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Speedwitch SR Gon Kit
paulbizier <pa.bizier@...>
I'm working through the "round tuit" stack of stuff in my closet, and this is up next. Unfortunately, Ted's directions don't make any truck recommendations. Do any of our "truck experts" have suggestions for appropriate trucks?
TIA, Paul Bizier
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Naperville
seaboard_1966
We, WrightTRAK Railroad Models, would like to thank the Loftons for putting on another GREAT event. We would also like to thank them for the support of this meet over the many years that is has been going on.
We would also like to take a moment to thank all of those who stopped by our suite and our table over the course of the weekend to check out our new offerings, the M&O M53 boxcar and the new SAL lowside gon...Mandatory freight car content here....With continued support like what was show to us over the weekend you guys and the event can count on seeing us there for many more years... Thanks. Gary Wright Denis Blake The WrightTRAK Guys
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Re: [CDN-frt-cars-n-ops] 8 Hatch Canadian Reefers
devansprr
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, 4everwaiting@... wrote:
Pete, Is there any info on when these cars were built? I looked through the '43 ORER and CP, CN, and GTW all list refeers with steel underframes and 42'6" outside length, and all of them have notes about unique characteristics (GTW was meat racks), multi-stage icing, underslung charcoal heaters, etc. They also had a 75,000 pound capacity - more than many similar sized reefers the roads had at that time. Are these the cars? I am trying to determine if they are valid WWII cars. Thanks, Dave Evans
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SLSF XM 18050
Gene <bierglaeser@...>
Can anyone confirm that the whole series that included SLSF XM 18050 was equipped with Ajax hand brakes?
Gene Green
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Re: 46 ft. Flatcars?
Jeffrey White
According to the 1954 Freight Car Diagram book for the IC, they had a number of 45 foot flat cars running yet. The diagram shows 200 numbers (6100-61199) but I have no idea how many were still running. Built in 1929 by Bett. Co.
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Claus Schlund (HGM) wrote:
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Re: 46 ft. Flatcars?
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi,
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Forgot to mention, in N scale, Model Power makes a car that is a good match for C&NW 42597. It has crude details, but then upgrading the details is part of the fun! - Claus
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Re: 46 ft. Flatcars?
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi Ed and List Members,
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Looking thru my TCS#46 (1931 CBC), I find photos of the following 45-46 foot flat cars: CP (number not readable) (46 foot) C&NW 42597 (46 foot) IC 61078 (45 foot) L&N 24560 (46 foot 9 1/4 in) - Claus Schlund
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Re: Overland gon ID
Jim Williams <wwww5960@...>
Thanks David, that helps a lot......Jim
________________________________ From: David North <davenorth@optusnet.com.au> To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, October 31, 2009 8:38:12 AM Subject: [STMFC] Re:Overland gon ID Hi all ....I just obtained a Overland 100 ton brass gondola..... The box says #70000-70031, but I can't find it in any of the SF books.....Can anyone tell me what class it is or where there are pics of it....thanks Jim W. Hi Jim, It is from the Ga-163 class, built in 1967 by the Thrall Car Co. The live list shows the class started with 32 cars, then 31 cars from 1970 -1987, then 10 cars in 1989 and one car in 1991. The live list only goes to 1991. Hope this helps. Cheers Dave North [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: Overland gon ID
David North <davenorth@...>
Hi all ....I just obtained a Overland 100 ton brass gondola.....The box says
#70000-70031, but I can't find it in any of the SF books.....Can anyone tell me what class it is or where there are pics of it....thanks Jim W. Hi Jim, It is from the Ga-163 class, built in 1967 by the Thrall Car Co. The live list shows the class started with 32 cars, then 31 cars from 1970 -1987, then 10 cars in 1989 and one car in 1991. The live list only goes to 1991. Hope this helps. Cheers Dave North
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Re: Current events
Just one point of order, not all of us outside Cicago are old timers.
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Brian Carlson, P.E.
--- On Sat, 10/31/09, pullmanboss <tgmadden@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
From: pullmanboss <tgmadden@worldnet.att.net> Subject: [STMFC] Re: Current events To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 1:24 AM I, as someone with an interest in Steam era freight cars and the Southern Pacific, am wondering if there is anything going on that might be of interest this weekend. Thanks in advance,Some old timers have gotten together in one of the Chicago suburbs, and the ones that aren't there are in a smallish college town in California just over the hill from Santa Margarita. I understand there's some former SP trackage in that area.... Tom Madden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Overland gon ID
Jim Williams <wwww5960@...>
Hi all ....I just obtained a Overland 100 ton brass gondola.....The box says #70000-70031, but I can't find it in any of the SF books.....Can anyone tell me what class it is or where there are pics of it....thanks Jim W.
