At 03:56 PM 4/3/2020, Charlie Vlk wrote:

Does anyone know how many Trainshed Cyclopedia volumes were issued?
Right now I am trying to organize my library and I am filing the most
valuable softcover books and magazines into cardboard file holders and am
wondering if there were any issued beyond No. 90.

Charlie
I've only had a list of 90 for the last few years:

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Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA
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1 Locomotives 1922
2 Switching & Freight Locomotives 1930
3 Box Stock Reefers 1931
4 Rules & Regulations
5 Gondolas & Hoppers 1940's
6 Passenger Locomotives
7 Buildings & Structures 1893
8 Passenger Cars 1931
9 War & Standard locomotives & Cars 1919
10 Rail Motor Cars 1919-1928
11 Caboose Cars 1879 - 1943
12 Tank Cars 1922-1943
13 Buildings & Structures 1893
14 4-8-4s and other Heavy Passenger Locomotives 1927-1941
15 Heavy Traction, Electric Locomotives 1922-1943
16 Passenger Trains 1943
17 Box Stock & Flat Cars 1943
18 Locomotives 1916
19 Buildings & Structures 1893
20 Diesel Electric Locomotives 1925-1938
21 Passenger Cars 1943
22 Steam Locomotives
23 Steam Locomotives & Tenders 1938
24 Buildings & Structures 1893
25 Electric Motor Cars 1888-1928
26 Railway Service Cars 1928-1943
27 Signals & Signal Symbols
28 Cars, Scales & Gates 1909
29 Freight Cars 1892
30 Rail Motor Cars 1919-1928
31 Locomotives 1927
32 Locomotives Tenders Trucks 1927
33 Buildings & Structures 1893
34 Shays & Other Geared Locomotives
35 Freight Cars 1919 (Part 1)
36 Freight Cars 1919 (Part 2)
37 Industrial & Foreign Locomotives/Service Equipment 1930-36
38 Buildings & Structures 1893
39 Passenger cars 1892
40 Locomotive Cabs & Fittings 1927
41 Locomotive Cabs & Fittings 1927
42 Passenger Cars 1919

Index Index Train Shed cyclopedia volumes 1-42 index

43 Diesel & Oil Electric Locomotives 1930-1936
44 Locomotives 1913 & 1919
45 Steam Locomotives 1940-1950's
46 Flats Gondolas & Hoppers 1931
47 Steam Locomotives 1940-1950's
48 Hoppers Industrials & Lettering 1931
49 Steam Locomotives 1940-1950's
50 Steam Locomotives 1940-1950's
51 Steam Locomotives 1940-1950's
52 Steam Locomotives 1919
53 Steam Locomotives 1919
54 Bridges & Trestles
55 Freight & Passenger Cars 1898 (Part 1)
56 Steam Locomotives 1940-1950's
57 Freight & Passenger Cars 1898 (Part 2)
58 Diesel Locomotives 1940-1950's
59 Freight & Passenger Cars 1898
60 Diesel Locomotives 1940-1950's
61 Box Stock Reefers 1925
62 Flats Gondolas & Hoppers 1925 (Part 2)
63 Dump Cars, Tanks, Cabooses, Passenger Cars 1925
64 Diesel Locomotives 1940-1950's
65 Passengers, Postals, Motor Cars 1925
66 Electric & Turbine Locomotives 1940-1950's
67 Passenger Details, Trucks & Industrials 1925
68 Passenger Details, Trucks & Industrials 1925
69 Locomotive Photos 1912
70 Gondolas & Hoppers 1943
71 Hoppers, Tanks, Container Cars & Cabooses 1943
72 Locomotive Drawings 1912
73 Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops & Terminals 1940-1950's [1]
74 Smoke Box Stoker Valve Gears & Trucks 1912
75 Cabooses & Freight Car 1943
76 Cow Catchers, Cabs & Fittings, Tenders 1912
77 Freight Car Construction Details 1943
78 Electric Locomotives & Motor Cars 1912
79 Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops & Terminals 1940-1950's [2]
80 Steam Diesel Electric Locomotives 1940-1950's
81 Freight Car Construction Details 1943
82 Boilers 1919
83 Freight Car Construction Details 1943
84 Smoke Boxes & Stokers 1919
85 Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops & Terminals 1940-1950's [3]
86 Motor Cars & Passenger Construction details 1943
87 Frames Cylinders Valve Gears 1919
88 Passenger Car Construction Details 1943
89 Pistons Trucks 1919
90 Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops & Terminals 1940-1950's [4]

