Ian's message contains several persistent misconceptions about the "2% rule" (which didn't apply to MCB Spec II cars built before May, 1917), the (in)adequacy of a 2% dome for volatile and inflammable

Proto 2000 Mather boxcar has them

Asking if someone can direct me to a photo of the early Klasing Power Hand Brake with short vertical staff coming out of the housing going up above the running board where brake wheel mounted on the v

As Tim O'Connor has already noted, tank car dome capacity provides a space for thermal expansion of the lading in order to prevent over-pressurization and/or lading leakage. Most cars are based around

They are for thermal expansion of the cargo. The tank is normally filled while leaving the dome empty. The size of the dome required depends on the intended cargo(s). The "tank car capacities tariff"

Interesting assortment of designs - they all appear to be UTLX? Were the steam locomotives retired by that time? When did the UP cease regular steam operations?

Could some one here offer a brief tutorial on the size of tank car domes? This query comes from a recent comment about wanting to 'cut down' domes to shorter size for specific cars, related to car cap

Scanning some old slides and came across this one from our September 1962 trip. UP yards, Cheyenne WY. At the time I was mostly taken by the Challenger and Big Boy awaiting disposal but now the tank c

I agree with Jack. While the shipper could use any lumber to build a 'grain door', he would have to pay for the lumber. However, grain doors were part of the tariff, to be supplied by the railroad whe

Walking down a well worn path from long ago; In the late steam era, 1940-late 50’s there is a general rule you can consider for both box and flat cars; set aside a percentage for home road cars, more

I stopped myself before listing all of the PFE reefers. I think ALL or NEARLY all of PFE's 40 foot reefers after 1900 were available until we reach the R-40-27, -28, -30. Producers include Westerfield

Jim. I understand your point. I too don’t intend to try for full prototype accuracy. My goal though is to be at least sort of accurate. Since my layout is more or less complete (and building seems to

.... forgot to say ... I'm letting the industries I'm modeling "define" the car mix of my trains by car type - and my relaxed version of "the formulas" determine what cars I will and will not run. Wor

Jim Pattison in MossyRock, It is easy to take "prototypical accuracy" too far - far enough that others may not even notice and probably don't care ... one of the costs of ultra high prototypical accur

Charlie, Thanks for the Add. Jim Pattison From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Charlie Duckworth via groups.io Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 10:48 AM To: main@

The photo is dated 1939, so I would agree with Bob that it's just been rebuilt. Doug Paasch

These *are* grain doors. 20" wide, 7' long. If you zoom in on one of the higher-rez options for this photo you should be able to distinguish two layers of plank in each panel and the darker end grain

Owl Mountain SP flatcars. Tichy PFE reefer On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 12:18 PM Tim O'Connor <timboconnor_at_comcast.net_Worth51@...> wrote: A sample of HO scale SP box car models off the top of my h

Tim, Thank you Jim

A sample of HO scale SP box car models off the top of my head B-50-1/-2/-4/-6/-9 Westerfield B-50-12 Westerfield/Tichy/... (USRA single sheathed box car) B-50-13/-14 Sunshine A-50-14 Proto 2000/Walthe