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ACY 175-194 flatcars
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Richard Townsend
I'm looking for photos of the 42' flatcars owned by the AC&Y, numbered 175 to 194. Is there an accurate model of these cars in HO? Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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I could be wrong, but isn't that the Tichy model?
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Richard Townsend
I'm hoping it is (or the Red Caboose flat is) but I have not found anything that confirms it. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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From: John Sykes III via groups.io <johnsykesiii@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Sent: Sun, Sep 19, 2021 2:47 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] ACY 175-194 flatcars I could be wrong, but isn't that the Tichy model?
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James Brewer
I believe the Tichy model is based on a NC&StL prototype. Jim Brewer On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 5:56 PM Richard Townsend via groups.io <richtownsend=netscape.net@groups.io> wrote:
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Philip Dove
The Tichy model is based on a car built by ACF for NC&StL. I beleive it was typical of flat cars made for a number of roads. ERTL made a rtr version of this car that is identical l have both. I will go and look up my meagre references to see if l can find out more. |
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Philip Dove
The Tichy /Gould kit was for a NC&StL ACF built car from 1923. JohnNehrich in NEB&W Guide to Steam-era freight car modeling, part B says the car "became in effect the ACF standard flat," He makes no mention of the ACY having any of these cars. The Champ decal set HC-646 for this car includes road names for 8 roads but not ACY. Richard Hendrickson wrote an article about the ACF built cars in the June 1993 Rail model Journal. |
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Richard I don't have a photo of the AC&Y flats in question but I do have the following information from the defunct ACY Historical Society. There were a total of 16 cars in the number series 175-194.They were all steel with a wood floor and were 42'1" in length. They were built in 1923, no builder info available and leased by the AC&Y in 1957 from NEL Corporation. They were on the roster until 1966. Bob Weston
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Eric Hansmann
Richard Hendrickson’s prototype summary for the Tichy HO scale flat car models begins on page 5 of this June 1993 Rail Model Journal.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Philip Dove
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2021 6:45 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] ACY 175-194 flatcars
The Tichy /Gould kit was for a NC&StL ACF built car from 1923. JohnNehrich in NEB&W Guide to Steam-era freight car modeling, part B says the car "became in effect the ACF standard flat," He makes no mention of the ACY having any of these cars. The Champ decal set HC-646 for this car includes road names for 8 roads but not ACY. Richard Hendrickson wrote an article about the ACF built cars in the June 1993 Rail model Journal. |
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Richard I did some digging around and given that these cars were 42'1"long and built in 1923 they might possibly be clones of the USRA flatcar. Red Caboose, now Intermountain, makes a model of this car. Freight car historian Richard Hendrickson did an extensive article on the prototype cars in the January 1997 issue of Railmodel Journal. Given that the AC&Y cars were leased and second hand it's unknown who the original owner could be. Bob Weston
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Dean Payne
Tichy has TWO flat cars, IIRC. You want the 4021 model, which is 40' long.
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