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[CDN-frt-cars-n-ops] 8 Hatch Canadian Reefers

PBowers

#85906

I never noticed this being mentioned on this list but True Line Trains has announced the release of at least two versions of the Canadian overhead eight hatch steel refrigerator cars.  The CN cars will have the regular reefer doors and the CP cars will have plug doors.  There is no indication yet if they will do the CP regular door or CN plug door versions.  Pacific Great Eastern BC Railway and Grand Trunk Western versions are also in the cars to be released.

Peter Bowers

The following from Canadian Freight Car group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CDN-frt-cars-n-ops/>; by Darren at TLT:

So.... here is the scoop people....

I was hoping to get the samples here for the iHobby show to release
the same time as the ad was printed...  which, of course, didn't happen.

We're very excited about this.  A few things to note about the car:

1 - really detailed, I mean, really.

2 - version correct doors (thats PLUG and HINGED for those out there
who are where I was a few months ago)

3 - version correct brake wheels/housing. Yeah, you heard right.
UNIVERSAL or AJAX will come on your RTR kit. Want to do the rebuild?
We are offering the brake wheel kits seperately.

4 - brand spankin' new charcoal heater. This was a pain in the butt
to get right because they are so hard to come by. Don't worry - we
got you covered.

5 - photo-etch walkway (or wooden walkway depending on version)

6 - photo-etch brake platform

7 - TLT TRU-MATE couplers, if you don't like them, you can try the
Rapido ones, they are much better....

8 - TLT metal wheels and detailed trucks

9 - real chain (as on the brake chain)

10 - version correct (CN and CP) hatches

11 - drip tubes...yeah, I think I found the only photo where they
weren't ripped off....but...I did them!

12 - version correct liquidomoter (single and double)

13 - Due out in spring 2010

14 - CN, CP and PGE/BCOL assortments.

15 - GTW versions as well

16 - Some people on the group saw the drawings, and their feedback
has been very positive.

I am hoping to get rapid prototype samples here mid November in time
for the Toronto Christmas train show, so modellers can get an idea of
what they will look like.

Cheers,
Darren


    



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Re: Bituminous mystery car

PBowers

#85905

Further to my previous post, can anyone identify what type of car this tank came from?

Peter

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--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, PBowers <4everwaiting@...> wrote:

There is an old tank from a tank car at an abandoned plant in Owen
Sound, ON Canada.  Originally there were two but one was scrapped
many years ago.

These cars in their last use was use to store bituminous (tar) by a
local contractor.  In the last years their has been lettering
starting to appear though the silver paint and tar.  While no number
or id has appeared it appears that part of the wording on the left
hand side includes "Bituminous."  It looks like the same lettering is
under the first so it is likely the lettering is from the days when
it was in revenue service.

So my question is, does any one know of a company that lettered their
cars with bituminous on the left hand side.  Writing is more of a
written italic like style although letters appear as individual letters.

http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=22114 and
http://www.uer.ca/locations/viewgal.asp?picid=74497 show the tank car location.

Peter Bowers



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We can custom produce your EJ&E box car decals?

Bob McCarthy

#85981

Elden,
 
     We can custom produce any decal required in any scale if there is a sharp image and a known dimension of the car or locomotive.
 
     You will receive a quote on a minimum order that consists of art cost for creating the decal artwork.  Then you will be provided the each price for one car which is based on a minimum of one 8 1/2" x 11" sheet.  The price of the sheet would be divided by the number of copies of the decal in question that can be placed upon the sheet.
 
    Please send an email attachement of your desired decal to thesupplycar@yahoo.com
for quote.  Given you mention various color combinations, please provide a well registered color image of each version that you want.
 
Thanks,
 
Bob McCarthy
THE SUPPLY CAR, LLC
thesupplycar@yahoo.com
803-429-1811  1000-2000 Hrs EST Daily

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--- On Thu, 10/29/09, Gatwood, Elden J SAD <elden.j.gatwood@usace.army.mil> wrote:

From: Gatwood, Elden J SAD <elden.j.gatwood@usace.army.mil>
Subject: [STMFC] RE: EJ&E box car decals?
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com, bbfcl@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 5:12 PM

All;

Does anyone out there know of a source for the EJ&E "Billboard" box car -
orange over green, green over orange, all green with orange lettering or all
orange with green lettering, in HO? I have a Sunshine mini-kit that I
desperately would like to do in a post-54 paint scheme...

