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Looking for Wisconsin Central Photos
Tom Makofski <tmak@...>
I am gathering information for modeling the WC 1900-1940. I am
having trouble finding photos of boxcars that they would be running during this period. Any help either with photos or directions would be appreciated. Tom Makofski NorthEastern Wisconsin Free-mo Total Membership of 3 and Growing! tmak@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newifreemo/?yguid=183720262 North Eastern Wisconsin Free-mo Group http://www.pbase.com/tmak2654952/the_menasha_canal_module updated 9/19/07 http://www.pbase.com/tmak2654952/galleries all galleries
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PRR Boxcars
Bill Navari
Circle Keystone Lettering was applied starting in Jan 1930
Shadow Keystone lettering was applied starting in June 1954 Plain Keystone (black car) was applied starting in July 1956 PRR Initials only started in early 1960's Bill ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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Re: How much is too much?
Malcolm H. Houck
Bill's right...........the O&W combines (mostly) that wound up on branch
lines were at or near the end of service lives, and most were quite antique and still had gas lighting right through to the end. However, be careful since some supposedly wretched cars were in better condition than others, as replacements were often rotated through the roster; -- old, but newer cars replacing the hand me downs that'd been in service a while and were worn out and ready for scrap. In some instances if branchline cars were kept in a yard for service only a couple of days a week, on an extra "as needed." the local employees might have undertaken their own maintenance. I've heard firsthand of a sympathetic yardmaster (Norwich, on the O&W) in an outlying location, when there was no work out on the main line or off on a connecting branch, rather than sending the extra (or regular) crews home, would draw some cash, send the boys to a local hardware store, have them buy some paint and set to painting the work outfit and one or two of the combines regularly stationed in the yard. O&W combine No. 247 always looked pretty good, when it was run and scheduled out of Norwich. Mal Houck ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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Re: Duryea underframes
benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Phil Marcus asked:
"I remember reading somewhere that PRR cabooses Na and N8 had Duryea or some other design of cushioned underframe. Can anyone confirm and/or expand on this information?" Class NA - definitely not. These 19th century cars well predated the Duryea Cushion Underframe. What source stated that these cars had them? http://prr.railfan.net/freight/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=NA-.gif&fr=cl I'll check on Class N8 this evening after work. As for other freight cars, the Pennsy didn't experiment with cushioned underframes until 1954, when they took delivery of the 20 Class X48 PS-1 boxcars and rebuilt 100 Class X29E, both with Pullman-Standard proprietary cushioned underframes. Ben Hom
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Duryea underframes
Philip Marcus
The Steam Era Freight Cars site has a listing, in progress, of all freight cars, including cabooses, with Duryea underframes. The listing does not include any PRR cars. I remember reading somewhere that PRR cabooses Na and N8 had Duryea or some other design of cushioned underframe. Can anyone confirm and/or expand on this information?
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Re: How much is too much?
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Phil Lord wrote:
I would post the photo but it seems like I will get 20 to life if the photos are not mine.No, only if you don't have permission. If you know the source, just ask. And BTW, it's a whopping fine, not jail time. <g> 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: How much is too much?
Charlie Vlk
Sounds like it is more a question of paint fading vs. dirt.
"Weathering" doesn't just mean making things dirty.....the lack of visible lettering might be due to the car not having been relettered/repainted for some time. If the car was filthy it would likely show up somehow (especially around the doors/vestibules where people rub up against the car getting on and off) and on the ends where the wheels kick up road grime. Even a layer of soot / coal dust would have some variation to tip off that it is dirty. My guess would be fading vs. dirt if you don't see any evidence that the car is filthy or has grime in some areas.... Charlie Vlk
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Re: How much is too much?
