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QUESTION FIR THE SANTA FE GURUS

WILLIAM PARDIE
 



I posted this question a while back without any success so I'm giving it another shot.  I am working on completing a Santa Fe Ga-53 50 foot mill gondola.  There was a great set of drawings in a 1957 Model Railroader but it left one question on the layout of the AB brake components.

The standard Santa Fe layout had the brake reservoir mounted perpendicular to the center sill.  There were a few but not many exceptions. The drawings in the Model Railroader issue has the reservoir parallel to the center sill.  Can anyone verify this?

Thanks for any help.

Bill Pardie

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Tim O'Connor
 


Bill, I can't tell from the Ga-53 builder photo, but this builder photo of the very similar Ga-49 shows the brake reservoir
parallel and located next to the deep fishbelly center sill.


On 12/3/2022 2:57 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote:


I posted this question a while back without any success so I'm giving it another shot.  I am working on completing a Santa Fe Ga-53 50 foot mill gondola.  There was a great set of drawings in a 1957 Model Railroader but it left one question on the layout of the AB brake components.

The standard Santa Fe layout had the brake reservoir mounted perpendicular to the center sill.  There were a few but not many exceptions. The drawings in the Model Railroader issue has the reservoir parallel to the center sill.  Can anyone verify this?

Thanks for any help.

Bill Pardie


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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

Bill Keene
 

The SFRM&HS' SANTA FE OPEN-TOP CARS, by Richard Hendrickson, has photos of the GA-53 cars on pages 146-148. While most of the underside stuff is hidden in the shadows, a couple of the photos do show what may be the end of the brake reservoir that is mounted perpendicular to the center sill.

Cheers.
Bill Keene
Irvine, CA

Tim O'Connor
 


Oops, you're right, Bill. What I thought was the reservoir was actually the brake cylinder. :-)

On 12/3/2022 3:49 PM, Bill Keene via groups.io wrote:

The SFRM&HS' SANTA FE OPEN-TOP CARS, by Richard Hendrickson, has photos of the GA-53 cars on pages 146-148. While most of the underside stuff is hidden in the shadows, a couple of the photos do show what may be the end of the brake reservoir that is mounted perpendicular to the center sill.  

Cheers.
Bill Keene

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

Robert J Miller CFA
 

The photo of Ga-53 # 176319 at the bottom of P. 146 clearly shows the end of an air reservoir as does the photo of Wa-53 # 200552 on page 148 - Wa-53 was a class marking for cars in company work service.

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The SFRM&HS' SANTA FE OPEN-TOP CARS, by Richard Hendrickson, has photos of the GA-53 cars on pages 146-148. While most of the underside stuff is hidden in the shadows, a couple of the photos do show what may be the end of the brake reservoir that is mounted perpendicular to the center sill.

Cheers.
Bill Keene
Irvine, CA

Steve SANDIFER
 

One photo appears on page 146 of the Santa Fe Open Top car book of 176319. It is crosswise, on the side opposite the brake wheel.

 

 

J. Stephen Sandifer

 

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I posted this question a while back without any success so I'm giving it another shot.  I am working on completing a Santa Fe Ga-53 50 foot mill gondola.  There was a great set of drawings in a 1957 Model Railroader but it left one question on the layout of the AB brake components.

 

The standard Santa Fe layout had the brake reservoir mounted perpendicular to the center sill.  There were a few but not many exceptions. The drawings in the Model Railroader issue has the reservoir parallel to the center sill.  Can anyone verify this?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Bill Pardie

 

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

 

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