Also, I understand the earliest green box cars on the EJ&E happened right
after delivery of their Baldwin DT 6-6-20 center cab diesels, which was in
what year? And is this a true statement?

Thanks all,

Elden Gatwood

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Speedwitch web site

ed_mines

#85909

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

Re: EJ&E box car decals?

Gatwood, Elden J SAD

#85904

All;

Does anyone out there know of a source for the EJ&E "Billboard" box car -
orange over green, green over orange, all green with orange lettering or all
orange with green lettering, in HO?  I have a Sunshine mini-kit that I
desperately would like to do in a post-54 paint scheme...

Also, I understand the earliest green box cars on the EJ&E happened right
after delivery of their Baldwin DT 6-6-20 center cab diesels, which was in
what year?  And is this a true statement?

Thanks all,

Elden Gatwood

Re: decals needed

tmolsen@...

#85903

Re: Government Equipment Trust

Al Campbell

#85902

AL: Thanks for the suggestion, however the writing on these entries is reasonably clear. I do know that some of the writing can be a bear to decipher. I have also found some Grand Trunk in the listings and they look different. Al Campbell

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--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "al_brown03" <abrown@...> wrote:

Hmm ... how clear is the "E"? I mean, any chance the cars belong to the Grand Trunk?

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "epoxy_tech" <madchemep2@> wrote:

Hello: In going through a B&M freight conductors wheel report dated Jun 1920, I ran into a reporting mark GET. I know that represents an unassigned USRA owned freight car. In this case I found two of them, both boxcars in the same train. The first was GET 2139 carrying boxes. The other was GET 21100 and it was carrying ice. I didn't think GET cars would show up in revenue service. Could anyone clarify this for me?  Thanks, Al Campbell

Re: Government Equipment Trust

Al Campbell

#85901

Richard: Thank you. That makes sense. I will probably have more questions before this is over. The oldest ORER I have is 1926. Al Campbell

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--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote:

On Oct 28, 2009, at 11:13 AM, epoxy_tech wrote:

Hello: In going through a B&M freight conductors wheel report dated
Jun 1920, I ran into a reporting mark GET. I know that represents
an unassigned USRA owned freight car. In this case I found two of
them, both boxcars in the same train. The first was GET 2139
carrying boxes. The other was GET 21100 and it was carrying ice. I
didn't think GET cars would show up in revenue service. Could
anyone clarify this for me?  Thanks, Al CampbellCars purchased for the USRA under the Government Equipment Trust went 
to a number of different railroads in 1920 and were delivered in GET
markings, which survived until the railroads that accepted them
repainted and restenciled the cars.  A mid-1920 ORER would probably
show the new ownership of the GET cars.

Richard Hendrickson



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Re: Update on PrototypeRails 2010

Schuyler Larrabee

#85900

It is an Microsoft Office 2007 Word document (note the ending "x" on the file extension). Office2007 designed for
Vista, is not backwards compatible. you either need to acquire a third party translator or haveWord 2007 to open and
read the document.

Rich OrrBTW, I run this Office 07 version under XP.

I think XP was a tower on the ERIE in Steam days, which controlled the movement of steam freight
cars.

No?  I'm surprised!

SGL

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Re: Update on PrototypeRails 2010

Schuyler Larrabee

#85899

OK I have (whimper) Office 2007 (what a terrible devolution of a already flawed program!!) and it
did not open for me, so it's not just the Office 07 issue that is going on here.

SGL


Can't open the document, Mike. You posted a Word 2007 formatted document which is not backwardcompatible with
early versions of Word. Anyone who has not shelled out the money for an upgrade to Office 2007won't be able to read
this.

Rich Orr

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Brock <brockm@brevard.net <mailto:brockm%40brevard.net> >
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 10:19 pm
Subject: [STMFC] Update on PrototypeRails 2010

I have placed the latest flyer including an update on the list of clinicians
that will perform at Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach next Jan.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/PR2010FlyerWDOct14.docx
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/PR2010FlyerWDOct14.docx>;

Mike Brock



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OT: Re: Update on PrototypeRails 2010

Allen Rueter

#85898

openoffice 3.0 will open .docx and it's free.

I guess you could say Micro$oft is like the Pennsy, they think their the standard.
 --
Allen Rueter 
StLouis MO

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From: "SUVCWORR@aol.com" <SUVCWORR@aol.com>
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 6:48:14 AM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Update on PrototypeRails 2010

Can't open the document, Mike.   You posted a Word 2007 formatted document which is not backward compatible with early versions of Word.  Anyone who has not shelled out the money for an upgrade to Office 2007 won't be able to read this.

