On February 26, 2019 at 9:10 PM "Richard Townsend via Groups.Io" <richtownsend@...> wrote:

They do. A photo of the prototype, plus plans, are in the 1940 Car Builders Cyclopedia, pages 236-37. The car in the photo is Erie 44000. It has drop doors.

Also, I need to correct myself regarding the Lindberg stock car. The article I referred to was in the January 1991 RMC, pages 86-87: "Build a Milwaukee Road stock car" by John Swanson.

Richard Townsend

Lincoln City, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Hansmann <eric@...>
To: main <main@realstmfc.groups.io>
Sent: Tue, Feb 26, 2019 5:14 pm
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Throwback Tuesday: The Lindberg Line

I bought a pair of the Lindbergh gons several years ago. IIRC, they follow an Erie coal gondola prototype.


Eric Hansmann
Murfreesboro, TN

> On Feb 26, 2019, at 6:48 PM, Benjamin Hom < b.hom@...> wrote:
>
> Dave North wrote:
> "I believe the Con Cor 50’ gondola was originally a Lindberg product?"
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> No.  Revell.
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> Ben Hom
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>
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On Feb 26, 2019, at 6:48 PM, Benjamin Hom <b.hom@att.net> wrote:

Dave North wrote:
"I believe the Con Cor 50’ gondola was originally a Lindberg product?"

No. Revell.


Ben Hom

Lindberg ad, Model Railroader, December 1962.

 

 

Ben Hom

The reefer has short doors like a meat reefer.  Some 30 or more years ago I picked up 4 or 5 at a swap and did some simple upgrades…consistent with my limited knowledge at the time…and turned them into Armour (TRAX) cars.  They would be considered stand-ins, I’m sure, by todays standards but they are still in regular use in my sessions.

Bill

Friends,

I've occasionally seen the Lindberg switcher at train shows, and scored one of the rather oversized cabooses to get the end platforms/steps (parts still in my stock), but have never seen any of the other freight cars. Has anyone ever run across these? Were they ever re-issued by somebody else? The stock car looks like it might have conversion possibilities.

I think I still have at least one pair of the Lindberg trucks floating around someplace. They were among the best rolling trucks of their era.

Now here's something to ponder. A.C. Gilbert of American Flyer fame also tried their hands at HO. Most of their stuff was the same tooling as Marx (and  IIRC is still available from Model Power). Most Gilbert was really low-quality junk, but when I was a youngster I had two Gilbert 50' fishbelly flat cars that were quite different. Except for the trucks and horn couplers, these were one-piece cast metal and had some pretty good detail, plus enough weight to keep them on the track. I keep an eye out for these at train shows, and may be tempted if I ever run across any again. They might be worth upgrading.

Yours Aye,


Garth Groff

Lindberg ad, Model Railroader, December 1962.

 

 

Ben Hom

Friends,

I've occasionally seen the Lindberg switcher at train shows, and scored one of the rather oversized cabooses to get the end platforms/steps (parts still in my stock), but have never seen any of the other freight cars. Has anyone ever run across these? Were they ever re-issued by somebody else? The stock car looks like it might have conversion possibilities.

I think I still have at least one pair of the Lindberg trucks floating around someplace. They were among the best rolling trucks of their era.

Now here's something to ponder. A.C. Gilbert of American Flyer fame also tried their hands at HO. Most of their stuff was the same tooling as Marx (and  IIRC is still available from Model Power). Most Gilbert was really low-quality junk, but when I was a youngster I had two Gilbert 50' fishbelly flat cars that were quite different. Except for the trucks and horn couplers, these were one-piece cast metal and had some pretty good detail, plus enough weight to keep them on the track. I keep an eye out for these at train shows, and may be tempted if I ever run across any again. They might be worth upgrading.

Yours Aye,


Garth Groff

Lindberg ad, Model Railroader, December 1962.

 

 

Ben Hom