Help with B&O M-59 Ladder Size Approximation
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Friends,
I am hoping someone experienced with boxcar ladder sizes could help me estimate the rung width and separation height on the ladder in the attached photo? For size reference the "B&O" in the reporting marks is 9" tall and the "& Ohio" lettering higher up is 7" tall. Thank you in advance.
Bruce D. Griffin
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mel perry
if you know the wheel spacing of the truck, take the photo tona copy.shop that has a scaleable copy machine and increase or decrease the size until you get the right size, you'll also need a scale ruler to verify, btw that photo looks like a model, not the real.thing ;-) On Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:16 PM Bruce Griffin <bdg1210@...> wrote: Friends, |
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Friends,
Maybe I wasn't clear in my question, I was trying not to be leading. Using the dividers and the known dimensions on the lettering (from a B&O lettering drawing), the ladders appear to be close to 18" wide with a 18" separation. Does that look like what you see? The opening looks rectangular, but measure square.
Bruce D. Griffin
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Bruce I would agree, 18”. I believe that was a standard ladder width. The car number could be used to find the car in an ORER listing or full photo of a car from the same series, that could off more dimensional information.
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bruce Griffin
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:23 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Help with B&O M-59 Ladder Size Approximation
Friends,
Bruce D. Griffin
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Bruce,
I concur with the others, 18" wide by 18" vertical spacing. YMMW model works has this combination of rung width and ladder rung vertical spacing. Ryan Mendell |
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Thank you for your replies, public and private, I’ll go with 7 rung 18” by 18” ladders.
-- Bruce D. Griffin
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
Hi Bruce,
What I’m seeing certainly looks like and 18” x 18” square to me and seems to be in keeping with records for such ladders. I wonder of the shadow of the left-hand style is giving you an optical illusion.
My best, Don Valentine
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