Rich Orr

Re: Government Equipment Trust

Richard Hendrickson

#85897

On Oct 28, 2009, at 11:13 AM, epoxy_tech wrote:

Hello: In going through a B&M freight conductors wheel report dated  
Jun 1920, I ran into a reporting mark GET. I know that represents  
an unassigned USRA owned freight car. In this case I found two of  
them, both boxcars in the same train. The first was GET 2139  
carrying boxes. The other was GET 21100 and it was carrying ice. I  
didn't think GET cars would show up in revenue service. Could  
anyone clarify this for me?  Thanks, Al CampbellCars purchased for the USRA under the Government Equipment Trust went  
to a number of different railroads in 1920 and were delivered in GET  
markings, which survived until the railroads that accepted them  
repainted and restenciled the cars.  A mid-1920 ORER would probably  
show the new ownership of the GET cars.

Richard Hendrickson

Re: Government Equipment Trust

al_brown03

#85896

Hmm ... how clear is the "E"? I mean, any chance the cars belong to the Grand Trunk?

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Show quoted text

--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "epoxy_tech" <madchemep2@...> wrote:

Hello: In going through a B&M freight conductors wheel report dated Jun 1920, I ran into a reporting mark GET. I know that represents an unassigned USRA owned freight car. In this case I found two of them, both boxcars in the same train. The first was GET 2139 carrying boxes. The other was GET 21100 and it was carrying ice. I didn't think GET cars would show up in revenue service. Could anyone clarify this for me?  Thanks, Al Campbell

Government Equipment Trust

Al Campbell

#85895

Hello: In going through a B&M freight conductors wheel report dated Jun 1920, I ran into a reporting mark GET. I know that represents an unassigned USRA owned freight car. In this case I found two of them, both boxcars in the same train. The first was GET 2139 carrying boxes. The other was GET 21100 and it was carrying ice. I didn't think GET cars would show up in revenue service. Could anyone clarify this for me?  Thanks, Al Campbell

Ann Arbor photos

mcindoefalls

#85894

FYI, the Ann Arbor Railroad Technical & Historical Association 2010 calendar features several items of interest to this list. First, a lettering diagram for a 40-foot gon (the date is not clearly visible, but it appears to be from the 1930s). Then, individual roster shots of drop-bottom gon 9571, 40-foot boxcar 90080 (a USRA SS car, built 1919), and outfit car 4589 (a 1910-built double sheathed box). It sells for $10.00 from the AARRT&HA, P.O. Box 1691, Holland, MI 49422-1691.

Walt Lankenau

Prototype Rails 2010

Mike Brock <brockm@...>

#85893

Well...I couldn't read it either. Try this...and I'll put it in the files. 


PROTOTYPE RAILS


COCOA BEACH, FL, JAN 7-10, 2010


AN NMRA SANCTIONED EVENT


A PROTOTYPE MODELING MEET FEATURING

MODULAR LAYOUTS IN O, HO AND N SCALE


OVER 400 MODELS ON DISPLAY

PROTOTYPE BASED LAYOUTS


PLEASE BRING MODELS!


80 Clinic Presentations By The Following Clinicians

Mike Rose Tom Madden Gail Komar Dick Flock Joe Oates Ralph Heiss
Howard Goodwin Bill Darnaby Tom Bisset Larry Kline Bruce Smith
Andy Sperandeo Andy Harman Richard Hendrickson Dave Ramos 
Marty McGurik Bob Webber Jon Cagle Frank Peacock Scott Mason
Ken Edmier Tim Maslyn Dan Zugelter Mark Amfahr Bob McIntyre Brian Nolan 
Jeff Cauthen Tom Wilson Bill Schaumburg Greg Martin Steve Orth
Mont Switzer Tony Koester Tony Thompson John Cantlay George Eichelberger
Bill Welch Lance Mindheim Jim Langston III Roger Hinman Jared Harper 
Ted Culotta Mark Vaughn Bob Miller Rick Bell John Roberts 
Stan Rydarowicz Bob Johnson Jim Singer Frank Angstead
Harold McGee Mike Moore Mike Brock

Manufacturers & Dealers

Walthers, Rapido, Intermountain, Broadway Limited, Southern Car & Foundry,
Speedwitch Models, Tangent Scale Models, Westerfield, 5th Avenue Shops,
Funaro & Camerlengo, Bob's Photos, John C. La Rue Photos, Jay Williams
Photos, Mainline Photos, ACL/SAL Historical Society, Trolleys N' Dollies


Location

COCOA BEACH HILTON HOTEL, 1550 N. Atlantic Ave. [ highway A1a ], COCOA
BEACH, FL.

