Paul, All this talk reminded me that i color coded an underframe drawing of a Pullman troop car to help me sort it out. See attached, red is the steam line. Because it's hot :.] Regards, Mike

Before you take it off, await further replies.  I believe the lettering change you described took place _during_ production of that group. -- Rufus Cone Bozeman, MT

Hi all, want to add this IM NP reefer to my reefer collection. Checked the group archives and could find Mr. Hendrickson's remarks about these cars. He mentioned that the lower 91XXX numbers from

Tim and others. I am building my Bx 50-24 from a Sunshine kit and ran into a couple of irregularities in the dimensions which I decided I couldn't live with. I don't have time right at the moment to

Thanks for posting these drawings just the same, Norm; they are still educational. Regards Paul

To add. The reporting marks change to AQCX at some point. Both marks are connected to Aluminum Ore Company, a subsidiary of ALCOA. Steve Hile

In the late 1930's Pullman Standard built 85 interesting large covered hopper cars for Aluminum Corporation of America, AOCX 1200-1284, for alumina loading. These large cars had 10 bottom hoppers (5

nuts - you’re right - well anyway I tried. Norm

I'm sorry Norm, but the first drawing you present is simply the brake arrangement. The second drawing shows the steam connector and shut off, but not the routing of the pipe. Dennis Storzek

By "plan" number I assume you are referring to what SP termed as a General Arrangement drawings (car assembly drawing having side and end elevations, and roof plan view) which are assigned drawing

for those of you that are interested in the SP 5700 Series express boxcar steam and signal lines, here are the shop drawings for them. Norm Buckhart, Protocraft

Definitely ACF carbuilder ends. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Dunno if refrigerators count as house cars; but the ends on Armour 1-2000 seem to be of the same general design (in a R2/4 configuration), including the little squarish nubs at the corners between the

The normal reason for doing this sort of thing is patent avoidance. I haven't looked for patents on the improved Dreadnaught end, but recall from the last time we extensively discussed Dreadnaught

Here is a scan of the underside diagram for a CN wood express reefer. It’s from Sylvan models and is looking from underneath the car up. The fat pipe on one side is steam and the two smaller ones

Bill, From the diagram….No. 14 ga. C.B. galv. steel sheets & No. 11 ga. galv. saddles; SREM Co. Several good photos clearly illustrate the roofs were of the Murphy rectangular raised-panel type.

 Ed, What does the Seaboard diagram say about the roof on the 23000-23499 series? Thanks, Bill Kelly On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:06:22 -0500 "Ed Hawkins" <hawk0621@...> writes:

How can one determine the plan number for various SP boxcars? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Yes Steve: Please share this drawing if possible. I have been on an underframe tear lately and this is one I need. Thanks: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Worked for me. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)