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Re: Large "SOO LINE" lettering: What Date Please
Bill Welch
Thank you so much Joe, Dennis and Chris!
Bill Welch
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Re: Large "SOO LINE" lettering: What Date Please
Bill
Here courtesy of the Soo Line HTS is a definite answer to your question. http://www.sooline.org/Publications/Drawings/freight_car_box_51-59.shtml Glad you asked this will probably improve my modeling as well. Chris Rooney
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Re: Large "SOO LINE" lettering: What Date Please
Dennis Storzek
The large square 'boxcar block' lettering dates to the summer of 1951. This original version had the center bar of the S sloping downward at a slight angle, maybe five or seven degrees. This was modified in 1956 or '57 to have the center bar of the S truly horizontal.
The round Venus Bold lettering dates to 1962, past our era. Dennis Storzek
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Re: "Dedicated" freight car service
np328
My earlier post needs to be amended. The cars, the 6000 series were based on an SP design, not Santa Fe.
Also, could the powers that be here put out a reminder of the time frame this list covers? If I wanted to read of affairs post 1960, I would join the bbfcl.io (I would like to think that I am not the only one on this list that holds that POV) thanks, Jim Dick - Roseville, MN
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Re: Large "SOO LINE" lettering: What Date Please
Joseph
1951 IIRC Joe
On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 2:20 PM Bill Welch <fgexbill@...> wrote: One of the first IMWX 1937 AAR kits I built year ago was a SOO LINE car using Champ decals. I probably used a magazine photo for inspiration and documentation but I am wondering now what year the RR initiated that paint scheme. I am sure someone here knows the answer. Thank you.
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Large "SOO LINE" lettering: What Date Please
Bill Welch
One of the first IMWX 1937 AAR kits I built year ago was a SOO LINE car using Champ decals. I probably used a magazine photo for inspiration and documentation but I am wondering now what year the RR initiated that paint scheme. I am sure someone here knows the answer. Thank you.
Bill Welch
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Re: Westerfields
Tony Thompson
Dennis Storzek wrote: Last I knew, Al was in CROSSVILLE, Tenn, which is a bit farther east and south. The Westerfields retired to Tucson, Arizona, a few years ago. Tony Thompson
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Re: Westerfields
Dave Pfeiffer
Crossville. Ok. Got it wrong. Now Arizona. Thanks.
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Eric Hansmann
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:33 PM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Westerfields
Al & Patricia moved to Arizona a couple years ago.
My home is 20-30 miles from the tornado path. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
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Re: Westerfields
Dave Pfeiffer
I’m talking about Al and his wife.
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Mansell Peter Hambly
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:25 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Westerfields
Andrew Dahm bought Westerfield a few years ago now and has been relocated to Gardnerville, Nevada.
Mansell Peter Hambly COQUITLAM, B.C.
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From: Dave Pfeiffer via Groups.Io
Off topic, but…
I saw a lot of tornado devastation in Cookeville, Tn this morning on the news. If I remember correctly, Cookeville is where the Westerfields live. Has anyone heard anything? Thanks.
Dave Pfeiffer _._,_
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Re: Westerfields
Eric Hansmann
Al & Patricia moved to Arizona a couple years ago.
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My home is 20-30 miles from the tornado path. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
On Mar 5, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Dave Pfeiffer via Groups.Io <dave.pfeiffer@...> wrote:
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Re: Westerfields
Not what he meant.
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Al retired to Tucson so he’s not In Tennessee these days. He was posting on FB today, so all is well. Brian J. Carlson
On Mar 5, 2020, at 1:24 PM, Mansell Peter Hambly <mphcd@...> wrote:
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Re: Westerfields
Dennis Storzek
Last I knew, Al was in CROSSVILLE, Tenn, which is a bit farther east and south.
Dennis Storzek
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Re: Westerfields
Mansell Peter Hambly
Andrew Dahm bought Westerfield a few years ago now and has been relocated to Gardnerville, Nevada.
Mansell Peter Hambly COQUITLAM, B.C.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Dave Pfeiffer via Groups.Io
Sent: March 5, 2020 10:20 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Westerfields
Off topic, but…
I saw a lot of tornado devastation in Cookeville, Tn this morning on the news. If I remember correctly, Cookeville is where the Westerfields live. Has anyone heard anything? Thanks.
Dave Pfeiffer _._,_
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Westerfields
Dave Pfeiffer
Off topic, but…
I saw a lot of tornado devastation in Cookeville, Tn this morning on the news. If I remember correctly, Cookeville is where the Westerfields live. Has anyone heard anything? Thanks.
Dave Pfeiffer _._,_
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Re: "Dedicated" freight car service
Dave Parker
Elden:
On the B&M, at least "back in the day", the only examples I know of are (i) the 200 MDT-built reefers of 1923 that carried "BANANA SERVICE ONLY" stencils, and (ii) the 1929-30 ARA quad hoppers that said "FOR EXCLUSIVE USE ON HOME ROADS". I'm not sure if the latter qualifies as the kind of "dedicated service" that you are curious about. Its origin, I presume, was the age and condition of the B&M's other coal cars, and the need to move a lot of water-borne bituminous from Boston to the many re-coaling facilities scattered around northern New England. I don't think either stencil persisted for very long, certainly not much after the war. I think the some of the reefers might have ended up in dedicated ice service, but that's too far into the future for me. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Re: "Dedicated" freight car service
Todd Sullivan
My experience clerking at the NPTCo in Portland in 1961-62 with NP and GN covered hoppers was that a small group was dedicated to bulk feed service from the large Albers mill across from Union Station. There was nothing in the car lists or documentation I typically saw, but the same cars kept showing up for another outbound load. These covered hoppers were build within the time-frame of this list. Boxcars in bulk feed service (as opposed to bagged feed service) were also dedicated, and were so designated in track and industry switch lists with "FEED". Ditto for hide cars which were marked "HIDES" on their switch list entries. If you ever walked by either kind of car in a yard, you would know why unless you had a bad head cold. :-)
Todd Sullivan
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Re: coupler distance over car end
vapeurchapelon
Thanks again Dennis,
at weekend I will go through these postings.
Johannes
modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 04. März 2020 um 14:56 Uhr
Von: "Dennis Storzek" <destorzek@...> An: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Betreff: Re: [RealSTMFC] coupler distance over car end Just to finish this up, I'm going to post a link to the results of a search and see if it works:
Distance between coupled cars Not exactly the same question but related there are some good comparisons made by Doc Denny back in 2005. Dennis Storzek
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Re: Photo: CN Livestock Car 815029
Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
This sucker looks like it was a double decker for beef critters rather than sheep or hogs. Just my thought from it's height, Don Valentine
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Re: SAL, ex-GF&A ARA XM-1 Box Cars
Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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Re: dating kit contents
Dennis Storzek
On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 03:31 PM, Schuyler Larrabee wrote:
Don’t tell me you can’t do it. Or that you don’t know.. The information is right on the decoration: “BLT 1946” or whatever. IIRC, Branchline did this and it guided my purchases. And it’s one reason I have few Kadee PS1. All too late for me.We do that too... our web site listing for the car that started this discussion says, "built 1925." Dennis Storzek
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