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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Don’t forget to look at the STEAM ERA FREIGHT CARS in the background. I don’t recall seeing an ALTON car very often. First fully shown car to the left. Any commentary about that car from the
Don’t forget to look at the STEAM ERA FREIGHT CARS in the background. I don’t recall seeing an ALTON car very often. First fully shown car to the left. Any commentary about that car from the
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Schuyler Larrabee
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#171881
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Matt,
Great photo. Thanks. Did everyone notice the position of the seats? Will you all be tearing apart your models to remount the seats per this photo? 😢
Yours Aye,
Garth Groff 🦆
Matt,
Great photo. Thanks. Did everyone notice the position of the seats? Will you all be tearing apart your models to remount the seats per this photo? 😢
Yours Aye,
Garth Groff 🦆
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#171880
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Re: HO Scale Grab Irons
Bob, it would be a heck of a lot easier to make suggestions if you told us what the models represent.
Bill Welch
Bob, it would be a heck of a lot easier to make suggestions if you told us what the models represent.
Bill Welch
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Bill Welch
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#171879
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Here shot on the delivery end. Bloomington Il, Alton Depot. 8/7/1944 Illinois Digital Archives, Pantagraph Collection.
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Matt Smith
Bloomington, IL
Here shot on the delivery end. Bloomington Il, Alton Depot. 8/7/1944 Illinois Digital Archives, Pantagraph Collection.
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Matt Smith
Bloomington, IL
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Matt Smith
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#171878
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
The narrow front axle arrangement were called “row crop” axles. The wider axles were just wide axles according to the John Deere service rep in this area.
Mont
Montford L.
The narrow front axle arrangement were called “row crop” axles. The wider axles were just wide axles according to the John Deere service rep in this area.
Mont
Montford L.
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Mont Switzer
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#171877
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Hi Bus,
I suspect the distance between the front wheels had a major effect on how tractors were loaded.
Are you refering to those with a tricycle wheel arrangement or wide front ends? In 1952 Phil
Hi Bus,
I suspect the distance between the front wheels had a major effect on how tractors were loaded.
Are you refering to those with a tricycle wheel arrangement or wide front ends? In 1952 Phil
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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#171876
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Re: Boxcar Interior Door Color
I have worked around, in or for railroads for well over fifty years and have never seen a boxcar
in which the inside of the door was painted in any color other than that with which the exterior of
I have worked around, in or for railroads for well over fifty years and have never seen a boxcar
in which the inside of the door was painted in any color other than that with which the exterior of
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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#171875
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Somebody sent me these data sheets for loading tractors on flat cars, so I’ll pass them on. I think RPC had an article on open loads, but I don’t remember the volume number.
Nelson Moyer
Somebody sent me these data sheets for loading tractors on flat cars, so I’ll pass them on. I think RPC had an article on open loads, but I don’t remember the volume number.
Nelson Moyer
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Nelson Moyer
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#171874
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Re: Boxcar Interior Door Color
The reporting mark and number of a box car was usually stenciled on the inside wall, about 6' up to the left of the door opening on both sides.
This was important in terminals where a car's road and
The reporting mark and number of a box car was usually stenciled on the inside wall, about 6' up to the left of the door opening on both sides.
This was important in terminals where a car's road and
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Edward
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#171873
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Bud,
I don’t think there was any specific pattern that was required for loading tractors or implements. I suppose the various manufacturers may have developed diagrams to help their loaders get
Bud,
I don’t think there was any specific pattern that was required for loading tractors or implements. I suppose the various manufacturers may have developed diagrams to help their loaders get
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Mont Switzer
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#171871
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Re: ADMIN - do not open website from "Richard Ramik"
I get stuff like this regularly "from" many people on these lists - it's always
easy to recognize as spam. Lately I've been receiving stuff from Staffan Ehnbom.
I get stuff like this regularly "from" many people on these lists - it's always
easy to recognize as spam. Lately I've been receiving stuff from Staffan Ehnbom.
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Tim O'Connor
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#171870
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Some examples - sorry for quality - these are justgrabs...but give you some ideas.
Bob Webber
Some examples - sorry for quality - these are justgrabs...but give you some ideas.
Bob Webber
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Bob Webber
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#171869
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
The group files has a pdf on an AAR diagram on tractor loading in 1949, shows proper blocking, etc. Orientation on the flat car depended upon the size of the tractor. The Farmall M (the lifelike
The group files has a pdf on an AAR diagram on tractor loading in 1949, shows proper blocking, etc. Orientation on the flat car depended upon the size of the tractor. The Farmall M (the lifelike
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Douglas Harding
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#171868
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Bud,
Tractors could be loaded longitudinally (length-wise), diagonally, or lattitudinally (cross-wise), depending on the size and type of the tractor.
Regards,
Bruce Smith
Auburn Al
Bud,
Tractors could be loaded longitudinally (length-wise), diagonally, or lattitudinally (cross-wise), depending on the size and type of the tractor.
Regards,
Bruce Smith
Auburn Al
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Bruce Smith
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#171867
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Re: FARMALL TRACTOR loads
Gents,
Just a question on load orientation of the tractors, I recall perhaps 30-years ago seeing a modeled flatcar load of tractors with them set on the deck at an angle and side by each. Just
Gents,
Just a question on load orientation of the tractors, I recall perhaps 30-years ago seeing a modeled flatcar load of tractors with them set on the deck at an angle and side by each. Just
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Bud Rindfleisch
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#171866
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Re: Boxcar Interior Door Color
This is the type of issue that really points out how unaware we can be of our surroundings. I've been around railroads since the Roman days and inside boxcars numerous times and I never paid
This is the type of issue that really points out how unaware we can be of our surroundings. I've been around railroads since the Roman days and inside boxcars numerous times and I never paid
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John Larkin
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#171865
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Re: HO Scale Grab Irons
BLMA had both drop and straight grab irons made with. 008 wire. Atlas has taken over from BLMA and the grab irons have recently become part of their line. I now use them exclusively and they make a
BLMA had both drop and straight grab irons made with. 008 wire. Atlas has taken over from BLMA and the grab irons have recently become part of their line. I now use them exclusively and they make a
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WILLIAM PARDIE
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#171864
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Re: Boxcar Interior Door Color
When I was clerking in Portland in 1961-62, all the un-insulated boxcar doors I saw were painted on the inside the same color as the car's exterior. RBLs (insulated boxcars) had plug doors that were
When I was clerking in Portland in 1961-62, all the un-insulated boxcar doors I saw were painted on the inside the same color as the car's exterior. RBLs (insulated boxcars) had plug doors that were
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Todd Sullivan
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#171863
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Re: HO Scale Grab Irons
Bob, it sounds like you want Kadee bracket grabirons.
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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
Bob, it sounds like you want Kadee bracket grabirons.
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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
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Tim O'Connor
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#171862
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Re: C&NW "Route of the 400"
Someone raised the question earlier this week of when the C&NW began using the
"Route of the 400" slogan on box cars. While perusing my 1940 CarBuilders for something
else today I ran across a photo
Someone raised the question earlier this week of when the C&NW began using the
"Route of the 400" slogan on box cars. While perusing my 1940 CarBuilders for something
else today I ran across a photo
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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#171861
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