Rock Island auto cars 159000-159249 series - roof and usage
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Benjamin Scanlon
I am wondering if anyone knows the type of roof this series have? Looks radial and with thirteen transverse ribs, unsure of the type.
Cars look to have been rebuilt with roof raised, and widened doors.. They have what looks like a 1937 AAR end, but pressings are in a 3-3-3 pattern. Guessing they stopped being auto cars at some point, at least they aren't lettered for that use in the photos I found. Unsure what they were thereafter used for but looks like they hung around fairly late. Ben Scanlon Tottenham, England |
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Ben,
Those cars were built by Standard Steel Car Co. in 1927. 159000-159249 had both ends solid. 160000-160249 had end doors in the A end of the Murphy rib style. All 500 cars show as having Hutchins Dry Lading roofs on the company diagram sheets.
Similar cars were added from Bettendorf in 1930 and are the subject of models from Rocket Express. It appears that most of the cars with raised roofs and widened doors were from the Bettendorf builds.
Depending upon how deeply you might be interested, IRM Pullman Library has a number of general and detail drawings for the Standard Steel cars, as built. Lake States Railway Historical Association may have railroad made drawings showing the changes.
Hope this helps.
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Benjamin Scanlon via groups.io
I am wondering if anyone knows the type of roof this series have? Looks radial and with thirteen transverse ribs, unsure of the type. |
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I have builder photos of 159249, but I’m not savvy enough to determine what roof it has. Perhaps Steve Hile can help.
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Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone) On Dec 9, 2022, at 1:52 AM, Benjamin Scanlon via groups.io <benjaminscanlon@...> wrote:
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On 12/9/2022 10:50 AM, Steve and Barb Hile wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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