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I know I am going to regret this and will probably end up tossing it in my pile of things that I chop up and use for other projects. But I couldn't resist it.
The car is a Train-Miniature Hills Brothers Coffee Car, HBCX #161. Other data indicates Blt 3-30 and N&W 3-32 I think. There is no date on the box or instructions but it appears to be 20-30 years old.
First question is on authenticity. I recalled seeing that Micro- trains had one of these in n-scale. I would guess there must be some basis for this car. Does anyone have any information they would like to share?
Second question is on Viability of the project. So far the only things obviously other worth saving are the large decal, the rather decent paint and the body structure. Does someone make a decal out there. If I want this car as a detailing/rebuild project. Would it be better to start over from scratch?
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I know I am going to regret this and will probably end up tossing it in my
pile of things that I chop up and use for other projects. But I couldn't
resist it.
The car is a Train-Miniature Hills Brothers Coffee Car, HBCX #161. Other
data indicates Blt 3-30 and N&W 3-32 I think. There is no date on the box
or instructions but it appears to be 20-30 years old.
First question is on authenticity. I recalled seeing that Micro- trains had
one of these in n-scale. I would guess there must be some basis for this
car. Does anyone have any information they would like to share?
Second question is on Viability of the project. So far the only things
obviously other worth saving are the large decal, the rather decent paint
and the body structure. Does someone make a decal out there. If I want this
car as a detailing/rebuild project. Would it be better to start over from
scratch? Uh, Nick, are you sure you want to go there? For some obscure reason, Hills Brothers of San Francisco owned two box cars numbered 161 and 162 which were stenciled that they were built in 1930 but look like they were built earlier (so 1930 may have been a rebuilding date). They lasted less than ten years and were gone from the 1/40 ORER. In my 1933 ORER, their reporting marks were HBKX, but later they were apparently changed to HBCX. Ca. 1937 Will Whittaker photographed HBCX 161 on the San Francisco waterfront, and your model is probably based on that photo. I have a print of the photo and could send you a scan, but - (1) These cars could not have operated in interchange, and probably were just used for short hauls around San Francisco, as the car in the photo had not been reweighed since 3-30, and - (2) The T-M model can't really be converted into an accurate replica of the prototype because, aside from numerous other problems, the Hills Bros. cars were 9'8" IH, thus considerably taller than the T-M model. FWIW, the prototype cars were double wood sheathed with wood body framing and had 4-4 inverse Dreadnaught ends, metal sheathed roofs with flat seam battens, wood doors, fishbelly steel center sills, and ARA trucks with spring planks and Barber lateral motion devices. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520
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Nick, It's a real car. I have several photos which are out of reach at the moment so I can't describe the car to you, but don't waste your time with the TM model. I've never seen one that's worth saving either as a model or as artwork. In this case the photos are very sharp and would be a better starting point. In addition, I've sent copies of the pix to that madcap painter of all stock rolling, Bill Schneider, who promises to bring out a better looking model than TM did, if he hasn't already. I'm sure he will chime in when he reads this. Byron Rose On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:04:00 -0600 Nick Gray <nagray@...> writes: I know I am going to regret this and will probably end up tossing it
in my
pile of things that I chop up and use for other projects. But I
couldn't
resist it.
The car is a Train-Miniature Hills Brothers Coffee Car, HBCX #161.
Other
data indicates Blt 3-30 and N&W 3-32 I think. There is no date on
the box
or instructions but it appears to be 20-30 years old.
First question is on authenticity. I recalled seeing that Micro-
trains had
one of these in n-scale. I would guess there must be some basis for
this
car. Does anyone have any information they would like to share?
Second question is on Viability of the project. So far the only
things
obviously other worth saving are the large decal, the rather decent
paint
and the body structure. Does someone make a decal out there. If I
want this
car as a detailing/rebuild project. Would it be better to start over
from
scratch?
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Damn shame,
I guess this one gets added to my (2 year old) daughters collection. I
would still like a scan of the photo to see what the cars actually looked like
Thanks for the answer!
