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Re: C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers - Renovo PA 1952

By 1952 a number of the containers for NX flat cars had transitioned from milk. Some handled bulk orange juice and others went to Borden Chemicals for transport of various products of theirs. Don

By Don Burn · #185171 ·

Re: C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers - Renovo PA 1952

Yeah, but not around Renovo. There's very little around Renovo, other than trees. A 19th century travel book called the stretch of the then Philadelphia and Erie rom Renovo westward to Ridgway "a

By robert netzlof <rtnetzlof@...> · #185170 ·

Re: C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers - Renovo PA 1952

I admit to being a bit smartass about my reply, but I do know that the reach of the milk business for consumption in NYC was very, very extensive. Port Allegany and Eldred are admittedly a stretch,

By Schuyler Larrabee · #185169 ·

Re: C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers - Renovo PA 1952

Yes, Schuyler, there are cows in Penna. but not many in that neighborhood. There may have been shipping sources further west and north in McKean and Potter Counties but I have never heard of it

By Schleigh Mike · #185168 ·

Re: C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers - Renovo PA 1952

That's pretty likely. There ARE cows in Penna., you know. Schuyler

By Schuyler Larrabee · #185167 ·

Re: Rapido USRA Single Sheath Boxcar announced

Thanks very much for posting this. I was about 3 roads through doing a similar canvasing myself. As for the C&O cars - I'm a C&O modeler and I've been doing some prep work for a kitbash of both the

By Andy Cummings · #185166 · Edited

Re: C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers - Renovo PA 1952

I live not far from Renovo and I'm having trouble understanding what a milk tank car would be doing there. Perhaps it was merely passing through on its way to some place where there were cows?

By robert netzlof <rtnetzlof@...> · #185165 ·

Kits

Some know that I am moving to O scale. Please contact me off list at bnonut@... and I will send it to you. Mark Morgan

By Mark · #185164 ·

Re: New ebay ops

Guess I'm the outlier here, I still crank out a ton of surplus items each month that I've accumulated. Funds my current endeavors. There's no other market with that worldwide exposure and convenience.

By radiodial868 · #185163 ·

Re: Updated 1944 USRA single sheathed cars

Randy Thanks for sharing your color matching swatches and formulas. Color matching at times easy and other times takes a while to get the color right; however, it will/can happen. Lester Breuer

By frograbbit602 · #185162 ·

Re: USRA SS Boxcars Circa 1958

Ed, Absolutely true. But if an RF&P car was to be regular on my small layout, I would want to justify it by having an industry that would receive cars regularly from the RF&P. Thanks for the car

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #185161 ·

Re: USRA SS Boxcars Circa 1958

Rob, Thanks for the photos. I see what you mean about the ends. I can also see that Richard was right about the hat section bracing. I appreciate having the number of a surviving car too. I know

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #185160 ·

Re: USRA SS Boxcars Circa 1958

Tichy makes a Single-sided USRA boxcar "CP clone" kit, no 4034D w/7/8 ends, AB brakes and CP decal. Ken Montero

By Kenneth Montero · #185159 ·

Re: USRA SS Boxcars Circa 1958

Garth, Also being an RF&P kind of person, I will point out that an RF&P car could have shipped product from Virginia to Points Anywhere, and then be reloaded back to a shortline connected to RF&P. I

By spsalso · #185158 ·

Re: USRA SS Boxcars Circa 1958

Well, personally, the Tichy 7/8 ends leave something to be desired on the CPR car. The ribs end too far from the corners, and the top rib on the top end panel is too close to the roof. But its

By Robert kirkham · #185157 ·

New ebay ops

Yes, this is why I have stopped selling on Ebay. I remember when they forced everyone onto PayPal, which they created and owned 100%. Later, after they sold it (For billions), they instituted their

By Andy Carlson · #185156 ·

USRA SS Boxcars Circa 1958

Friends, With three Tichy USRA SS boxcar kits in my to-do pile (really more of a closet), I did a little digging to find which roads still rostered these cars in more-or-less original condition circa

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #185155 ·

Re: ADMIN - this is not an eBay forum

Jeff Oops! Sorry. I thought the sheriff had retired... long time no hear from! :-P On 6/16/2021 1:39 PM, Aley, Jeff A wrote: -- Tim

By Tim O'Connor · #185154 ·

Re: New ebay ops

Ebay has never had my bank information, nor would I give it to them. Maybe that's why I've not noticed a change? I've always used Paypal to pay for things. Is this new "rule"

By Tim O'Connor · #185153 ·

Re: New ebay ops

Clark I never log in to any web site via a third party. That's just asking for interference and problems. But I haven't sold anything for over 18 months... I

By Tim O'Connor · #185152 ·

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