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USRA G.E.T stenciled boxcars
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Brian J. Carlson <brian@...>
I was reading RPC 17 last night, another fine volume Ed and Pat, and
it got me thinking about the cars that were lettered G.E.T. Were these cars in revenue service in this scheme. Who was responsible for repairs, utilization, per diem etc. Did the USRA have a car/traffic department set up for these cars? I model the 50's so I don't have any references from the appropriate time period, just wonder how this was handled. Brian Carlson |
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Westerfield <westerfield@...>
Brian - It was my understanding that the cars were placed in storage, not run. - Al Westerfield
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From: Brian J. Carlson To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:49 AM Subject: [STMFC] USRA G.E.T stenciled boxcars I was reading RPC 17 last night, another fine volume Ed and Pat, and it got me thinking about the cars that were lettered G.E.T. Were these cars in revenue service in this scheme. Who was responsible for repairs, utilization, per diem etc. Did the USRA have a car/traffic department set up for these cars? I model the 50's so I don't have any references from the appropriate time period, just wonder how this was handled. Brian Carlson |
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Richard Hendrickson
On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Brian J. Carlson wrote:
I was reading RPC 17 last night, another fine volume Ed and Pat, and The G.E.T. cars were so stenciled to show ownership until the USRA could persuade some railroad to accept (and pay for) them. They were stored until a buyer was found, then re-stenciled with the reporting marks and numbers of the buyer, so they never operated in revenue service as G.E.T. cars. Richard Hendrickson |
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Brian J Carlson <brian@...>
Al and Richard thanks.
Were they stored at the car Builder's or did the government send them to yards for storage. So any of those Westerfield/Tichy/Im Tichy RTR cars lettered G.E.T. should be stored on a siding and not running in revenue service. I realize westerfield doesn't offer this scheme but some could paint one up. Brian carlson |
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Brian Carlson wrote:
"So any of those Westerfield/Tichy/Im Tichy RTR cars lettered G.E.T. should be stored on a siding and not running in revenue service. I realize westerfield doesn't offer this scheme but some could paint one up." Actually, Al does offer this scheme: http://www.westerfield.biz/3301_63626.htm http://www.westerfield.biz/3804_64961.htm Ben Hom |
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Brian J Carlson <brian@...>
Thanks ben, I only looked at the 3300 series kits. oops
brian carlson On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:12:30 -0000, benjaminfrank_hom wrote Brian Carlson wrote:-- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) |
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asychis@...
OK, now on to Columbia Trust. What was behind those cars with "CT"
following the number? Jerry Michels **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) |
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Westerfield <westerfield@...>
This was a government financing program to supply cars to roads that could not afford the immediate purchase price. - Al Westerfield
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From: asychis@... To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: [STMFC] Re: USRA G.E.T stenciled boxcars OK, now on to Columbia Trust. What was behind those cars with "CT" following the number? Jerry Michels **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) |
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