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At 09:16 PM 2/22/2001 -0800, you wrote: I know I am going to regret this and will probably end up tossing it in my
pile of things that I chop up and use for other projects. But I couldn't
resist it.
The car is a Train-Miniature Hills Brothers Coffee Car, HBCX #161. Other
data indicates Blt 3-30 and N&W 3-32 I think. There is no date on the box
or instructions but it appears to be 20-30 years old.
First question is on authenticity. I recalled seeing that Micro- trains had
one of these in n-scale. I would guess there must be some basis for this
car. Does anyone have any information they would like to share?
Second question is on Viability of the project. So far the only things
obviously other worth saving are the large decal, the rather decent paint
and the body structure. Does someone make a decal out there. If I want this
car as a detailing/rebuild project. Would it be better to start over from
scratch? Uh, Nick, are you sure you want to go there? For some obscure reason,
Hills Brothers of San Francisco owned two box cars numbered 161 and 162
which were stenciled that they were built in 1930 but look like they were
built earlier (so 1930 may have been a rebuilding date). They lasted less
than ten years and were gone from the 1/40 ORER. In my 1933 ORER, their
reporting marks were HBKX, but later they were apparently changed to HBCX.
Ca. 1937 Will Whittaker photographed HBCX 161 on the San Francisco
waterfront, and your model is probably based on that photo. I have a print
of the photo and could send you a scan, but -
(1) These cars could not have operated in interchange, and probably were
just used for short hauls around San Francisco, as the car in the photo had
not been reweighed since 3-30, and -
(2) The T-M model can't really be converted into an accurate replica of the
prototype because, aside from numerous other problems, the Hills Bros. cars
were 9'8" IH, thus considerably taller than the T-M model.
FWIW, the prototype cars were double wood sheathed with wood body framing
and had 4-4 inverse Dreadnaught ends, metal sheathed roofs with flat seam
battens, wood doors, fishbelly steel center sills, and ARA trucks with
spring planks and Barber lateral motion devices.
Richard H. Hendrickson
Ashland, Oregon 97520
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I you get a chance I wouldn't mind a scan and would even pay for a reprint
of those photos
If Bill is going to produce one. Sign me up, it's one of those cars that
just has curb appeal, even if you can't use it on your layout.
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At 12:24 AM 2/23/2001 -0500, you wrote: Nick,
It's a real car. I have several photos which are out of reach at the
moment so I can't describe the car to you, but don't waste your time with
the TM model. I've never seen one that's worth saving either as a model
or as artwork. In this case the photos are very sharp and would be a
better starting point. In addition, I've sent copies of the pix to that
madcap painter of all stock rolling, Bill Schneider, who promises to
bring out a better looking model than TM did, if he hasn't already. I'm
sure he will chime in when he reads this.
Byron Rose
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:04:00 -0600 Nick Gray <nagray@...>
writes:
I know I am going to regret this and will probably end up tossing it
in my
pile of things that I chop up and use for other projects. But I
couldn't
resist it.
The car is a Train-Miniature Hills Brothers Coffee Car, HBCX #161.
Other
data indicates Blt 3-30 and N&W 3-32 I think. There is no date on
the box
or instructions but it appears to be 20-30 years old.
First question is on authenticity. I recalled seeing that Micro-
trains had
one of these in n-scale. I would guess there must be some basis for
this
car. Does anyone have any information they would like to share?
Second question is on Viability of the project. So far the only
things
obviously other worth saving are the large decal, the rather decent
paint
and the body structure. Does someone make a decal out there. If I
want this
car as a detailing/rebuild project. Would it be better to start over
from
scratch?
