Brake Hose Detail Questions ...
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Hi, It is fairly common to see brake hoses (on models) that have been painted. What I think is correct for our era is that the hose itself (the rubber part) should be DULL black (rubber) - with considerable road grime that is often almost brown, and the fittings (valve and hose end) should be oxidized rust (most of the time), black (some times - if that particular RR painted theirs ... but still dirty), and ... rarely ... white. Additionally, I know that some RRs used a band of metal around the hose near the end that is sometimes painted white, red, or (later, past our era) silver. Were these bands even there in the post WW-II era? What I do not think is 'ever' (never say never) right is that the metal fittings are silver. Do I have that, for the most part, correct? For the post WW-II years! Are there some RRs for which the exceptions I mentioned above are 'the rule' rather than the exception? - Jim
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earlyrail
It is fairly common to see brake hoses (on models) that have been painted. Cannot find anything on a metal label. However, 1953 Car Builders Cyclopedia has this definition: Air Brake Hose Label. A label of red or white rubber vulcanized to the air-brake hose near one end. In the label is to be branded the initials or name of the railroad or other purchaser; the name of the manufacture; the date of manufacture; the hose serial number; and the monogram of the mechanical association. Similar requirements date back to 1905 or earlier. Howard Garner
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Howard,
Thanks - I suspect those labels were for "wreck identification". I remembered them wrong (that they were metal instead of part of the rubber) ... or they are metal these days and they weren't those days. So much has been lost ... - Jim B.
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Dennis Storzek
---In STMFC@..., <jimbetz@...> wrote : Howard, Thanks - I suspect those labels were for "wreck identification". I remembered them wrong (that they were metal instead of part of the rubber) ... or they are metal these days and they weren't those days. So much has been lost ... - Jim B. ======================= That is correct, and the rubber looked like a tire patch (remember those?) and wasn't all that big, maybe 3/4" x 1-1/2", long way around the hose. Dennis Storzek
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earlyrail
Originally (1902) they were used to track install and removal dates with a range of years and months cast into the rubber in a manner that allowed the dates to be cut out without damage.
Ref: 1903 Car Builders Dictionary, page 2 Howard (1905) Garner
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Michael Watnoski
What I do not think is 'ever' (never say never) right is that the metal fittings are silver.Hi Jim, Many of the couplings are iridite finished, a type of anodeization. This has a gold color that lasts a long time. Michael
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Michael,
Do you know when that finish began to be used on glad hands? Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL ________________________________________ From: STMFC@... <STMFC@...> on behalf of Michael Watnoski freestatesystems1@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 4:52 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Brake Hose Detail Questions ... What I do not think is 'ever' (never say never)Hi Jim, Many of the couplings are iridite finished, a type of anodeization. This has a gold color that lasts a long time. Michael ------------------------------------ Posted by: Michael Watnoski <freestatesystems1@...> ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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Michael Watnoski
Hi Bruce,
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Sorry, I was not keeping notes. Perhaps one of our freight car repairman could remember. Michael
On 6/21/2017 7:55 PM, 'Bruce F. Smith' smithbf@... [STMFC] wrote:
Michael,
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