Charlie Vlk
A sweeping statement, maybe generally true, but certainly not for CB&Q, GN & NP equipment that cycled through Chicago
(and CZ, DZ cars to Denver and beyond), where all lightweight cars ran through the extensive mechanical brush car washer at Halsted Street (rr name for location???). True enough, though, for Heavyweight equipment, which did not go through mechanical car washers, at least on the CB&Q in Chicago. Topic probably should go over to the Passenger Car List. Charlie Vlk Even mainline, lightweight passenger cars roofs got dirty and were only rarely washed -- mechanical car washers usually washed the lower edge of the roof. And trucks and underbodies got dirty fast and were rarely as clean as the sides. Car ends were rarely given a good wash. If it were my combine I'd grunge up those areas and leave the sides relatively clean. Windows in particular were often the cleanest part of the car. .
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Re: How much is too much?
plord@...
Charlie,
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What does it show? With old B&W amateur shots it is often open to interpretation. I cannot see any lettering at all, and was even thinking it had none, but perhas just faded out and dirty. I would post the photo but it seems like I will get 20 to life if the photos are not mine. Phil Lord
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From: Charlie Vlk <cvlk@...> Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:34 pm Subject: Re: [STMFC] How much is too much? To: STMFC@... Richard is probably right, but if you are modeling a particular
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Re: How much is too much?
plord@...
Bill,
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That is exactly the same combine I am doing, except mine is metal- sided. Any weathering hints you want to share? I plan to use alcohol after Dullcote to fade the roof. Not sure about the sides yet. I would post the old photo but the list warns against photos we did not take. I can email it to you off line? Phil
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From: branchline@... Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 2:11 pm Subject: Re: [STMFC] How much is too much? To: STMFC@... Phil,
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Re: Intermountain FGE reefers
Jim Williams <wwww5960@...>
Hi.......My understanding is that the FGE and WFGE (47720 & 47721) are the prototype.........Best Jim Williams
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From: "timboconnor@..." <timboconnor@...> To: stmfc@... Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 3:21:37 PM Subject: [STMFC] Intermountain FGE reefers Are ANY of these accurate? Thanks. http://www.intermou ntain-railway. com/flyer140w. jpg Tim O'Connor __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Re: How much is too much?
branchline@...
Phil,
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Don't always go by what "some people say", particularly since you have a photo! Use that to make your judgments. The O&W also used wood combines on the back of some milk and local freight trains. Typically these were hand-me-downs from revenue service, so had not been freshly painted, but were not that bad off either. The paint was typically faded, often with evidence of patch repairs, but still serviceable. I suspect that, given the locale, the LV cars would have weathered similarly. I would certainly try to avoid the John Allen Syndrome of making it look too far gone. FWIW, here's one that I did some time ago from a photo of an O&W car in similar service. http://home.comcast.net/~oandw/images/123.jpg Bill Schneider http://home.comcast.net/~oandw/
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From: Philip Lord To: STMFC@... Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 10:06 AM Subject: [STMFC] How much is too much? Hi all, I am about to weather a combine to match a photo of the same one in the late 1940s on the branchline I am modeling and near my prototype area. The combine also served as the "caboose" on the end of a short mixed train, and the photo shows one window converted with weather guards and a rain deflector to serve as the crew observation area. Given all this, I am assuming it is pretty dirty and worn, yet some people are saying passenger cars should not be weathered much since they went through the washers all the time and stayed pretty clean. True no doubt on the mainline. But I am thinking in this peripheral service, on the low-end route, and late in the game, it was pretty much a "poor relation" and not serviced that often. Any thoughts? (Email me off list and I can send you a good sized scan, or look in David Marcham, LEHIGH VALLEY MEMORIES, page 59. Phil Lord
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Re: PRR boxcar
SUVCWORR@...
In a message dated 11/7/2007 6:31:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
plord@... writes: I tried to do this on my own, and I think I know what I have, but before I break the seal on the box, I wanted to ask. In trying to flesh out my steel boxcar roster, I just bought a Bowser kit #55352 40' Double Door, Round flush roof box car PRR Shadow Keystone Herald. I know the herald is pre-War, and the car seems to be right, but I can't find a double door version in the steam era prototype resources I checked. Am I OK on this for a 1945 mixed train? The Shadow Keystone scheme is post 1954 so no. The car is a pre WWII built car. The pre 1954 paint scheme is the circle Keystone or also referred to as the Ball Keystone. Rich Orr ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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Intermountain FGE reefers
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SFRD Reefer Sunshine kit trade?
leakinmywaders
I have one of the new Sunshine resin kits #74.6 for an SFRD ice reefer
rebuild RR-35,36,39,40, with Apex running board and decals for Texas Chief/Ship & travel post-1947 repaint. Turns out I need Sunshine #74.13 or 74.14, for the SFRD RR-46 rebuild, with Morton running board. Anyone interested in a straight-up trade? Reply off-list, please. Thanks, Chris Frissell Polson, MT
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Re: Intermountain FGE reefers
SUVCWORR@...
