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Burning Box Car
Perhaps -- but exploding ammunition box cars usually make a BIGGER mess than that.
Perhaps -- but exploding ammunition box cars usually make a BIGGER mess than that.
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Tim O'Connor
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Burning Box Car
Wood floors; flaming journal boxes? :-D I saw flames passing by under a box car once, in the late 1970's in Ann Arbor, on a Penn (old Michigan) Central freight along the Huron River. Of course, who kn
Wood floors; flaming journal boxes? :-D I saw flames passing by under a box car once, in the late 1970's in Ann Arbor, on a Penn (old Michigan) Central freight along the Huron River. Of course, who kn
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Tim O'Connor
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Foobie
Perhaps not; unless one were discussing the native birds of the Solomon Islands with the professor. :-D Do boobies build foobies? (desperately trying to steer back in the general direction of freight
Perhaps not; unless one were discussing the native birds of the Solomon Islands with the professor. :-D Do boobies build foobies? (desperately trying to steer back in the general direction of freight
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Tim O'Connor
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Model Box Car End ID
unquestionably Intermountain :-)
unquestionably Intermountain :-)
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Tim O'Connor
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Foobie
I agree Tony - I think that is how I understood it the first time I heard it. I'd heard FUBR (beyond repair) FUBAR (beyond all recognition) variants expressed in Hollywood movies (usually comedies) th
I agree Tony - I think that is how I understood it the first time I heard it. I'd heard FUBR (beyond repair) FUBAR (beyond all recognition) variants expressed in Hollywood movies (usually comedies) th
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Tim O'Connor
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Red Owl warehouse
Have you ever spent time inside a closed freight car sitting in bright sunlight for a week? Those canned goods could easily test the boiling point of water if it weren't for being in a freight car tha
Have you ever spent time inside a closed freight car sitting in bright sunlight for a week? Those canned goods could easily test the boiling point of water if it weren't for being in a freight car tha
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Tim O'Connor
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Another dry ice car
Tom Here are two more with gray sides and red ends - we may need to compile a timeline of ownership! :-)
Tom Here are two more with gray sides and red ends - we may need to compile a timeline of ownership! :-)
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Tim O'Connor
· #182094
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Red Owl warehouse
Elden Just an observation - Railroads do consider that X54 car to be a "reefer" - RB. All of the railway literature and especially financial reports I've read classify RB/L cars as reefers or refriger
Elden Just an observation - Railroads do consider that X54 car to be a "reefer" - RB. All of the railway literature and especially financial reports I've read classify RB/L cars as reefers or refriger
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Tim O'Connor
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Foobie
Dave I searched through my saved emails archive and the earliest use of the term (which was clearly already in use at the time) was back in 2007. I also searched through my archive of saved rec.models
Dave I searched through my saved emails archive and the earliest use of the term (which was clearly already in use at the time) was back in 2007. I also searched through my archive of saved rec.models
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Tim O'Connor
· #182075
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Need about 15 HO brake reservoirs for project
Sunshine for many years included a resin sheet of brake parts that I'm pretty sure included two brake reservoirs (in halves). Would those be acceptable?
Sunshine for many years included a resin sheet of brake parts that I'm pretty sure included two brake reservoirs (in halves). Would those be acceptable?
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Tim O'Connor
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Rio Grande PS1
I've never heard that before but can someone confirm this about the AHM PS-1... ?? Where did the Walthers PS-1 come from? (I think Accurail acquired that tooling.)
I've never heard that before but can someone confirm this about the AHM PS-1... ?? Where did the Walthers PS-1 come from? (I think Accurail acquired that tooling.)
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Tim O'Connor
· #181981
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heavy duty trucks on B&LE hoppers
70 ton loads of coal or limestone on 4 percent grades. Yeah, the Rio Grande thought they might need some extra braking power! :-P Remember back in those days box cars rarely weighed more than 50 tons
70 ton loads of coal or limestone on 4 percent grades. Yeah, the Rio Grande thought they might need some extra braking power! :-P Remember back in those days box cars rarely weighed more than 50 tons
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Tim O'Connor
· #181980
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Rio Grande PS1
But I think the Kurtz Kraft body was 10-6
But I think the Kurtz Kraft body was 10-6
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Tim O'Connor
· #181962
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Heavy duty trucks on B&LE hoppers-Why?
Ahem. When you've got serious grades, you need serious brakes! (Athearn makes the roller bearing version of the clasp brake trucks.)
Ahem. When you've got serious grades, you need serious brakes! (Athearn makes the roller bearing version of the clasp brake trucks.)
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Tim O'Connor
· #181961
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"steamerafreightcars.com" domain gone?
I make a small contribution ($3) to the INTERNET ARCHIVE each month, because they preserve much of what has been lost already!!Yay for the Wayback Machine!! :-) I support Wikipedia for the same reason
I make a small contribution ($3) to the INTERNET ARCHIVE each month, because they preserve much of what has been lost already!!Yay for the Wayback Machine!! :-) I support Wikipedia for the same reason
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Tim O'Connor
· #181943
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heavy duty trucks on B&LE hoppers
If you have any success making the trucks or having trucks cast in resin (e.g. F&C) please let us know. :-) I believe D&RGW also used trucks of this type on their 70 ton GS gondolas, for which there i
If you have any success making the trucks or having trucks cast in resin (e.g. F&C) please let us know. :-) I believe D&RGW also used trucks of this type on their 70 ton GS gondolas, for which there i
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Tim O'Connor
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Identity Of Trucks On PRR Boxcar 65356?
I'm fairly sure that's a "Colonel McCoid" photo of PRR 65356 from San Diego, from Bob's collection.
I'm fairly sure that's a "Colonel McCoid" photo of PRR 65356 from San Diego, from Bob's collection.
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Tim O'Connor
· #181938
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Rio Grande PS1
Unfortunately the 6 foot door disqualifies this model.
Unfortunately the 6 foot door disqualifies this model.
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Tim O'Connor
· #181936
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Rio Grande PS1
I have images of SIX of the 50150 to 50499 cars and all them are 10-0 IH and have 7 foot doors. Exactly one railroad bought 10-0 IH PS-1 box cars with 7 foot doors - the New Haven. And they bought 150
I have images of SIX of the 50150 to 50499 cars and all them are 10-0 IH and have 7 foot doors. Exactly one railroad bought 10-0 IH PS-1 box cars with 7 foot doors - the New Haven. And they bought 150
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Tim O'Connor
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Mopac 45’ flat car
Similar, using Tichy detail parts.
Similar, using Tichy detail parts.
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Tim O'Connor
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