Guys; I agree it is tough to tell. The attached is one of the HD “Crown” Andrews-type used on the PRR, and the 70-ton and 100-ton are almost indistinguishable. The Bowser Crown would be a very usable

Dave Parker wrote: As Richard Hendrickson frequently observed, each truck maker had an individual tweak on sideframe shape(s) in various areas of the part. That's one reason that the old traditional "

Ron: I can read the road's initials in my hard-copy of the 1931 CBC: "PA.A.&Mc.R.R.R." = Pittsburgh Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad. Apparently a 25-mi switching line serving the McKee's Rocks are

When I looked closer at the 100-ton Buckeye, it's apparent that the cast brackets for the clasp brake hangers are actually separate castings. They appear to be fastened to the truck frames by the bolt

OK, a few nuggets of (perhaps) interest: Along the way, we have touched on the 70-ton PRR 2E-F2 Crown and the corresponding USRA Andrews. This is a comparison that put together a year or two ago: I do

Dave is correct, the Accurail Andrews truck is the 70 ton version, as our basic truck mold has the scale 5'-8" axle spacing. I just looked through our files this morning but couldn't find any referenc

Photo: SP Yard An undated photo from the Huntington Library: https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/21896/rec/638 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit. This photo shows a great

Guys; Lukens was a big manufacturer of tank heads, and RRs serving them often had dedicated cars to serve that diagonal loading requirement. RDG also had diagonal loader gons. Even though PRR had no d

Ya know, as soon as I sent that, I knew it wasn't quite right. The Accurail has the longer wheelbase, and I think the larger spring box, but I don't believe the truss members are as heavy-duty as on t

The Accurail Andrews is based (quite accurately) on the USRA 70-ton truck, right down to the 5-8 wheelbase. They usually don't look that large to my eye unless I put them right next to a 40- or 50-ton

Thanks! Absolutely bagged cement…Dummy me…I think the date was 55? Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

In sorting through all my stash of trucks, I came across a pair Accurail Andrews (#203 w/metal wheels) trucks that are probably 70 ton but are like size gargantuan compared to Tichy and TMW Andrews tr

must have been bagged cement.

Do you know the date of the station record? According to the Jan 1953 ORER, 573534 for the Pennsy was X29 class boxcar.

A little more background on Phenol. I worked with Phenol years ago at Essex Magnet Wire. It’s a dangerous chemical causing burns and is absorbed through the skin, and exposure to a lot can be fatal. T

Was looking at a partial page of a station record. Showed a carload of cement out of Des Moines Ia. (two cement plants there) was shocked at the initials. Here they are plus the number. Curious as to

Friends, Catalin Corporation of America operated just two cars in October 1958 (entry actually submitted October 1954): CCNX 1 and 4. These were both 8,000 gallon TL tank cars. The lettering seen in t

Yes, they are 28” wheels Roger Hinman

I couldn’t read the reweigh date on it but I suspect the date is more likely post war as the black box behind the reweigh came in about that time. Perhaps someone can ID the model year of the car park

The poling pocket location on the bolster is typical for the GATC Type 30 underframe. David Thompson