My thoughs exactly :-)  Todd Horton ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Sat, July 31, 2010 11:16:19 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: NYC wreck (was Black Car Cement on

Tim O'Connor: Probably would have required a change of underwear afterward. Tom Madden

The GATX tank car looks like it would be an easy kitbash from the Red Caboose welded 10,000 gallon model -- it even has the squared off handrails. The number looks like 76375 or something close to

When scrolling down to find these photos, there is another set of wreck photos by the same contributor taken at Amherst OH showing several freight cars. Robert Bogie Melbourne, Australia

Tim and Tom, 80735 was a NYC car number. It was from the series 80500-80999. Which was NYC Lot no 742-B built in 1946/47 by ACF. According to Terry Link's Canada Southern site, it's a Branchline kit

Here's the link for the directory: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc.html Scroll down to (or Find) "Wreck - Elyria OH - 1950s - {Robert Colvig Photo}" -Clark Cooper

pullmanboss wrote: Even better yet, backspace to the directory and get a list of all the files in the directory, there is like 300+ pictures there... Alan --

pullmanboss wrote: Some years back ago, I had a discussion about such a roofwalk on what I believe was a CP car with some folks in a CP group, the general thought was that they were longer boards and

Charlie, The GN applied black car cement to roofs and ends of its boxcars from at least the late teens/twenties until March 1948, when it began building all steel boxcars. I am not sure exactly

Try http://www.google.com/images and search for "roof water tower" or "rooftop water tower" and you should see a few hundred pictures.

Hello I am turning to this group because I am hoping to find photos showing how water tanks/water towers are attached to the top of roofs on buildings. I tried to use YAHOO and got too much junk.

FWIW, somewhere there was an article about New Haven's first AAR 10'0" IH boxcars, which had the running board in segments fitting between, not on top of, the "roof ribs" / carlines(?) due to tight

Tom Oops, my bad. I got turned around. The "i" photo is a different car, although it might be the same Lot as the "d" "e" "f" car. Tim

You're right Tom, it is a NYC car, as this view shows part of the NYC reporting marks behind the man's right shoulder http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc-elywrk-erc.jpg Verrrrryyy interesting....

In going through Colorado & Southern AFE's at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden I came across a March 22, 1951 AFE (#11596) authorizing construction of a 260-foot spur to serve a new Heinz salting

There are 14 pictures in that wreck sequence. It was obviously on the NYC, and in the last photo of the sequence an in-service NYC steam engine (with elephant ears - I'm not familiar enough with NYC

Tom P&LE 30500-30999 and Virginian 63000-63999 had wood running boards w/ Morton brake platforms. Both are 10'0"IH 1937 AAR box cars. However the car in the photo can't be P&LE 30500-30999 because

Interesting car. Wood roof walk and laterals, and a Morton brake platform. And the roof walk is made entirely of short boards one roof panel (width) long. Tom Madden, more curious about the

I wish to thank all who responded to my request for HELP . . . Now with the Salem show 3 weeks away - I hope they arrive in time . . . David, Jim, Tony and (?) . . . See ya in Salem! Jim

mopac51.tripod wrote: Charlie, standard practice on the Santa Fe from ca. 1930 to the early 1950s was to apply black car cement mixed with anti-slip granules on the roofs of all box and