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LV 9951 series, was: Photo: Reading Well Hole Flat Car 99009 (Undated)
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Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi Ken and List Members,
Ken mentioned the LV 9951 series.
This is listed in my 12-1930 ORER as series 9951-9960, the number space
allows for 10 cars, but the ORER states there is a total of only three
cars in this series!
I have images of 9952 and 9953, so we know these two numbers are truly in
use.
These were 1915-built cars with “no well floor”, 55ft 10in
length, 220,000 lb capacity, height to "Eaves or To of Sides or Platform" was a
mere 3ft 3in! I imagine the car used wheels that were smaller than 33" diameter
to achieve this height for the loading platform
I'm attaching an image of LV 9952
There are two nice in-service images of LV 9952 in the book "Uintah
Railway: The Gilsonite Route" delivering a narrow gauge articulated
locomotive.
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Redball used to offer a wood & metal kit of this car in HO scale. I have one. It’s a bit crude by modern standards, but with a little work makes an unusual and quite presentable model.
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Jon Miller
On 11/20/2020 6:57 AM, Daniel A.
Mitchell wrote:
Redball used to offer a wood & metal kit of this car in HO scale. I have one. It’s a bit crude by modern standards, but with a little work makes an unusual and quite presentable model. I have one of these. I believe the sides are
card-stock. The wheels in the RB trucks are 28". -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI User NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS
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Mine, built from a quite old kit (ca. 1960), has wooden blocks for the end platforms, and soft metal overlays for the top decks, sides, and ends. NO trucks came with it. I used modified 3-axle passenger trucks. I’ll try to post a photo of the model soon.
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Jon Miller
On 11/20/2020 8:38 AM, Daniel A.
Mitchell wrote:
soft metal overlays for the top decks, sides, and ends Right (memory:-[).
I got the trucks as a separate item. My car just sits on the
trucks (prototype style), no screws. Found the trucks on "hoseeker.net", Lamount
(Lamont). Did a quick Google search for the trucks and found a
NMRA data sheet
[https://www.nmra.org/sites/default/files/d5a.pdf] but nothing
else. -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI User NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS
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As stated earlier, here’s my photo of the HO Redball LV 56’ well-hole flat ...
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I’ll make one correction to my earlier post … the deck is imbossed cardstock. As stated the ends and sides are set metal castings, the frame is wood, with blocks for the ends and stips for the sides. The trucks are pasenger trucks fitted with smaller 33” wheelsets. Detailing is basic, as I had no better info at the time. The load is also Redball, a new crane bridge. I built this car perhaps 40 years ago, and it’s seen a lot of service. Dan Mitchell ==========
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Great job on that kit. Red Ball were not easy to get right. I built the depressed center flatcar in highschool and used Walthers Goo as that was what the instructions suggested. As a highschool student I was not proficient in Goo. Fenton
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 3:24 PM Daniel A. Mitchell <danmitch@...> wrote:
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Chuck Cover
Beautiful job on the kit.
Chuck Cover Santa Fe, NM
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