I have a some questions about Pennsylvania RR stock cars and I am hoping that someone can help out. I don't know much about the Pennsy since my layout is based in Oklahoma City in the year 1926 and my

few family. I think you're probably correct. Hey, something we can agree about! <VBG> may sets As you have already corrected, 5 in the 50-ton S-2A. in CBC. What appeared in ads in the CBCs

The 13th issue of the Proto48 Modeler is now posted on the web. There will an update later this week adding an additonal 40 model photos to the Gallery. As always, there is a significant

PRECO heaters were fueled with a 50/50 mix of methanol and isopropyl alcohol. These heaters has a hook on each side of the tank (5 gallons) with an internal spring which were fastened to the sides of

I stand corrected. The S-2A clearly shows five sets of coils. Bob Karig

Yes, the S-1 was produced, however, the Type S-1 without lateral motion devices was quickly overtaken by the Type S-2 introduced a few years later, leaving the S-1-L as the surviving member of the S-1

It is molded plastic.

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without I don't know about marketing, but the plain S-1 truck was manufactured. The Illinois Railway Museum has several examples. spring The S-2 spring-plankless version had wider spaced springs,

Cliff Prather wrote: The tariff did provide for a combination of icing and ventilation. But I'd bet that in weather below the desired shipping temperature (say, in the 30s Fahrenheit), that you

Could (or did) they install heaters in Insulated Ventilated Box Cars? Al Kresse

Potatoes required a proper temperature range and ventilation to prevent rot during shipment. During the hot weather in the Central Valley of California, icing of reefers would be required. I

To me the addition of the fifth spring to the spring package of the S-2A is the biggest difference between the S-2 and the S-2A. I'm sure there were others. The Southern Pacific used S-2A trucks with

An excellent summary, Bob. Now that I've cleared up some of my own confusion, I agree on all points. Richard Hendrickson

Actually no Mike, the bunker heaters were either charcoal fueled, the older ones from the 1940s, or alcohol fueled, the newer ones from the 1950s. They could be placed in the ice bunkers, lowered

John LaRue just politely reminded me that the company is Western Wheeled SCRAPER Co. not Western Wheeled SCRAPPER Co. I can only guess that I was confusing the scrapper of the YV who got the name of

Easy... Intermountain makes an ASF truck, but it's not an A-3. Kato, Kadee and Athearn make the A-3. I bought a mess of IM ASF truck sprues for 75 cents each a while ago. You can buy them direct

Richard Hendrickson wrote: This assumption requires comparable weather during shipping. See the table on page 345 in the PFE book for desired shipping temperatures for many crops, including

My research suggests the following: At the end of 1933 or early 1934, the Standard Car Truck Company introduced the Stabilized Freight Car Truck. The Type S-1 could be had with lateral motion device

I said: or the Brian replied: Once I got home tonight I double checked the instructions for the kit. Given that the car is a 70 ton flat, Ted suggests the IM "ASF A-3" as a stand-in for the correct