

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By Dave Powell <daveydiesel@...> · #55739 ·

Re: My New Compressor

I'm not sure if this is on topic for this list or not. This is something used to paint freight cars, but that's a stretch. However, I generally take Craftsman ratings with a huge grain of salt.

By Pete Brown \(YahooGroups\) <YahooLists@...> · #55738 ·

Shameless plug

On September 28th, 2006, through October 1st, the Cleveland area will be host to the first Van Sweringen Advisory Mechanical Commitee(AMC) joint convention. This convention will include the

By bongiovanni12001 · #55737 ·

Re: Hendrickson/Culotta book

Take a look here: HYPERLINK "http://www.speedwitch.com/Books.htm"http://www.speedwitch.com/Books.htm David Ball _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf

By David Ball · #55736 ·

Hendrickson/Culotta book

Hello Group, Please provide me with information on the Hendrickson/ Culotta book. Since going to live steam I don't subscribe to the smaller gauge mags,so I'm in the dark about them.

By John Riba · #55735 ·

Re: SAL 40ft Auto boxcar

ACR rivets on the O scale Athearn metal box car (SP Overnight) also. Charlie

By Charles Morrill <badlands@...> · #55734 ·

Re: SAL 40ft Auto boxcar

Jeff English wrote: Then they were sadly misinformed. The Athearn metal box car in HO dating to the early 1950s or earlier, has ACR rivets. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

By Tony Thompson · #55733 ·

Re: My New Compressor

ratings.< It totally depends on what you use it for, model painting only or general usage. I had a low SCFM compressor once that I used for airbrushing and it worked fine. When building a new

By Stephanie Miller <atsf@...> · #55732 ·

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