1-800-526-2609 or 321-799-0003. Refer to Prototype Rails for $99 Room Rate.


Preregistration is $35, Please make your check payable to "Prototype Rails" 
and send to Marty Megregian; 480 Gails Way; Merritt Island, FL 32953.

There will be op sessions available on Thursday Jan 7 at John Wilkes, Tom
Wilson's and Mike Brock's layouts. Those wishing to join in a session should
indicate their choices in preregistration. Selection will be on a first come 
basis. Visitation of local layouts will be available on Sunday.

For early arrivals, there will be a dinner at Durango's in Cocoa Beach
Thursday evening Jan 7, at 7 PM. We will meet in the Hilton lobby at 
6:30.Following the dinner we will return to the hotel for slide shows and 
clinics. A special dinner on Saturday, Jan 9, for Prototype Rails attendees 
only will be available for $ 23/person. Tickets are required and must be 
purchased no later than Saturday morning. Tickets may be purchased and 
reserved in advance and included with the cost of registration. Registration 
plus dinner is $58/person. Spouses not attending presentations do not have 
to register.


FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Mike Brock at: brockm@brevard.net or
321-453-4140

Re: Update on PrototypeRails 2010

SUVCWORR@...

#85892

Jerry,

It is an Microsoft Office 2007 Word document (note the ending "x" on the file extension).  Office 2007 designed for Vista, is not backwards compatible.  you either need to acquire a third party translator or have Word 2007 to open and read the document.

Rich Orr

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-----Original Message-----
From: jerryglow@comcast.net
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 7:34 am
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Update on PrototypeRails 2010

I've spent more time trying to view this than building some of my models (slight 
exageration). How do we view it? Or better yet, why not just an Excel file like 
in the past?

Jerry Glow

--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote:

I have placed the latest flyer including an update on the list of clinicians 
that will perform at Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach next Jan.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/PR2010FlyerWDOct14.docx

Mike Brock

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Re: Help needed - ATSF stock car paint scheme

peteraue

#85891

Thank you very much Andy, Bill and Richard for your advise. All roofs are brown now and I am looking forward to final assembly and lettering.
Peter Aue

Re: Update on PrototypeRails 2010

Steve Stull

#85890

Rich;
<www.openoffice.org>
Downloads for free, works like a champ.
Steve Stull--- On Wed, 10/28/09, SUVCWORR@aol.com <SUVCWORR@aol.com> wrote:

From: SUVCWORR@aol.com <SUVCWORR@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Update on PrototypeRails 2010
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:48 AM

Can't open the document, Mike.   You posted a Word 2007 formatted document which is not backward compatible with early versions of Word.  Anyone who has not shelled out the money for an upgrade to Office 2007 won't be able to read this.

Rich Orr

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-----Original Message-----

From: Mike Brock <brockm@brevard. net>

To: STMFC@yahoogroups. com

Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 10:19 pm

Subject: [STMFC] Update on PrototypeRails 2010

I have placed the latest flyer including an update on the list of clinicians

that will perform at Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach next Jan.

http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/STMFC/ files/PR2010Flye rWDOct14. docx

Mike Brock

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Re: Update on PrototypeRails 2010

Richard Morgan-Fine <allisd1701@...>

#85889

Microsoft makes a Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint 2007 File Formats. This will allow you to open 2007 documents
with an older version and it is free. 

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000,
Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files

Link Below

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-
8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee
-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en)

Richard Morgan-Fine

From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
SUVCWORR@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:48 AM
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Update on PrototypeRails 2010

Can't open the document, Mike. You posted a Word 2007 formatted document
which is not backward compatible with early versions of Word. Anyone who has
not shelled out the money for an upgrade to Office 2007 won't be able to
read this.

Rich Orr

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Brock <brockm@brevard.net <mailto:brockm%40brevard.net> >
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 10:19 pm
Subject: [STMFC] Update on PrototypeRails 2010

I have placed the latest flyer including an update on the list of clinicians

that will perform at Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach next Jan.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/PR2010FlyerWDOct14.docx

Mike Brock

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