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On topic because these publications did contain a good bit of Steam Era
Freight Car information:
Does anyone know how many Trainshed Cyclopedia volumes were issued?
Right now I am trying to organize my library and I am filing the most
valuable softcover books and magazines into cardboard file holders and am
wondering if there were any issued beyond No. 90.
It looks like I am only missing seven from the first 16 and would like to
complete the series.
Thank you,
Charlie

I do not see anywhere if they are also offering the Barber S-1 trucks separately. Anyone comment if Swift owned these cars? I picked one ar a very good price from the previous run and would buy the Yellow w/Rad banner if Swift owned them.

Bill Welch

New Run: Rapido HO Scale General American Meat Reefer

From the Rapido website: "Rapido is pleased to announce a new production run of our HO scale General American 37’ meat refrigerator car! It has been quite a while since we’ve offered these popular cars for sale, and it’s about time that we did some more! We are offering new road numbers on some of the most popular schemes from the earlier runs, as well as an all-new HO release."

https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/freight-cars/ho-scale-37-general-american-garx-reefer

These are available in multiple road numbers for:

American Stores

Armour

Cudahy

Dubuque

GARX Refrigerator

Hormel

Kingan

Morris Rifkin

Oscar Meyer

Swift (Red Block, Red Billboard & War Bonds)

URTX Refrigerator

Undecorated

I have no idea whether all of these variants are accurate for prototype cars, however.

I have no financial connection to Rapido.

Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA

And some comments from Doug Harding, who has some expertise in this area...

I dispute some of John Wubbel’s assumptions. And his commentary shows some of the confusion that exists out there.

The first photo shows poultry car LPTC 467, a standard Live Poultry designed car. The end doors were for ventilation, not for loading. This design had poultry loaded via the center door. The birds were removed from the farmer’s crates, and placed into the built in car crates by hand. There were some early poultry car designs that involved loading the farmer’s crates on to the car, but farmers had a hard time getting their crates back, so the Live Poultry design became the standard by the 1880s.

To my knowledge Hicks never built a poultry car. They did build stockcars, and the CGW did have some Hicks stockcars. I had not seen the photo of the CGW car on the Hanover Railway, but it shows a standard Hicks design.

And the drawing looks more like the interior of a horse car.

Doug  Harding

I am seeing some confusing info. Andy is asking about flat ends for NRC series 18500-19499. Tim provided photos of 18620, decidedly not flat end, and 19208 with flat ends. A photo of 19020, also with flat ends, can be found by searching "NRC" on this list. In my files I also have a photo of 19080 which shows flat ends. When I consult the Jan 1955 ORER, Item 31 is the line for 18500-19299 which includes all four of the cars I cited here. Although this photo evidence is not conclusive, I would hesitate before decaling a model with flat ends any number below 19000.
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Steve Hoxie
Pensacola FL

I believe the Microscale MDT set(s) is (are) correct.  The paint scheme shown, with the sans serif, can definitely be done with the Microscale set.  I don't know if these cars are old enough that they were first lettered in the MDT Roman style.

Ron Merrick

Clover Leaf Company Poultry Caretaker’s Car

Courtesy of the Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society, here is a link to a drawing, photos and narrative about a circa 1920 Clover Leaf Company poultry caretaker’s car:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5be23b9196d455a4b380589c/t/5c65dc668165f53e880de8e4/1550179443141/september2015mn.pdf

The material appears on Page 35.

The drawing is from the Ray Breyer Collection and the photos are from the Steve Grigg collection

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Railway Bull Shippers Group

https://groups.io/g/RailwayBullShippersGroup

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

I just received an email announcement from Kadee that they are shutting down for the duration of the epidemic as they are considered non-essential by the state of Oregon. 

This may mean I will have to re-use all those old #5 couplers I have been replacing once I run  out of #158's.  

Don't Panic and Carry On....
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Ken Adams