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Nick and friends, A partial view of one of the Hills Brothers' cars can be seen at: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/dynaweb/calher/strike/figures/I0015605A.jpgIt is the car on the extreme left. I am not sure of the exact location, but it appears that this might be on the State Belt Railroad/San Francisco Belt Railroad at their interchange with the SP. The rock bunker to the rear was served by the SBR, and often figures prominently in a number of surviving photos. Hills Brothers had a large roasting and packaging factory in that area, but it was a few blocks inland from the docks. Might these two cars have been used to shuttle bagged coffee beans from ships to the roasting plant? The above photo is part of the California Digital Archive collection. It was taken during the 1934 Longshoremen's Strike. More photos, including freight cars and locomotives, can be seen by browsing this collection beginning at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org:80/dynaweb/ead/calher/strike/@Generic__BookView;cs=default;ts=default In general, the CDC has some very interesting train photos. You might also look at the section on building the Oakland Bay Bridge. It has some SP stuff. There is also a section on the Bully Hill Mines and their Sacramento Valley & Eastern, plus more miscellaneous railroad subjects in other files. Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Nick Gray wrote:
Damn shame,
I guess this one gets added to my (2 year old) daughters collection. I
would still like a scan of the photo to see what the cars actually looked like
Thanks for the answer!
At 09:16 PM 2/22/2001 -0800, you wrote:
I know I am going to regret this and will probably end up tossing it in my
pile of things that I chop up and use for other projects. But I couldn't
resist it.
The car is a Train-Miniature Hills Brothers Coffee Car, HBCX #161. Other
data indicates Blt 3-30 and N&W 3-32 I think. There is no date on the box
or instructions but it appears to be 20-30 years old.
First question is on authenticity. I recalled seeing that Micro- trains had
one of these in n-scale. I would guess there must be some basis for this
car. Does anyone have any information they would like to share?
Second question is on Viability of the project. So far the only things
obviously other worth saving are the large decal, the rather decent paint
and the body structure. Does someone make a decal out there. If I want this
car as a detailing/rebuild project. Would it be better to start over from
scratch? Uh, Nick, are you sure you want to go there? For some obscure reason,
Hills Brothers of San Francisco owned two box cars numbered 161 and 162
which were stenciled that they were built in 1930 but look like they were
built earlier (so 1930 may have been a rebuilding date). They lasted less
than ten years and were gone from the 1/40 ORER. In my 1933 ORER, their
reporting marks were HBKX, but later they were apparently changed to HBCX.
Ca. 1937 Will Whittaker photographed HBCX 161 on the San Francisco
waterfront, and your model is probably based on that photo. I have a print
of the photo and could send you a scan, but -
(1) These cars could not have operated in interchange, and probably were
just used for short hauls around San Francisco, as the car in the photo had
not been reweighed since 3-30, and -
(2) The T-M model can't really be converted into an accurate replica of the
prototype because, aside from numerous other problems, the Hills Bros. cars
were 9'8" IH, thus considerably taller than the T-M model.
FWIW, the prototype cars were double wood sheathed with wood body framing
and had 4-4 inverse Dreadnaught ends, metal sheathed roofs with flat seam
battens, wood doors, fishbelly steel center sills, and ARA trucks with
spring planks and Barber lateral motion devices.
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Grath Groff wrote: A partial view of one of the Hills Brothers' cars can be seen at:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/dynaweb/calher/strike/figures/I0015605A
.jpg
It is the car on the extreme left. I am not sure of the exact location,
but it appears that this might be on the State Belt Railroad/San
Francisco Belt Railroad at their interchange with the SP. The rock
bunker to the rear was served by the SBR, and often figures prominently
in a number of surviving photos. Hills Brothers had a large roasting and
packaging factory in that area, but it was a few blocks inland from the
docks. Might these two cars have been used to shuttle bagged coffee
beans from ships to the roasting plant? That would certainly account for the fact that the weight stenciling on the cars was never updated. If they were in captive shuttle service on the SBR, it wouldn't have been necessary to keep the light weight and load limit current. I wonder what happened to the two Hills Bros. cars when they disappeared from the ORERs in the late 1930s? They may have just decided to stop listing them, since they never went off-line. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520
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That would certainly account for the fact that the weight
stenciling on the
cars was never updated. If they were in captive shuttle service on the
SBR, it wouldn't have been necessary to keep the light weight and load
limit current. I wonder what happened to the two Hills Bros. cars when
they disappeared from the ORERs in the late 1930s? They may have just
decided to stop listing them, since they never went off-line. FWIW, post WWII, the Hills Brothers company was leasing warehouses in Oakland -- one of the buildings run by the Howard Terminal and another over on 3rd street, both served by the WP. Dave Nelson
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At 08:25 AM 2/23/2001 -0500, you wrote: Nick and friends,
A partial view of one of the Hills Brothers' cars can be seen at:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/dynaweb/calher/strike/figures/I0015 605A.jpg
It is the car on the extreme left. I am not sure of the exact location,
but it appears that this might be on the State Belt Railroad/San
Francisco Belt Railroad at their interchange with the SP. The rock
bunker to the rear was served by the SBR, and often figures prominently
in a number of surviving photos. Hills Brothers had a large roasting and
packaging factory in that area, but it was a few blocks inland from the
docks. Might these two cars have been used to shuttle bagged coffee
beans from ships to the roasting plant?
