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Central of Georgia door and a half boxcars?
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Todd Horton
They are 10' Youngstown doors for the 40' and 50' cars other than 25 40' cars that got Superior doors. The Red Caboose 37' AAR 40' car has the correct 6' door in the kit. They also had a piece of 10" channel iron with the ends cut tapered under the doors as added support for the larger door opening. Todd Horton
On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 07:02:20 PM EST, Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:
Is the 6 foot door available anywhere? The 4 foot doors could be made from it relatively easily.
Scott Haycock
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Scott H. Haycock
Is the 6 foot door available anywhere? The 4 foot doors could be made from it relatively easily.
Scott Haycock
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Todd Horton
Sunshine did them as a mini kit years ago. Todd Horton
On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 11:50:23 AM EST, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
I thought that someone had offered the CofG doors (good for the 40 foot and 50 foot cars) in resin? If not Yarmouth (Pierre), perhaps someone else? On 12/21/2022 1:00 AM, Kenneth Montero wrote: Todd,
I am looking for the
Central of Georgia car.
I grew up with the Central of Georgia in Griffin, Georgia,
where it was the major railroad, and one end of the "C" line
to Chattanooga, Tennessee (bypassing Atlanta).
Ken Montero
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Kenneth Montero
John,
Thank you.
My Speedwitch kit kit did not come with any doors (Clark Propst had the same problem), and Ted did not respond to my email inquiring how to obtain either set of doors. This is why my email was sent to the group.
If you have a set that you are willing to sell me, let me know the price and postage cost.
Thank you.
Ken Montero
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Sunshine offered the doors as a mini kit and gave them to Naperville attendees back a while ago
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Fenton On Dec 21, 2022, at 12:00 PM, golden1014 via groups.io <golden1014@...> wrote:
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"The model’s trucks roll on hard steel sintered rib-back wheels with ball-bearings and have working journal covers." Wow. That's going the extra distance, for sure. :-) On 12/21/2022 12:04 PM, Brad Andonian via groups.io wrote:
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Brad Andonian
FWIW, here is a link to Protocrafts exquisite o scale model of the 40’ car. I have it and it’s exceptional. Brad Andonian
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golden1014
Ken, I'll get downstairs today and look for a spare set. When Ted Culotta marketed the 50-ft car, he purposefully added a second set of doors to the kit for those modelers that wanted to make the 40-ft version on their own. Therefore anyone who has the Speedwitch kit should have an additional set of doors. I built my 50-ft car a few years ago and should have the second set of doors. I'll send an update tonight. John Golden
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I thought that someone had offered the CofG doors (good for the 40 foot and 50 foot cars) in resin? If not Yarmouth (Pierre), perhaps someone else? On 12/21/2022 1:00 AM, Kenneth Montero wrote:
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Todd Horton
Very familiar with the "C" Line. Those 4' doors are hard to find, I bought a stash of them when they were available from Sunshine. I kept hoping that Speedwitch would offer them as a mini kit like Sunshine did at one time. Todd Horton, On the "C" line in Rome Ga
On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 01:01:15 AM EST, Kenneth Montero <va661midlo@...> wrote:
Todd,
I am looking for the Central of Georgia car.
I grew up with the Central of Georgia in Griffin, Georgia, where it was the major railroad, and one end of the "C" line to Chattanooga, Tennessee (bypassing Atlanta).
Ken Montero
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Kenneth Montero
Todd,
I am looking for the Central of Georgia car.
I grew up with the Central of Georgia in Griffin, Georgia, where it was the major railroad, and one end of the "C" line to Chattanooga, Tennessee (bypassing Atlanta).
Ken Montero
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Todd Horton
Ken, are you looking to model a C of G car or a USN / DODX car? The reason I ask is because the door openings are different for these cars. The C of G cars used 6' and 4' doors while the USN cars were 6' and 3' doors. Todd Horton
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 05:03:33 PM EST, Kenneth Montero <va661midlo@...> wrote:
If anyone has a spare set of doors for this model and is willing to part with them, please contact me off-line at: va661midlo@...
Ken Montero
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Kenneth Montero
If anyone has a spare set of doors for this model and is willing to part with them, please contact me off-line at: va661midlo@...
Ken Montero
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golden1014
Negative, Scott--that's one of the few early PS double-door cars referenced in Ed Hawkins' series of car rosters. The Central cars had 4-5 dreadnaught ends and fewer panels on each side of the door (five to the left, I believe six on the right). Good thinking though!
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Here is what the car may have looked like originally. I think Pressed Steel Car was the builder. On 12/19/2022 3:32 PM, Scott wrote: These photos where posted in a group on Facebook today. They are interesting cars. Looks like they have ACF ends on them? 50ft with door and a half certainly have there own look to them. --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Eric Thur
Speedwitch offered this car as an HO Kit 107.3 awhile back in an As Built and 1950's Version Decaled for C of G.
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Scott
These photos where posted in a group on Facebook today. They are interesting cars. Looks like they have ACF ends on them? 50ft with door and a half certainly have there own look to them.
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