--- In STMFC@..., "Benjamin Frank Hom" <b.hom@w...> wrote:

DT&I 11500-11799, rebuilt 1936. 9 ft IH, 5/5/5 Murphy Ends, 15 U-

section rib radial steel roof, 8 Panel Sides, triangular side sill
brackets, 6 ft Youngstown Door. 187 cars equipped for automobile
engine loading (AAR Class XAP). Cars later rebuilt with plug doors.

http://dti.railfan.net/Pototype_Images/rs/DTI11542.jpg

Ben, anyone make this roof in HO?

Garrett Rea
Nashville, TN

Garrett Rea asked:
Ben, anyone make this roof in HO? [DT&I USRA DS Rebuild]

Not that I know of. Sunshine didn't get around to this one when they did their series of USRA DS rebuilds, and this roof appears to be unique to the DT&I rebuilds. I'm on the lookout for a good roof shot so I can figure out how to scratchbuild this thing.


Ben Hom

The main page http://dti.railfan.net/ has a pic of the car and
alludes to roof shots (I didn't have time to look for them).

Jerry Glow

--- In STMFC@..., "Garrett W. Rea" <Garrett.Rea@w...>
wrote:

--- In STMFC@..., "Benjamin Frank Hom" <b.hom@w...>

wrote:

DT&I 11500-11799, rebuilt 1936. 9 ft IH, 5/5/5 Murphy Ends, 15 U-

section rib radial steel roof, 8 Panel Sides, triangular side sill
brackets, 6 ft Youngstown Door. 187 cars equipped for automobile
engine loading (AAR Class XAP). Cars later rebuilt with plug doors.

http://dti.railfan.net/Pototype_Images/rs/DTI11542.jpg

Ben, anyone make this roof in HO?

Garrett Rea
Nashville, TN

Jerry Glow wrote:
The main page http://dti.railfan.net/ has a pic of the car and
alludes to roof shots (I didn't have time to look for them).

Jerry, thanks. The photos are of a retired car and are on this page:
http://dti.railfan.net/Equipment_Database/DTI11000sUSRA40'dsBox/ArtDTI
11500s.html

Kind of looks like a Climax roof with extra ribs and panels. It
looks like a straightforward scratchbuilding project using the
techniques from Hundman's ATSF Class Bx-9 project from the August
1999 Mainline Modeler.


Ben Hom

Ben wrote:

Jerry, thanks.  The photos are of a retired car and are on this page:
http://dti.railfan.net/Equipment_Database/DTI11000sUSRA40'dsBox/ArtDTI
11500s.html

Kind of looks like a Climax roof with extra ribs and panels.  It
looks like a straightforward scratchbuilding project using the
techniques from Hundman's ATSF Class Bx-9 project from the August
1999 Mainline Modeler.


Ben:

It is a Hutchins radial roof. This is the same roof that was on the
C&O and NKP '32 ARA cars. The seam caps are quite "tall" compared to
those on other radial roofs.

Regards,
Ted Culotta