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US Navy freight cars.
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I am sure this has come up but can not find anything about it in the archives. I
have a US Navy, made by Athern, boxcar and am wondering how correct it is? Did the Navy have any boxcars and if so does anyone have a picture of one in service? Did they have alot of them? I also have seen a Navy flatcar on e-bay, Mantua I think, and am wondering the same thing about it. Thank you for any and all support that I can get for this question. Kenny Broomfield |
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Richard Hendrickson
On May 16, 2011, at 12:59 PM, kenneth broomfield wrote:
I am sure this has come up but can not find anything about it inThe Navy had three large groups of 50' 1-1/2 door steel box cars for ammunition loading, as well as a few flat cars, conventional tank cars, and helium tank cars. See any steam era Official Railway Equipment Register. No Athearn model is remotely close to any U. S. Navy cars, and I doubt that the Mantua flat is at all accurate, either. Richard Hendrickson |
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Rod Miller
On 5/16/11 1:54 PM, Richard Hendrickson wrote:
On May 16, 2011, at 12:59 PM, kenneth broomfield wrote:An image of what may be one of the cars Richard mentions has beenI am sure this has come up but can not find anything about it inThe Navy had three large groups of 50' 1-1/2 door steel box cars for uploaded to the Photos area. Look in Rod Miller's photos. Rod -- Custom 2-rail O Scale Models: Drives, | O Scale West / S West Repairs, Steam Loco Building, More | 2012 Meet is Feb 9-11 http://www.rodmiller.com | http://www.oscalewest.com |
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Allen Cain <allencain@...>
Yes, the Navy did have box cars and at least one Helium car (for blimps I
think?). Will send to you direct in a separate email. You find the car numbers and other info in any ORER. I will send a scan of the October 1954 Navy info. Allen Cain |
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SamClarke
Don't forget the Navy had three lots of 40 foot PS-1 box cars built in 1952, 1953 and 1955.
Sam Clarke Kadee Quality Products From: Allen Cain Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 9:08 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: US Navy freight cars. Yes, the Navy did have box cars and at least one Helium car (for blimps I think?). Will send to you direct in a separate email. You find the car numbers and other info in any ORER. I will send a scan of the October 1954 Navy info. Allen Cain |
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Marty McGuirk
We still use some of those cars - they were refurbished a few years ago. They are used to move conventional ordnance . . .
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see http://www.public.navy.mil/navsafecen/Documents/SuccessStories2/107_Asbst_RR_Restor.pdf The Navy Railway Operating Handbook https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/page/portal/docs/doc_store_pub/navy%20railway%20operations%20handbook offers a good basic introduction to the various types and cargos the Navy/Marine Corps ship by rail. Love the cover image - which hasn't changed in well over 6 decades. There were of course, specialized cars that look like flatcars with large cylinders semi-permanently mounted in place, used to transport spent fuel rods. The current version of these cars operate with DODX markings and are designated as M140 - a little late for the era of this list, but there was an earlier version that ran in the (late) steam era. Marty ----- Original Message -----
From: mail@... To: STMFC@... Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:41:56 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: US Navy freight cars. Don't forget the Navy had three lots of 40 foot PS-1 box cars built in 1952, 1953 and 1955. Sam Clarke Kadee Quality Products From: Allen Cain Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 9:08 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: US Navy freight cars. Yes, the Navy did have box cars and at least one Helium car (for blimps I think?). Will send to you direct in a separate email. You find the car numbers and other info in any ORER. I will send a scan of the October 1954 Navy info. Allen Cain [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Marty, the first photo (pg 1) of the document you linked sure looks like
someone's nicely detailed, but unweathered, model, until you enlarge the image. And ceiling tiles? (see caption pg 2) Inside a boxcar? Obviously the author of the article knew nothing about boxcars. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org |
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