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Re: Current events
pullmanboss <tgmadden@...>
I, as someone with an interest in Steam era freight cars and the Southern Pacific, am wondering if there is anything going on that might be of interest this weekend. Thanks in advance,Some old timers have gotten together in one of the Chicago suburbs, and the ones that aren't there are in a smallish college town in California just over the hill from Santa Margarita. I understand there's some former SP trackage in that area.... Tom Madden
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Current events
Andy Carlson
I, as someone with an interest in Steam era freight cars and the Southern Pacific, am wondering if there is anything going on that might be of interest this weekend. Thanks in advance,
-Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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Train Art by Tony Howe
Allen Cain <allencain@...>
Folks,
Up front I want to say that I have NO financial or personal ties to Tony Howe. Today I received a print he produced of the Southern Railway Tennessean in 1947. This is an artist print but I had to look at it several times to convince myself that it was not a photograph. The quality is exceptional. Here is a link to his studio site where he has this print and others for various roads for sale at what I consider to be reasonable prices: http://www.msrailroads.com/Paintings4.htm From this link, you can back up into his full gallery of prints. I think that he, like many other of us, myself included, is now unemployed. He is now offering some of his Railroad prints on Ebay. This link will take you to his current listings: http://shop.ebay.com/dhbjda/m.html?_nkw= <http://shop.ebay.com/dhbjda/m.html?_nkw=&;_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p434 0> &_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 As I said, I am not connected to him in any way other than as a customer who was VERY impressed with the one example of his work which I purchased on Ebay. Allen Cain
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Re: NYC box car that went far...
Gene <bierglaeser@...>
Steve,
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Thank you for posting a link to an interesting photo. Gene Green
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Re: NYC box car that went far...
Gene <bierglaeser@...>
Bruce,
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Why did you feel a need to "correct" Steve? Steve didn't say it was surprising, just that it went far. In the message I read Steve didn't comment on the likelihood, frequency or possibility that a NYC box car was in British Columbia. My sense of distances has the distance between British Columbia and the nearest NYC tracks in the "far" category. All Steve said was "went far." Gene Green
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Smith" <smithbf@...> wrote:
On the CN main line in Houston, BC, summer 1950.--"steve l" <stevelucas3@...> 10/29/09 9:27 PM >>>
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Re: Speedwitch web site
Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...>
Ed,
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You are not alone ! While waiting is frustrating, I've found that the wait is always worth it with Ted's products. I'm sure there are many irons in the fire and they will be announced when he is ready. 1 to 3 workers just don't produce as fast as an overseas factory with 2000 pair of hands. Fred Freitas
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From: ed_mines <ed_mines@yahoo.com> Subject: [STMFC] Speedwitch web site To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 1:43 PM Am I the only one who checks the Speedwitch web site every day for the double sheathed box car book announced several years ago? Ed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: NYC box car that went far...
steve l <stevelucas3@...>
Bruce--
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Disclaimer--As a working railroader, I often find myself tired and cranky, as one can get when being woken at the hotel at 2.45 am to go to work--and have to put that resin STMFC that I've been working on back into my grip. Long ago, I developed thick skin and broad shoulders. Both have proven useful and essential. However, it's not my goal to stir up controversy on this board. But I'm not afraid to wade into it, either. Truth be known, I tripped over this photo while looking for something else. And wished to share it with the board. All the best, Steve Lucas.
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On the CN main line in Houston, BC, summer 1950.--"steve l" <stevelucas3@...> 10/29/09 9:27 PM >>>
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Re: NYC box car that went far...
On the CN main line in Houston, BC, summer 1950.--"steve l" <stevelucas3@yahoo.ca> 10/29/09 9:27 PM >>> http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/structures/index_view.cfm?photoid=8556284&;id=37 Steve Lucas. Steve, Interesting photo, but I'm sorry, there is nothing surprising about finding a NYC boxcar "far from home". Its late and I'm tired and so I'm probably cranky, but how often do we have to say this???? Boxcars basically operated in a national pool... OK, so this car is in Canada and thus US car numbers would be lower, but since NYC has one of the largest boxcar fleets in North America, there should be little surprise that one would show up almost ANYWHERE on contiguous rails. The car is most likely carrying a shipment from the US to BC, but that shipment could just have easily originated in Seattle or anywhere else as somewhere on NYC rails. Regards Bruce Smith temporarily and grogily from Naperville Il
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NYC box car that went far...
steve l <stevelucas3@...>
On the CN main line in Houston, BC, summer 1950.--
http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/structures/index_view.cfm?photoid=8556284&;id=37 Steve Lucas.
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