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Andy Carlson
It has been nearly 24 hours since the last post. Is something amiss? -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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Re: What Is This Box?
Brian Termunde
The previous picture does show a house nearby. Not sure if the railroad would approve of this use of it's property though!
http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-10-10-19/X7817.jpg
Take Care,
Brian R. Termunde
Midvale, Utah
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Re: What Is This Box?
Dennis Storzek
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 12:25 PM, spsalso wrote:
Considering the tire marks right in front of the box, it MIGHT be a mail box for someone living immediately to the right.It might also be a mailbox for the local depot, if there is one right out of the picture. Dennis Storzek
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Re: What Is This Box?
spsalso
Considering the tire marks right in front of the box, it MIGHT be a mail box for someone living immediately to the right. They may have decided the extant post was superior to the one they'd have to install for themselves.
Whatever it was, I would say the tire marks indicate frequent motor vehicle visits. Ed Edward Sutorik
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Re: Fixing Shifted Loads
The load shifter/load adjuster is seen in action at 11:47 in the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO4xn-NJjmU Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Wabash auto boxcar
Drew M.
Doesn't Black Cat offer a Wabash set?
Drew in Philly
Modeling the pre-Depression years.
Sent from TypeApp
On Oct 24, 2019, at 14:18, Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...> wrote:
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Re: Fixing Shifted Loads
Dave Yingst
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Re: Wabash auto boxcar
steve_wintner
Isn't this set suitable?
https://www.blackcatdecals.com/product/wab48507-wabash-single-sheath-auto-car/ Admittedly, out of stock...
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Re: SP Transfer Caboose; was Fixing Shifted Loads
Tony Thompson
There were a bunch of them, covered in the book.
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Tony Thompson
On Oct 24, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> wrote:
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Re: SP Transfer Caboose; was Fixing Shifted Loads
Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Brian,
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Very interesting photos. Between us, five SP transfer cabooses, and all different. That's way cool. While these beasties were more common in the East, I have only seen two more in the Left Coast -- Alameda Belt Line had one that looked like an outhouse on a raft (a steam-era car, AFAIK), and more recently the Yolo Shortline had an ex-MKT car of fairly modern lines. Yours Aye, Garth Groff
On 10/24/2019 3:43 PM,
brianleppert@... wrote:
Garth, here's some more I photographed in Taylor Yard.
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Re: SP Transfer Caboose; was Fixing Shifted Loads
brianleppert@att.net
Garth, here's some more I photographed in Taylor Yard.
Brian Leppert Carson City, NV
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Re: Wabash auto boxcar
Mark Vaughan set E-1. I painted this over 20 years ago and may have applied the wrong set of dimensional data since I didn't know then as much as I know now. The set covers a number of different cars. Set E-2 was for postwar repaints and some later cars. Tim O
On 10/24/2019 2:18 PM, Benjamin Hom wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: Wabash auto boxcar
Benjamin Hom
Fred Jansz asked: "Bought this OMI Wabash auto car and wonder if someone knows if there are decals available for this car?" Tim O'Connor replied: "Mark Vaughan decals - stocked by Des Plaines Hobbies." Somewhat surprisingly, he didn't do a specific set for these automobile cars. Checked the manufacturer website this morning - there are overarching sets for boxcars, but not the SS automobile boxcars. A check of the DPH online website for Mark Vaughn Decals doesn't return any WAB automobile decals either. You can check with Funaro, who will sell decals upon request. As always, consult prototype photos. Ben Hom
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Re: SP Transfer Caboose; was Fixing Shifted Loads
There were not many, but they did exist.
On 10/24/2019 2:02 PM, Garth Groff wrote:
Brian, --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: SP Transfer Caboose; was Fixing Shifted Loads
Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Brian,
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Of even more importance, you got a photo of a rare SP transfer caboose. I don't have Tony's SP caboose book, so maybe he could comment more on this car and others, especially if any were in use during our period of interest. The only one I knew of was SP 1, a car with a slightly larger cabin, that served in the Roseville Yard near the end of caboose operations. Yours Aye, Garth Groff
On 10/24/2019 12:43 PM,
brianleppert@... wrote:
Here are two views of Southern Pacific's "load shifter" at their Taylor Yard in Los Angeles , July 1966. Not good photos, but I was only 15 with a plastic camera.
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Re: Wabash auto boxcar
Mark Vaughan decals - stocked by Des Plaines Hobbies
On 10/24/2019 6:09 AM, Fred Jansz wrote:
Hi All, --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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What Is This Box?
What Is This Box? In the photo on this link there is a box attached to the crossing sign: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-10-10-19/X7818.jpg Could this be a waybill box for the (possible) spur or siding that is to the left of the picture? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Fixing Shifted Loads
I'm sure it depends on the era. Modern steel devices like this one were built postwar. I know the GN had a similar device as this one in Gavin Yard. Tim O'
On 10/23/2019 10:41 PM, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: Fixing Shifted Loads
brianleppert@att.net
Here are two views of Southern Pacific's "load shifter" at their Taylor Yard in Los Angeles , July 1966. Not good photos, but I was only 15 with a plastic camera.
Brian Leppert Carson City, NV
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Re: Fixing Shifted Loads
Several of you responded "load shifter" and a Google search of this term with the term "railroad" revealed this to be a common term. Thank you.
Unfortunately, the Google search produced no photos. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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