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InterMountain ACF covered hopper
Jerome Albin <jeralbin@...>
List: InterMountain has announced the release (5-6 months) of
a ACF 2-bay, 1958 cubic foot, cut-out side covered hopper. See their web site. Regards Jerry Albin |
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Re: Kit needed - ACY ex-Frisco cars
Bob Lucas
Frank, not decals as such for the AC&Y's ex-P&N cars, but AC&YHS has
artwork, much based from the original brass stencils. In STMFC photos are images of the AC&Y 2000-series SS cars with the round herald. A few cars received the lemon herald introduced in 1955. Agree, the Pere Marquette, P&N and AC&Y versions would be winners in resin! Bob *************** AC&Y's ex-P&N 40' autocars, the latter which also beg to be a resin kit offering. Are there decals yet for the ACY version? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC |
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
gn3397 <heninger@...>
Group,
According to the research assistant at the Kalmbach Library, the prints are actually printed from a scan of the photo. I was also told that to burn the scans to a CD would result in a charge of $5.00 for the first photo, and then I would only be billed a $15.00/hr research fee dependent on how long it will take them to burn the CD. This seems to be contrary to their website fee schedule. I sent my order by email late Friday afternoon, so I expect an email back early next week informing me of the actual cost. As to the 100,000 photos, I am guessing that a significant percentage are steam locomotive "roster shots" by a gentleman named Harold Miller. There are a good number of steam era freight car photos, however. If you have Kline and Culotta's book, you already have about 350 of them. They will be happy to send you a PDF list of what they have (at no cost if you are a member), and the turnaround is less than 24 hours. There were about 15-20 GN photos that weren' t in the book, and about 50 PRR boxcar photos that didn' t make the cut. Hope this information is helpful to some of you. Sincerely, Robert D. Heninger Stanley, ND |
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poultry cars
John Riba
Hello Everyone,
The Live Poultry Transit Company named their cars. The name was placed above the door. Chantacleer and Kernan are two that I found. John F. Riba |
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New file uploaded to STMFC
STMFC@...
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Camel Allen Door.jpg Uploaded by : losgatos48 <losgatos48@...> Description : Camel Allen door hardware as applied to a T&NO B-50-13. Photo sourced from Ted Cullota. You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/Camel%20Allen%20Door.jpg To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.htmlfiles Regards, losgatos48 <losgatos48@...> |
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Re: Glue for Resin
amato@...
Has anyone tried GatorGlue? Looks a lot easier to use than ACC, which doesn't
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give you a lot of time to adjust a part. http://www.gatorsmask.com/gatorglueorder.html Frank Amato ---------------------- Original Message: --------------------- From: Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Glue for Resin Caution Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 06:17:05 +0000 Bruce Smith wrote:Jack,Bruce, I'm happy to cede the point that your local humidity is |
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Bob's Photo Contact Information
Carl
Bob was (still is as I write this) at the Piedmont Division (SE Region)
NMRA Show in Marietta. Had a nice chat with him yesterday and came away with several very nice photos. His complete contact information (per his business card) is: Bob's Photo P.O. Box 209 Farmers KY 40319 Phone: (606) 780-9905 E-Mail: bobsphoto.train@... Best Wishes--CARL Carl G. Camann Atlanta GA |
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
Jon Miller <atsf@...>
According to the NMRA website, they have over 100,000 images. To methat's not too "limited.< You are correct it's just that the few line items I was able to see and the fact I didn't see that number made the comment. It seems that some of the collections couldn't be linked or at least I couldn't see the listings! Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS |
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Off-line help...
Jack Burgess <jack@...>
I am working with the Colorado Railroad Museum to facilitate the donation of
a number of railroad artifacts (lanterns, builder's plates, headlights, etc.) collected by the late YV brakeman Bob Lunoe, a longtime friend of mine who passed away last spring. His daughter is willing to donate all of the items and the Colorado Railroad Museum is interested in the donation but has asked for an estimate of the cost of shipping the items from Wasola, Missouri (south of Springfield) to the museum (and I'm in California). I am therefore in the process of preparing this estimate based on weight and size of each item. I will then be able to work with the local UPS store to prepare a packaging and shipping estimate to provide to the museum. While I have brakeman lanterns, switch lanterns, and switch locks in my own collection to weigh and measure, I don't have any number plates (ones from the front smokebox of a steam locomotive) or builder's plates, and certainly no old tin steam-era headlights. If anyone on this list has one of these three items in their own collection and would be willing to weigh it and give me some general measurements, I'd certainly appreciate it. Please contact me directly at jack@... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com |
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Re: Glue for Resin Caution
Thomas Baker
I live in Michigan, where summers can be very humid. Six months ago I purchased a bottle of tin CA and another of thicker CA. The thin mix was billed as "fast drying" but it has not dried up yet. The bottle of thicker slow drying CA has hardened to a rock. I kept both in a quart canning jar with packets of silicon. I heard that the silicon was supposed to pick up the moisture.
I have thought of purchasing the CA-Pox but have been frightened away at the fifty Dollar price. Tom |
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Re: Glue for resin freight cars
WaltGCox@...
