Hey Don,

I've got a nice photo of an A-1 that I intend to post
on the STMFC files as soon as I get done writing this
message. If you check and it's not there, then I had a
problem, so write me back and I'll send it to you
directly.

Off the top of my pointy little head, the A-1s were
9011-9060 and were built in 1937 by SAL (Jacksonville)
from G-6 low-side composite gons. I've never seen a
photo of the 10 A class cars (9001-9010 +/-) but they
were dimensionally similar and the SAL 1949 roster
book reports they were also built from G-6s.
SO...I'll take a leap and say they probably looked
very much like the A-1s. I'll let the photo do the
rest of the talking.

This would be a neat little modeling project. I'm sure
we could find sides that would work, and the ends were
4/5 dreadnaught. Murphy roof. You could splice the
decals from Ted Culotta's SAL box car decal set.

Hope this helps!
John

Message: 10
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:34:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Don Worthy <don_worthy@...>
Subject: Re: RE: inside view SAL autobox

Thank you John. I wish there had been a car number in
the view. Could
you tell me what the numbers were for these cars? My
Seaboard info is
limited. What few hobby dollars I've had has gone for
Central of Georgia
photos and such. I'm trying to branch out.
Also, could you point me to a photo that would show me
what the outside
of this type car looks like? Off list, perhaps. I'm at

worthy57@...
Thanks again, John
Don Worthy


John Golden
O'Fallon, IL
http://www.pbase.com/golden1014

--- In STMFC@..., John Golden <golden1014@y...> wrote:

Hey Don,

I've got a nice photo of an A-1 that I intend to post
on the STMFC files as soon as I get done writing this
message. If you check and it's not there, then I had a
problem, so write me back and I'll send it to you
directly.

Off the top of my pointy little head, the A-1s were
9011-9060 and were built in 1937 by SAL (Jacksonville)
from G-6 low-side composite gons. I've never seen a
photo of the 10 A class cars (9001-9010 +/-) but they
were dimensionally similar and the SAL 1949 roster
book reports they were also built from G-6s.
SO...I'll take a leap and say they probably looked
very much like the A-1s. I'll let the photo do the
rest of the talking.

This would be a neat little modeling project. I'm sure
we could find sides that would work, and the ends were
4/5 dreadnaught. Murphy roof. You could splice the
decals from Ted Culotta's SAL box car decal set.

Hope this helps!
John

Message: 10
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:34:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Don Worthy <don_worthy@y...>
Subject: Re: RE: inside view SAL autobox

Thank you John. I wish there had been a car number in
the view. Could
you tell me what the numbers were for these cars? My
Seaboard info is
limited. What few hobby dollars I've had has gone for
Central of Georgia
photos and such. I'm trying to branch out.
Also, could you point me to a photo that would show me
what the outside
of this type car looks like? Off list, perhaps. I'm at

worthy57@a...
Thanks again, John
Don Worthy


John Golden
O'Fallon, IL
http://www.pbase.com/golden1014

Thank you John. This is a good shot. I see the side sills do look
different, even more than I had imagined. I notice, also, that the
end sill projects out, too. I take it that the gons had this, too. As
a gon, they must have been like some of the pensy equipment.
I'll be looking for a suitable car to use for a starting point.
Thank you, again
Don Worthy

Don, did you know SAL 9028 is parked out in the weeds at SERM? Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it and don't know how accessible it is for photos.

John, do you have a larger format image you could post in the files section? I would like to forward it to the good folks at SERM and maybe plant an idea for a restoration. The car's appearance has not been attended to since it was donated and most of the paint and lettering is weathered away.

Thanks,

Frank Greene
fgreen01@...

Off the top of my pointy little head, the A-1s were 9011-9060 and were built in 1937 by SAL (Jacksonville) from G-6 low-side composite gons.

This would be a neat little modeling project. I'm sure we could find sides that would work, and the ends were 4/5 dreadnaught. Murphy roof. You could splice the decals from Ted Culotta's SAL box car decal set.

Hope this helps!
John

Thank you John. I wish there had been a car number in the view. Could you tell me what the numbers were for these cars? My

Seaboard info is limited. What few hobby dollars I've had has gone for Central of Georgia photos and such. I'm trying to branch out.

Also, could you point me to a photo that would show me what the outside of this type car looks like? Off list, perhaps. I'm at

worthy57@...

Thanks again, John
Don Worthy

In a message dated 10/20/2005 7:15:00 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
abrown@... writes:

What & where is SERM?



---> See;

_SRM Exhibits: Freight Cars_ (http://www.srmduluth.org/Exhibits/freight.htm)


---> You might also be interested in...

_ACL and SAL Railroads HS: Survivor Details_
(http://aclsal.org/survive/ShowItemById.aspx?ID=18)

I didn't know what SERM was for sure, so I did a quick search for "SAL
9028", and found this...

Hope it helps

Take Care!

Brian R. Termunde
West Jordan, Utah

"Ship and Travel the Grand Canyon Line!"
Grand Canyon Railway
Utah District

What & where is SERM?

-- thanks --

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

--- In STMFC@..., "Frank Greene" <fgreen01@m...> wrote:

Don, did you know SAL 9028 is parked out in the weeds at SERM?
Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it and don't know how

accessible

it is for photos.

John, do you have a larger format image you could post in the

files section?

I would like to forward it to the good folks at SERM and maybe

plant an idea

for a restoration. The car's appearance has not been attended to

since it

was donated and most of the paint and lettering is weathered away.

Thanks,

Frank Greene
fgreen01@m...

Off the top of my pointy little head, the A-1s were 9011-9060

and were

built in 1937 by SAL (Jacksonville) from G-6 low-side composite

gons.

This would be a neat little modeling project. I'm sure we could

find sides

that would work, and the ends were 4/5 dreadnaught. Murphy roof.

You could

splice the decals from Ted Culotta's SAL box car decal set.

Hope this helps!
John

Thank you John. I wish there had been a car number in the view.

Could you

tell me what the numbers were for these cars? My

Seaboard info is limited. What few hobby dollars I've had has gone

for

Central of Georgia photos and such. I'm trying to branch out.

Also, could you point me to a photo that would show me what the

outside of

this type car looks like? Off list, perhaps. I'm at

worthy57@a...

Thanks again, John
Don Worthy