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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Circa 1950
On 10/16/2019 7:06 AM, earlyrail wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Steve,
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The reweigh on the NYC flat carrying the corrugated pipes appear to be “10-43” which would mean circa 1945 at the latest ;)
Regards Bruce
Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
This program will allow you to download entire books from hathitrust, even if you do not belong to a member institution. https://sourceforge.net/projects/hathidownloadhelper/
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave Parker via Groups.Io
Claus:
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Nelson Moyer
I love it. Every time we get a definitive answer to a question, new material surfaces to disprove it. I guess I’ll keep my steel strap aka chart tape.
Nelson Moyer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Richard Townsend via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:33 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Apparently its been around since at least the 1920, or even earlier: https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/signode Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR
-----Original Message----- Doug Harding wrote: " The first patent for steel strapping was applied for in 1966." I won't argue with you about that, but I was using steel banding (strapping) in the Air Force in 1963.
Dave Beidle St Louis
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Steve SANDIFER
36 gauge magnet wire, like we use on 403 LEDs.
By the way, when did the railroad begin shipping corrugated pipe like in the photo. Being a specific modeler, I want to confirm the time frame for such shipments. Likewise be careful of painting the ends of pipe or wood if you model the steam era.
J. Stephen Sandifer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Allen Montgomery via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 10:56 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
I would use leftover thread from a Jaeger lumber load. Or you could use Pele's electrician tape idea. Never had luck with that myself.
On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 8:48:31 AM MST, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
I'm modeling several open car loads in HO scale. The prototype examples I'm following show that wire is used above the load to tie the top of the stakes that secure the load from lateral movement. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to simulate the wires? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Dave Parker
Claus:
Here is the link to the 1934 Loading Rules: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102184919?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Rules%20governing%20the%20loading%20of%20commodities&ft=ft Anybody can peruse the document on-line, but you need to belong to a member institution to download the PDF. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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Hi Dave,
Dave wrote: "I did find the 1934 edition at Hathi,
which is a great find for a 1934 modeler!"
Any chance you can provide a link so others can
have a look as well?
Thanks in advance.
Claus Schlund
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1950 or close ORER information
Steve Salotti
Hello,
I'm just about finished with a new F&C Erie rib side hopper. Once it's painted it will be lettered for the New York, Susquehanna and Western which rostered a small group of these cars for online service. My problem, I seem to have misplaced my copy, and as soon as I post this it probably will show up. But in the mean time, if someone has their copy at hand, would you mind providing me with a couple of the car numbers? Thank you in advance. Steve Salotti
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Ray Breyer
Nope. Read the patent: this is specifically for extra strong strapping with a specific material composition. The patent text specifically refers to other strapping commonly found on the market in at least two places. 10 seconds on GP kicked back your date to 1920. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL
On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 09:53:14 PM CDT, Douglas Harding <doug.harding@...> wrote:
According to https://patents.google.com/patent/US3421951 The first patent for steel strapping was applied for in 1966.
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
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Re: Northern Pacific Hopper 70168 upgrade
Looking good Lester, well done!! Fenton
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 5:51 PM Lester Breuer <rforailroad@...> wrote: I have finished upgrade of Northern Pacific hopper 70168. A Train-Miniature hopper with offset side side gussets corrected to seven from nine and Archer rivets applied to get correct rivet patterns. Other upgrade items include wire grab irons, brake gear after opening molded “B” end between braces, adding “B” end brake details as piping, train line, other under body details, and making decals for end numbers. If you are interested, photos and writeup of the upgrade including paint match are now available on my blog I have to share photos and writeup of modeling projects on my Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company. If you would like to take a look please do at the following link: --
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
earlyrail
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
From: Douglas Harding Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:53:04 PDT According to https://patents.google.com/patent/US3421951 The first patent for steel strapping was applied for in 1966. This can not be true. I help my dad apply steel strapping in the mid to late 50's. Dad was a car inspector/repairman for the CGW in Randolph, MN at the time. They had all the strapping, clips and tools required. Howard Garner
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Re: M&StL 30000 series gondola kit under development
Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Tim,
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Western Pacific had some GA gondolas like this, but with a 46' IL and a bit higher sides. Yours Aye, Garth Groff
On 10/15/2019 4:02 PM, Tim O'Connor
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Tony Thompson
Usual history is that WW II greatly increased awareness and use of steel strapping.
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Tony Thompson
On Oct 16, 2019, at 5:33 AM, Richard Townsend via Groups.Io <richtownsend@...> wrote:
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Dave Parker
As always, I find Guy's advice concerning MCB/ARA/AAR standards and rules to be sound and helpful. I spent a bit of time paging through my 1928 to 1932 ARA Proceedings to get some sense of how much the open-top loading rules changed over time. In that period, they don't appear to have been overhauled, but substantive changes were recommended by the LR committee almost every year.
