Re: Railway express agency (was LCL)
Trucks by the 1950's. If you ever watch reruns of the Beverly Hillbillies on Amazon Prime (streaming video) they INCLUDE the original commercials for cigarettes at the beginning of the show - and it is a shot of a RAILWAY EXPRESS truck trailer with an ad for the cigarettes on the side of the truck! Winston tastes good like a cigarette should! :-(
On 8/9/2019 9:41 PM, roy wojahn via Groups.Io wrote:
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Re: An update from Yarmouth Model Works
Some of them had roofs that looked a LOT like PRR X37 or X38 roofs with the indentation for the laterals. Some appear to have ordinary SRE (rectangular panel) roofs [attached photo] Tim O'Connor
On 8/9/2019 9:11 PM, mopacfirst wrote:
Different issue -- does this car have a steeper roof slope than normal? Or is that an illusion? --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: An update from Yarmouth Model Works
Roger Huber <trainpainter@...>
The car with the trucks I was asking about is the one on the blog #48826. Very strange trucks I am not familiar with. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works
On Friday, August 9, 2019, 09:15:12 PM CDT, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
I love the B-5 too, although I hesitate to call it the most homely. There are plenty of candidates for that title! :-D Photos shows the B-5's with at least FIVE different trucks 1. Buckeye, that Pierre mentioned (date 1956) 2. Allied Full Cushion (1951) 3. National Type B (date 1959) 4. AAR trucks - no spring plank, widely spaced two front springs (1942 builder, etc) 5. AAR trucks - no spring plank, three front springs (1941 builder) Tim On 8/9/2019 10:14 AM, James Brewer wrote:
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Re: An update from Yarmouth Model Works
BRIAN PAUL EHNI
UNCLE!
Thanks! -- Brian Ehni On 8/9/19, 8:47 PM, "David via Groups.Io" <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io on behalf of jaydeet2001=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: > It's OK; he'd have to produce a photo of it in service colors, not the > builder's whitewash. Lol, here you go: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2910 David Thompson
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On 8/9/2019 7:19 PM, Pierre Oliver wrote:
Well that's the first image to pop up with a Superior door. --
*Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*
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I love the B-5 too, although I hesitate to call it the most homely. There are plenty of candidates for that title! :-D Photos shows the B-5's with at least FIVE different trucks 1. Buckeye, that Pierre mentioned (date 1956) 2. Allied Full Cushion (1951) 3. National Type B (date 1959) 4. AAR trucks - no spring plank, widely spaced two front springs (1942 builder, etc) 5. AAR trucks - no spring plank, three front springs (1941 builder) Tim
On 8/9/2019 10:14 AM, James Brewer wrote:
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An update from Yarmouth Model Works
David
It's OK; he'd have to produce a photo of it in service colors, not the builder's whitewash.Lol, here you go: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2910 David Thompson
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An update from Yarmouth Model Works
David
Yeah, I think it does.?? End drawing for 49500-49999 here:
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=20569 Compare to 48000-48999: https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=4113 David Thompson
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Re: Railway express agency (was LCL)
roy wojahn
My only experience with REA was when I shipped my belongings from Ames, Iowa to Southern California. My question is since C&NW at that time had no passenger service to Ames would a truck take it to Des Moines and then route it via the Rock Island to Kansas City and then Rock Island/ Espee to Los Angeles? As passenger service disappeared did REA trucking become more common?
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Re: An update from Yarmouth Model Works
mopacfirst
Different issue -- does this car have a steeper roof slope than normal? Or is that an illusion?
Ron Merick
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An update from Yarmouth Model Works
David
It was on the last 50 cars; here are some general drawings:
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=5708 https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=5709 David Thompson
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Re: An update from Yarmouth Model Works
BRIAN PAUL EHNI
It's OK; he'd have to produce a photo of it in service colors, not the builder's whitewash. Otherwise, he'd have to model it in whitewash. LOL!
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Thanks! -- Brian Ehni On 8/9/19, 6:19 PM, "Pierre Oliver" <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io on behalf of pierre.oliver@elgincarshops.com> wrote: Well that's the first image to pop up with a Superior door. Figures Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com
On 8/09/19 6:57 p.m., David via Groups.Io wrote:
> I trust the 49000-series B-5 will come with the Superior door option? > > https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=19398 > > David Thompson > > > >
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Re: Rib Side Cars
BRIAN PAUL EHNI
Thanks, everyone! I have all the RP CYCs and never thought to look in there! Don’t mind me; I’ll be beating myself with a virtual switch (not a turnout).
Thanks!
From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Curt Fortenberry <curtfortenberry@...>
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Curt Fortenberry
Agree with David, per RP cyc Vol 13, the best source out there in print for rib side cars, that's the series for Automobile Cars with large end doors. Sadly no photo of that series in the article. Curt Fortenberry
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Re: An update from Yarmouth Model Works
Pierre Oliver
Well that's the first image to pop up with a Superior door.
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Figures Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com
On 8/09/19 6:57 p.m., David via Groups.Io wrote:
I trust the 49000-series B-5 will come with the Superior door option?
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David
I trust the 49000-series B-5 will come with the Superior door option?
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=19398 David Thompson
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Rib Side Cars
David
I???ve just put together kit # 5351, a 50??? car with shorts ribs, 15??? doors, and large ends doors. Looks like 15500-15749 is your series. David Thompson
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Re: Rib Side Cars
anthony wagner
Brian, I can not supply a photo but according to my 1-1-50 ORER the only all steel 50'6" IL MILW box cars with 15' side doors and full end doors were in number series 15500-15749. There were 249 cars in that series still in service at that time. If your decal sheet says BLT 47 those cars would have existed on 1-1-50. MILW had other series of 50' steel cars with full end doors but they all had 12' side doors which is not what you have. The ORER only gives dimensions of the cars listed and no information about appearance. Hope this helps, Tony Wagner
On Friday, August 9, 2019, 4:27:10 PM CDT, BRIAN PAUL EHNI <bpehni@...> wrote:
I’ve just put together kit # 5351, a 50’ car with shorts ribs, 15’ doors, and large ends doors. I cannot find a photo of this car either on my computer or online. What’s an appropriate number, given the blt date on the supplied decals is 2-47 and reweigh is 5-51?
Thanks!
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Rib Side Cars
BRIAN PAUL EHNI
I’ve just put together kit # 5351, a 50’ car with shorts ribs, 15’ doors, and large ends doors. I cannot find a photo of this car either on my computer or online. What’s an appropriate number, given the blt date on the supplied decals is 2-47 and reweigh is 5-51?
Thanks!
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Re: Railway express agency (was LCL)
Alex Huff
The REA commission revenue a local railroad freight agent received was a consideration when bidding to hold a particular station. A PRR agent, who never had the seniority to hold the job, told me about a highly desirable one, Harbor Springs, MI. On the end of a short branch, which connected at Petoskey, MI, there was quite a bit of traffic of people able to spend summers in the cooler climate near the top of Michigan's Lower Peninsula next to Lake Michigan. This was in the days before air conditioning. Seasonal stores catering to higher end clientele expressed unsold inventory to a sister store in Florida for the winter season. Several baggage cars were placed at the depot to handle the business.
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