In a message dated 3/7/2008 1:18:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
earthman92853@... writes: Welcome to the madness!<Thanks to everyone who has responded on this topic. I have been following this thread with a lot of interest as my next project is to get working on my stash of resin kits from Sylvan, Westerfield and F&C. I'm still somewhat hung up over the type of glue to use. I've narrowed my choices for a basic all purpose glue down to regular thin ca (Plasti-zap), a flexible ca ( Flexi-zap) and C-poxy. Would anyone who has used any or all of these adhesives have any comments on their relative merits? T.I.A Walt Cox **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) |
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
Frank Pearsall
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Bob's address is: PO Box 209 Farmers, KY 40319-0209 No e-mail or website. Yesterday, I attended the SER, Piedmont Division Train Show in Marietta, Georgia (just North of Atlanta). Bob was there and I was able to purchase some nice WW I equipment photos. He's doing well. This was the first time he had attended this particular show. Frank Pearsall Brevard, N.C. Narrow Trak 08 (October 10, 11, 2008) On Mar 8, 2008, at 7:53 PM, CYRIL DURRENBERGER wrote:
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Re: CN Freight Car Color
pierreoliver2003 <pierre.oliver@...>
Bruce,
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I don't know the Polly Scale line well enough to offer something from them, but Badger's Model Flex line has a CN red #11. 16-163 Pierre Oliver --- In STMFC@..., "bdg1210" <Bruce_Griffin@...> wrote:
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CN Freight Car Color
bdg1210 <Bruce_Griffin@...>
Group,
Can anyone offer a close match for CN no. 11 Freight Car Color in Polly Scale paints? Thanks. Regards, Bruce D. Griffin Summerfield, NC |
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Re: Glue for Resin Caution
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Bruce Smith wrote:
Jack,Bruce, I'm happy to cede the point that your local humidity is usually above ours (and you're very welcome to it), but I think you're confusing the Bay Area with an arid region. Even when it's not literally foggy, the air mass over the Bay is far from 15%. And I too find that there seems to be a 6-month limit. For most products, I'd suspect a devilish conspiracy to keep me buying more of the product . . . Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history |
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Re: Camel-Allen Door Hardware
np40txm1 <np40txm1@...>
--- In STMFC@..., "Tom Madden" <tgmadden@...> wrote:
Thanks Tom, great photos, but not the ones I'm looking for. The T&NO cars used right-handed latches and slightly different doors ("Storm Proof") and hangers than the SP and PE B-50-13's. Tim |
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Robert D. Heninger wrote:
I recently scanned an old B&W print for someone, and while the resolution was high (600 dpi), I could not match the exposure latitude of the print.Sounds like your scanner may not have enough dynamic range. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history |
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Re: Kit needed - ACY ex-Frisco cars
Schuyler Larrabee
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Re: Kit needed - ACY ex-Frisco cars
destron@...
ex-P&N 40' autocars, the latter which alsoWell, the PM had a very, very similar series of cars - 88000 series off the top of my head - that is listed on the Speedwitch site as an upcoming kit. I can't wait for that, myself - definitely will be grabbing at least two of those, for a P&N 24000-series car, and an ACY version. Are there decals yet for the ACY version? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos |
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Re: Kit needed - ACY ex-Frisco cars
Bob Lucas
Schuyler, here's a summary of the AC&Y ex-Frisco single-sheathed
cars: AC&Y 3750-3874: 125 DD cars, 10'2" IH, 4642 cuf, Mt. Vernon AC&Y 3875-3926: 52 SD cars, 10'8" IH, 4902 cuf, St. Louis Ref. AC&Y 3927-3949: 22 SD cars, 10'2" IH, 4663 cuf, St. Louis Ref. Additionly, there was one test car: AC&Y 3616: 1 SD car, 10'8" IH, 4902 cuf, St. Louis Ref. The test car was a proposed replacement by the leasor (A.A. Morrison) for a 50' PS-1 derailment casualty with the same AC&Y roster number. All the ex-Frisco cars had sealed auto ends, though don't show in ORER's as such. Bob Lucas ************** Bob, do you (or does anyone else) know the a) complete span of numbers in this series and b) which among them were 10'-2" vs 10'-8" IH? SGL Schuyler, Though both ex-Frisco cars were reconditioned by St. Louis Refrigerator about the same time, AC&Y 3930 was in the last leased series of 22 cars and was rebuilt as a 10'2 IH car vs. 10'8 for AC&Y 3918, thus the visual difference in the upper steel plate. Why the IH height was changed is unknown except the tire companies no doubt had a say? Additionally, AC&Y sported a facinating roster of single- sheathed 40' Mathers and ex-P&N 40' autocars, the latter which also beg to be a resin kit offering. Bob 3918Bob, 3930 and 3918 don't quite match. The upper steel plate on that?is taller than the corresponding plate on 3930. Any thoughts on move bringsto ACY, that is good for the sales of the resin kit maker that DDit out. Right, Ted? Or is that you, Al? (notecar.(hot)To meet increased tire and rim demand in the 50's, AC&Y leased theupper steel panel). A single 9' door was installed replacing that<http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/acy/acy3918jwa.jpg.>SLSF double doors. seriesall had end auto doors, albeit sealed. Also, 125 cars in IH.AC&Y3750-3874 were rebuilt with double steel doors with a 10'2" door.See<http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=771451>the photo of one of the DD cars wrecked on the CNW. resin<http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/acy/acy3930ajw.jpg> andkitfor the AC&Y cars. However, the old Roundhouse/MDC kits 2100 pretty2130, no longer in production, can be easily modified as reasonable stand-ins. Bob Lucas |
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