BTW- Did anyone else notice that really cool SP USRA 40' gon in the foreground? Probably ex El Paso& Southwestern- LR King
The above photo is part of the California Digital Archive collection. It
was taken during the 1934 Longshoremen's Strike. More photos, including
freight cars and locomotives, can be seen by browsing this collection
beginning at:
http://www.oac.cdlib.org:80/dynaweb/ead/calher/strike/@Generic__BookView;cs
=default;ts=default
In general, the CDC has some very interesting train photos. You might
also look at the section on building the Oakland Bay Bridge. It has some
SP stuff. There is also a section on the Bully Hill Mines and their
Sacramento Valley & Eastern, plus more miscellaneous railroad subjects
in other files.
Kind regards,
Garth G. Groff
Nick Gray wrote:
Damn shame,
I guess this one gets added to my (2 year old) daughters collection. I
would still like a scan of the photo to see what the cars actually
looked like
Thanks for the answer!
At 09:16 PM 2/22/2001 -0800, you wrote:
I know I am going to regret this and will probably end up tossing it
in my pile of things that I chop up and use for other projects. But I couldn't
resist it.
The car is a Train-Miniature Hills Brothers Coffee Car, HBCX #161. Other
data indicates Blt 3-30 and N&W 3-32 I think. There is no date on the
box or instructions but it appears to be 20-30 years old.
First question is on authenticity. I recalled seeing that Micro-
trains had one of these in n-scale. I would guess there must be some basis for this
car. Does anyone have any information they would like to share?
Second question is on Viability of the project. So far the only things
obviously other worth saving are the large decal, the rather decent
paint and the body structure. Does someone make a decal out there. If I
want this car as a detailing/rebuild project. Would it be better to start over
from scratch? Uh, Nick, are you sure you want to go there? For some obscure reason,
Hills Brothers of San Francisco owned two box cars numbered 161 and 162
which were stenciled that they were built in 1930 but look like they were
built earlier (so 1930 may have been a rebuilding date). They lasted less
than ten years and were gone from the 1/40 ORER. In my 1933 ORER, their
reporting marks were HBKX, but later they were apparently changed to HBCX.
Ca. 1937 Will Whittaker photographed HBCX 161 on the San Francisco
waterfront, and your model is probably based on that photo. I have a
print of the photo and could send you a scan, but -
(1) These cars could not have operated in interchange, and probably were
just used for short hauls around San Francisco, as the car in the photo
had not been reweighed since 3-30, and -
(2) The T-M model can't really be converted into an accurate replica of
the prototype because, aside from numerous other problems, the Hills Bros.
cars were 9'8" IH, thus considerably taller than the T-M model.
FWIW, the prototype cars were double wood sheathed with wood body framing
and had 4-4 inverse Dreadnaught ends, metal sheathed roofs with flat seam
battens, wood doors, fishbelly steel center sills, and ARA trucks with
spring planks and Barber lateral motion devices.
Richard H. Hendrickson
Ashland, Oregon 97520
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