Con-Cor Stock Cars
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thecitrusbelt@...
Has anyone had a chance to take a close look at Con-Cor’s HO scale 1880-1930 era stock car? Is it reasonably (We all completely agree on this term, right?) accurate for any actual prototype?
https://www.con-cor.com/website/?s=cattle+car&post_type=product
Thanks.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
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Mike Fleming
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Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Mike,
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Maybe it would be odd for these cars, but in later days stock cars were very useful in MW service for carrying materials that let off potentially dangerous vapors. Possible loads were barrels of creosote or gasoline, and also newly creosoted ties. The WP kept several stock cars in this service through the 1960s, though they weren't given any special lettering. Yours Aye, Garth Groff On 4/5/16 3:13 PM, 'Mike Fleming'
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Bill Welch
When was the last time Con-Cor had any New Tooling?
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Mike Fleming
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John C. La Rue, Jr. <MOFWCABOOSE@...>
In the early days when most maintenance was still man- and animal-powered, there might be a stock car in an outfit to accommodate horses or mules, but in those days any such cars would still have been in revenue p/l. Special color schemes for work equipment did not get going until the 1930s on most railroads. The only modern use of stock cars that I know of was on the Northern Pacific, which used some as tie cars, still in revenue p/l, in the 1960s and extending into the BN era.
John C. La Rue, Jr.,
Bonita Springs, FL
-----Original Message----- From: 'Mike Fleming' mrfleming@... [STMFC] To: STMFC Sent: Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:15 pm Subject: Re: [STMFC] Con-Cor Stock Cars Does anyone else think it's unusual that they have a car with maintenance of way markings?
Mike Fleming President, Memphis Railroad and Trolley Museum Inc. Superintendent, Bluff City Div. SER, NMRA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "thecitrusbelt@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> To: <STMFC@...> Subject: [STMFC] Con-Cor Stock Cars Date: 05 Apr 2016 12:11:04 -0700 Has anyone had a chance to take a close look at Con-Cor’s HO scale 1880-1930 era stock car? Is it reasonably (We all completely agree on this term, right?) accurate for any actual prototype?
Thanks.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
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Steve Caple <stevecaple@...>
Re: Con-Cor Stock Cars
<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/STMFC/conversations/topics/142068;_ylc=X3oDMTJzMmN1MDJyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI1NTQ3NTMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTY5NzI1BG1zZ0lkAzE0MjA2OARzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxNDU5ODkzMTE0> Tue Apr 5, 2016 12:15 pm (PDT) . Posted by: "Mike Fleming" tocfan1 <mailto:mrfleming@...?subject=Re%3A%20Con-Cor%20Stock%20Cars> Does anyone else think it's unusual that they have a car with maintenance of way markings? Wasn't that dinosaur on the G&D an MoW worker? |
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Charlie Vlk
The CB&Q also used stock cars for moving ties, and right now on eBay there is a photo of a CB&Q Stock Car in MOW service and colors with the slats boarded solid for use as a regular car for carrying tools or equipment. Old boxcars of the vintage of the Con-Cor stock car were certainly used in MOW service but I’ve not seen any stock cars used as such and no mention of such cars in rosters sticks in my memory but that is not necessarily proof of anything! Charlie Vlk |
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Bob the Con-Cor stockcar looks like a piece of junk to me. A crude copy of the MDC old timer stockcar. The MDC car was loosely based upon a Colorado Midland prototype, which had the solid sides on their upper section. Note the crude claws on the door, the extra large door track and the rather thick door with no bracing to keep it square. There appear to be no truss rods, which would have been the norm for a car of this vintage. Nor are any bolt heads visible. The MDC model would be a better choice in my opinion, it certainly has finer detail.
Doug Harding
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earlyrail
Bob the Con-Cor stockcar looks like a piece of junk to me. A crude copy ofWhat no one has mentioned is that this appears to be the old AHM Old Time stock car. Howard Garner |
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