It doesn't seem that complete copies of the booklet for any given year are conveniently available. I did check the CSRM archives, and they do list a few editions. In the1920s and 30s, these were hefty documents -- 250 pages and more -- so they are not trivial to have scanned or copied. I am sure I have missed some, but digitized versions in the usual places (Google Books, Hathi Trust) seem very scarce, at least for pre-WWII. I did find the 1934 edition at Hathi, which is a great find for a 1934 modeler! Are there other years out there in accessible places? I'm not sure what the difference is between steel strapping and bands, but I did notice quite a few references to the latter in my wanderings. Here is an interesting example from the 1931 Proceedings: -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Jack Mullen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 07:53 PM, Douglas Harding wrote:
Sorry, but both that statement and the implication that steel strapping is a post-steam era technology are wrong. The patent cited is for an improvement in the metallurgy of steel strap. Basic patents for steel strapping technology such as the tensioning tool and crimp fasteners go back to at least 1917. (Use of steel strapping itself to bind and reinforce crates goes back much farther, with the strapping fastened by nailing.) Here are a couple early ones. A patent search for "signode" as assignee will find hundreds more. https://patents.google.com/patent/US1376855A https://patents.google.com/patent/US1495995A The Signode Steel Strapping Co. was the pioneer of modern steel strapping. While early applications were in packaging - banding crates, bales, bundles of pipe, etc., by WW2 steel strapping was being used for securing loads. I have a scan of a photo of a PRR GRA gon with a load of crates strapped to the car, circa 1943. Signode's Chicago plant was adjacent to the C&NW. When travelling past in the late '50s or early '60s, I always looked for the cars on their spur. They had an old single-sheathed boxcar and a composite gon loaded with concrete slabs. There was a steep ramp at the stub end of the spur, and apparently the cars were used for impact testing for R&D, by winching one car up grade and letting it roll into the other. I was never lucky enough to see it happen, but I did notice that the cars had changed position at times. Jack Mullen
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Richard Townsend
Apparently its been around since at least the 1920, or even earlier: https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/signode Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
-----Original Message-----
From: David W Beidle <gmnodave@...> To: main <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Tue, Oct 15, 2019 8:34 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Suggestions For Wire Load Ties Doug Harding wrote: " The first patent for steel strapping was applied for in 1966."
I won't argue with you about that, but I was using steel banding (strapping) in the Air Force in 1963.
Dave Beidle
St Louis
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Guy Wilber
Jim Betz wrote:
“The tie downs were actually different sizes of steel cable and that was produced in the factory. I'm guessing you can build a twisting jig that is similar to what they use at the factory to produce evenly twisted cable ...” Jim, No such material was used in the 1900-1960 era. Cable was allowed to secure rotating shovels and cranes and that was about the extent of its use during that period. A good number of the members of this list have collected MCBA, ARA and AAR Open Top Loading Manuals and typically the factual information is distributed throughout the group. These rules were mandatory and if not followed (to the minimum described figures) any receiving road could refuse the load, or adjust the load and charge the delivering road for time and materials to bring it up to prescribed standards. I would suggest that all who are truly interested In prototypical open top loads obtain a manual and utilize it. Additionally, narrow the revised edition closely to your modeling era as many diagrams were modified, or newly added, especially after World War II. Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
David W Beidle
Doug Harding wrote: " The first patent for steel strapping was applied for in 1966." I won't argue with you about that, but I was using steel banding (strapping) in the Air Force in 1963.
Dave Beidle St Louis
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Re: Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
Nelson Moyer
Oh well, just one more incongruence on my railroad.
Nelson Moyer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Douglas Harding
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:53 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Suggestions For Wire Load Ties
According to https://patents.google.com/patent/US3421951 The first patent for steel strapping was applied for in 1966.
Doug Harding
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Re: M&StL 30000 series gondola kit under development
Attached are builder photos of the MSTL gon, a diagram drawing, and a photo of one of these gons in CNW MOW paint. I have a photo of one of these gons in MOW service dated 1983. I have sent all photos to Joe Binish.
I have been wanting a model of this car. I have the DA steel sided gon kit, which has the slope sides at the bottom of the ca. But as has been pointed out it is based upon an SP car, and not 100% accurate for the MSTL.
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dennis Storzek
Thanks Tim, I don't have a pic I can post. It does appear to be the same design car, the spotting feature being the little pressed flange on the bottom edge of the stub side sills. There is a builders photo in the SLH&TS freightcars book, the car posed with the drop doors open, and it is evident that the doors are Dreadnaught pressings. The car also has what appears to be either Superior or Equipco hand brake. Tim's posted image is of a sixties/seventies era repaint; The original lettering is similar in arrangement, but a Roman typeface, with lines above and below the reporting marks. There were two number series; 8001-8199 (odd), and WC cars 67001-67199 (odd).
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