Lateral Running Boards
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Guy Wilber
Ken,
There are no specifics within the text or drawings, but I would venture to say that that latitudinal running boards would not have been required on a tarred canvas roof.
Regards,
Guy
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Guy
What if the caboose roof was tarred canvas? -- Ken Adams Covid Variants may come and go but I choose to still live mostly in splendid Shelter In Place solitude Location: About half way up Walnut Creek Owner PlasticFreightCarBuilders@groups.io |
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Nelson Moyer
SFRD installed them in back of the hatches.
Nelson Moyer
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Not Eric, but the reefer hatches are in the way. Brian J. Carlson
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Guy Wilber
Ken Adams asked:
"Is there an official name or generally accepted name for the very short "Latitudinal Running Board" used on caboose roofs located where the caboose end ladder reached the caboose roof?"
Yes; again, they were known as a latitudinal running board. The same rules applied within the requirements; if the roof was exposed wood they were not required, if the roof was metal they were required.
"Granted that the ICC, The MCBA, The ARA and The AAR may not have had much regulatory authority over cabooses as designs varied for each railroad. Still was there common terminology?" The requirements for cabooses within Safety Appliance Act of 1911 were mandated and governed by ICC. The Interchange Rules of the MCBA, the ARA and the AAR did not specifically address safety appliances on cabooses until the post 1960 era when the pooling of cabooses commenced.
Guy Wilber
Sparks, Nevada
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Steve Stull
Brian, Eric; I thank You both for the info. I was thinking along the line of the icing platform itself, and didn't get my head around the thought that it may not be referred to as the lateral. Not crazy after all, just a little damaged :) Thanks guys. Steve Stull winslow7076
On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 07:39:52 AM PDT, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote:
Additionally, some reefers had a wood platform around the ice hatches.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
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Not Eric, but the reefer hatches are in the way. Brian J. Carlson
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Is there an official name or generally accepted name for the very short "Latitudinal Running Board" used on caboose roofs located where the caboose end ladder reached the caboose roof?
Granted that the ICC, The MCBA, The ARA and The AAR may not have had much regulatory authority over cabooses as designs varied for each railroad. Still was there common terminology? -- Ken Adams Covid Variants may come and go but I choose to still live mostly in splendid Shelter In Place solitude Location: About half way up Walnut Creek Owner PlasticFreightCarBuilders@groups.io |
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Eric Hansmann
Additionally, some reefers had a wood platform around the ice hatches.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 9:22 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Lateral Running Boards
Not Eric, but the reefer hatches are in the way. Brian J. Carlson
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Not Eric, but the reefer hatches are in the way.
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Brian J. Carlson On Sep 19, 2022, at 10:16 AM, Steve Stull via groups.io <winslow7076@...> wrote:
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Steve Stull
Eric; Was there any reason they were not required on reefers with metal roofs? That seems like one of most potentially dangerous situations of all. Steve Stull winslow7076
On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 06:56:10 AM PDT, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote: “Latitudinal Running Boards”, which is the official nomenclature of The ICC, The MCBA, The ARA and The AAR, were never mandated on house cars with exposed wood roofs, nor refrigerator cars with metal roofs.
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Eric Hansmann
Guy Wilber wrote:
“Latitudinal Running Boards”, which is the official nomenclature of The ICC, The MCBA, The ARA and The AAR, were never mandated on house cars with exposed wood roofs, nor refrigerator cars with metal roofs.
Guy,
Thanks for sharing the official nomenclature for the Latitudinal Running Boards. I keep mixing it up. Bill Welch used to set me straight on the terminology, but it’s been awhile since his last correction.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN |
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Eric Hansmann
Those end running boards were only required on cars with metal roofs. This was required from the earliest time metal roofs were implemented.
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Look closely at the cars without the end running boards. They have wood roofs. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN On Sep 19, 2022, at 1:35 AM, Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:
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Guy Wilber
Scott Haycock wrote: “In the 1943 photo by Jack Delano that has been under discussion lately, I notice several cars without laterals. When, if ever, were laterals mandated?” Scott, “Latitudinal Running Boards”, which is the official nomenclature of The ICC, The MCBA, The ARA and The AAR, were never mandated on house cars with exposed wood roofs, nor refrigerator cars with metal roofs. Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada ,_ |
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Scott H. Haycock
Folks,
In the 1943 photo by Jack Delano that has been under discussion lately, I notice several cars without laterals. When, if ever, were laterals mandated? Thanks, Scott Haycock |
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