my comments had to do with the Accurail car used for the wood model Roger Hinman

As long as you only look at it from the side it's not too bad. If you look at the roof, the ends or the underframe it's very noticeably not the same thing. Roger Hinman

The MDT inventory records indicate HNZX 5700-5774 were outshopped fm Dec 55-Jan56. In addition to the standard rebuild, the cars features Camel sliding refrigerator doors, perforated metal door protec

Another variation to this is the car gets scrapped on the company's books meaning that a settlement was reached with the railroad involved in the wreck but the car never gets scrapped per se since the

Their CDs are only $45. If you want to get the CD for gondola brake arrangments too, then you'd be there. Roger Hinman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

NYC general arrangement drawing Q39743 for the lot 593-G gondolas is available form the NYCHS on their drawing CD72 along with many other NYC GAs Roger Hinman [Non-text portions of this message have b

Correct my last post ( those were the dimensions for the RF) Per PRR drawing 75646, the R7 truck spacing is 32'6". crossties off center at 27 inches, 65 inches and12'6' crossbearer made up of a pair o

From PRR drawing 38305, the R7 truck spacing is 28' 6". The bolster is a common built up box shape with aprrox 17" wide coverplate. A common pressed steel shape serves as the crosstie which are spaced

NRC 18000 series in 1946 cost $6125 each, NRC 19000 series in 1950 were $8128.46 each Roger Hinman ps Those overhead cars were also expensive to ice [Non-text portions of this message have been remove

they were used in most centersills of built up box girder construction; they are located inside the center sill so are not readily visible when looking at a photo but should show in the standard Gener

There is a write up on this car in the Dec 1932 issue of Railway Mechanical Engineer As Tony mentioned, the 1930s were a very innovative period for refrigerator cars Roger Hinman [Non-text portions of

I think in his refrigerator car books but he'd better answer that than me Roger H.

Yes Bill, the New Haven went to Boston. In its final corporate configuration it had acquired every rail line south of the city. It had massive freight yards in South Boston which is only a mile or two

Those xerox copies used to be sold by Bill Edson who lived in the area and was happy to make the information available to railfans. I too purchased quite a few sets of Northeast railroads but wish the

The New Haven Society has their archives at UCONN Storrs CT;that library has also accumulated a lot of New Haven collections. I do not know if the Comstock collection is among them but the Curator the

The NYCHS drawings are fairly complete for the hopper cars built in the late 1920s through the early 1960s at least at the General Arrgt and Brake Arrgt level. As mentioned getting a fairly complete s

I sort of like George's idea but I envision a much simpler starting point. How about agreeing on who were the thirty (??) major railroads in the STFMC as well as the ten(??) major car builder's and th

Keith's catalog lists a photo of NH 51000 built 10/23/1906, Neg 328 and NH 51500 blt 10/27/07 Neg 379 Roger Hinman

I certainly hope the others are correct and the collection is available. I'm on travel this weekend but I have his catalog at home with the photo listings for these cars

The 38ft NH gondolas were built by Standard Steel, builders photos were available from Keith Retterer but that collection is currently unavailable. SSC Gen Arrgt drawing number 15751 is available at t