Demetre (not signing his full name) wrote: Can you elaborate on the "quite troublesome" point? What trouble did GM&O have? These aluminum box cars lasted well in some other

Phil Buchwald wrote: When welded, the roof has considerable stiffening in it due to all the seams and panels, quite different from the "single sheet of steel" mentioned earlier. An assembled

Before Aluminum cars would be cost effective, diesel fuel would have to become outlandishly expensive. Perhaps even as high a 50 cent a gallon!! Nah, that could never happen ;-) regards, Andy

Ben Hom wrote: Pages 171, 172: minor galvanic corrosion problems were observed, but both cars were considered by PFE to have performed satisfactorily. Both ended up being destroyed in wrecks,

Ben, Please let me add to your excellent reply. Some Mather cars were in service up into the early 1960s running for successor North American. Both Mather and North American maintained small (and

Bob Webber wrote: Incorrect. The problem was that welding was done without changing ship design. This example is familiar in the field of fracture mechanics, where it it is used to show the

My understanding is that Reboxx publishes the test results only of trucks that it has on hand- and even then it is only a guide. The only way to determine the best axle length replacement is by trial

"gulf_central_ry" asked: "I have a quantity of the Life-Like Mather single deck stock cars, and would like to know, generally, when did these cars retire from active duty in the eastern USA? My

What the heck?? I'm no naval architect (although I once had a job as a draftsman making drawings for Trident submarines) but I think Marty's comment is inaccurate. Bath Iron Works in Maine for

In 1945, the Alton, M&St.L, and Rock Island, all received boxcars built to the Modified 1937 AAR design, using the unique 3/3/4 Dreadnaught end. The cars were built by Mt. Vernon [a Pressed Steel

I've listed a variety of items on Ebay that I'm handling from several different collections. New listings will be posted each week http://stores.ebay.com/Espee-F-5 Thanks for looking! Rob

I have a quantity of the Life-Like Mather single deck stock cars, and would like to know, generally, when did these cars retire from active duty in the eastern USA? My desired window on time is

in the same early REA paint scheme< As you said somewhat different lettering. Also I believe the Walthers lettering color is yellow and at least for my era should be gold. The BLI cars are gold

Andy Miller wrote: "Aluminum for ships' superstructure was tried (mostly by the British), but abandoned by the USN because of bi-metallic corrosion problems between dissimilar metals - especially when

Rob Kirkham wrote: My guess is that these are cars marked for some road not listed in the preface but are owned by a Canadian railroad and are recorded as present on the rails of one of the

Incorrect. The first Liberty ships had a major problem with just this type of issue - they broke because they did not flex (being welded instead of riveted, and being the first mass produced ships to

Ships are often plated with steel as thin as 1/4" (10.2 lb plate to a ship builder). Armor is something very different. It can be as thick as 20" ! The rule of thumb is that the thickness of the

<schuyler.larrabee@v...> wrote: of 1" thick, probably more. sheet, often 3/32" thick. Not that this has much to do with freight cars but ships are made of individual plates welded to a steel frame,

Rob Kirkham wrote: Total Freight cars owned by Canadian Roads; the sum of lines 2, 3 & 4. Canadian-owned cars on other Canadian Lines. Canadian cars on US Lines. Canadian cars on home rails.

List, I believe that both the Walthers reefer and the BLI reefer are available in the same early REA paint scheme. Here's the Walthers