Tim:
The FGEX, WFEX, and Burlington are. I don't have any info on the Milw. Rich Orr ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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Re: How much is too much?
Even mainline, lightweight passenger cars roofs got dirty and were only
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rarely washed -- mechanical car washers usually washed the lower edge of the roof. And trucks and underbodies got dirty fast and were rarely as clean as the sides. Car ends were rarely given a good wash. If it were my combine I'd grunge up those areas and leave the sides relatively clean. Windows in particular were often the cleanest part of the car. Tim O'Connor
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From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@...> Richard is probably right, but if you are modeling a particular railroad and
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Re: How much is too much?
Charlie Vlk
Richard is probably right, but if you are modeling a particular railroad and branch
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you never know what the local crews did. I've seen photos of wood or steel passenger equipment on the CB&Q used in branchline service that were rather well kept and some that you couldn't read the lettering on..... You have at least one photo...what does it show??? Charlie Vlk
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From: Richard Hendrickson To: STMFC@... Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] How much is too much? On Nov 7, 2007, at 7:06 AM, Philip Lord wrote: > Hi all, > > I am about to weather a combine to match a photo of the same one in > the late 1940s on the branchline I am modeling and near my prototype > area. The combine also served as the "caboose" on the end of a short > mixed train, and the photo shows one window converted with weather > guards and a rain deflector to serve as the crew observation area. > > Given all this, I am assuming it is pretty dirty and worn, yet some > people are saying passenger cars should not be weathered much since > they went through the washers all the time and stayed pretty clean. > True no doubt on the mainline. But I am thinking in this peripheral > service, on the low-end route, and late in the game, it was pretty > much a "poor relation" and not serviced that often. Phil, you're right that ex-passenger cars used in mixed train service or as cabooses weren't maintained to the same standards as main line passenger equipment, and certainly were seldom run through the car washers. I still remember a similar Santa Fe car I rode on when it was used on branch line locals in Southern Calif. and it was both weathered and dirty, though perhaps not as much as if had been used in LV "coal country." I'd model your LV car with faded and weathered paint and a fair amount of dirt and grime, but I'd avoid overdoing it. Richard Hendrickson
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Re: How much is too much?
Richard Hendrickson
On Nov 7, 2007, at 7:06 AM, Philip Lord wrote:
Hi all,Phil, you're right that ex-passenger cars used in mixed train service or as cabooses weren't maintained to the same standards as main line passenger equipment, and certainly were seldom run through the car washers. I still remember a similar Santa Fe car I rode on when it was used on branch line locals in Southern Calif. and it was both weathered and dirty, though perhaps not as much as if had been used in LV "coal country." I'd model your LV car with faded and weathered paint and a fair amount of dirt and grime, but I'd avoid overdoing it. Richard Hendrickson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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How much is too much?
Philip Lord <plord@...>
Hi all,
I am about to weather a combine to match a photo of the same one in the late 1940s on the branchline I am modeling and near my prototype area. The combine also served as the "caboose" on the end of a short mixed train, and the photo shows one window converted with weather guards and a rain deflector to serve as the crew observation area. Given all this, I am assuming it is pretty dirty and worn, yet some people are saying passenger cars should not be weathered much since they went through the washers all the time and stayed pretty clean. True no doubt on the mainline. But I am thinking in this peripheral service, on the low-end route, and late in the game, it was pretty much a "poor relation" and not serviced that often. Any thoughts? (Email me off list and I can send you a good sized scan, or look in David Marcham, LEHIGH VALLEY MEMORIES, page 59. Phil Lord
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