CShaveRR wrote:Was the Texas Mexican a Class I when it dieselized? I think that was in the early 40s, or perhaps even 1939.
Bingo we have a winner! The Tex Mex was a Class I in 1939 when it acquired seven Whitcomb locomotives and became completely dieselized. Like some other railroads that followed, it kept several steam locomotives on the roster for a few years longer as standby power but the Whitcombs performed quite well and these were rarely used and were off its roster following WW2.
Mark
Ho-kay!
We've had a thread on the Forum about cars of AAR Mechanical Designation LU--the cars that had nothing but doors along the sides, so that up to half of the car's side could be opened at any one time. Pullman Standard tried its hand at a similar car, which had only two doors per side at the center, but was supposed to be just as easy to load and unload as their all-door counterparts.
Only 40 of these Pullman-Standard cars were built. What was their trade name, and what was the feature that allegedly made them easy to load and unload? (Hint--if you know one part of the question, you should be able to deduce the other.)
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Are you referring to the New York Central's Vanliners of the 1960s?
They were a lot like today's NS Triple Crown shipments (same vehicle can ride on rr wheels or tires), but as the NYC couldn't get anyone else outside its system to build the right kind of intermodal facilities, they did not work out.
Once again, Al Perlman was in the vanguard.
*** I know name and the reason I just can't remember the name. I have a 3 pack MNS from walthers in HO scale I bought a few yrs ago.
I know Im wrong if this is not trade name, but here going nothing.
plywood panel boxcars, and the reason was that every door opened and you were able to load or unload the car in the rain just not sure how, it either was like a garage door or the door folded up like an acordion
Ster1 wrote: *** I know name and the reason I just can't remember the name. I have a 3 pack MNS from walthers in HO scale I bought a few yrs ago. I know Im wrong if this is not trade name, but here going nothing.plywood panel boxcars, and the reason was that every door opened and you were able to load or unload the car in the rain just not sure how, it either was like a garage door or the door folded up like an acordion
Nope. Don't recall MNS having anything like these--they had regular LU cars, and some Evans-built "Side-Sliders", which were still another variant.
Adding a hint:
Wow, wow, wow, fellas;/Won't find these old cars now, fellas!
If my memory does not fail me, were these the "Thrall Door Cars"
I had a several models of these, (got the shells off a $0.25 RR show table).
Rgds IGN
Oh yes & I shld mention the reason for the name. The entire side of the car were doors, hence, (can't remember the name of company) all door
rgds ign
CShaveRR wrote:No, the Thrall-door cars (made by Thrall) were the "regular" all-door cars, with four doors per side. The ones I'm after had only two, centered on the side, taking up half the length of the car.
You sure got me stumped, dude.
CShaveRR wrote:Adding a hint: Wow, wow, wow, fellas;/Won't find these old cars now, fellas!
Al, you're old enough...nobody could sing my hint like Carol Channing!
forgive me it was kind of late & I missed the part about Pullman Standard.
rgds IGN
Carl, I think you're gonna have to help us with this one. Seems like nobody has a clue as to the correct answer.
KCSfan wrote: Carl, I think you're gonna have to help us with this one. Seems like nobody has a clue as to the correct answer.Mark
Oh, all right...
Pullman Standard devised the...
Hello Dolly
...car to compete with the Thrall Car Manufacturing Company's Thrall-Door car. The door opening in the center of the sides was big enough to open up half the length of the car, and stuff in the other half--the ends of the car--was loaded onto dollies which could be rolled in front of the doors when the center portion was emptied.
There's a photograph at http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,1692146 ; even the thumbnail should enable one to see the car, with name. Evidently the dolly system worked better in theory than in real life, as only the 40 cars were built.
Next question--an easy one:
UP saved its mainline bridge over the Cedar River this past week by putting two strings of loaded freight cars on the bridge to keep it stable against the river. In the 1993 flood, this would have been impossible. Why?
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
CShaveRR wrote:Norris, although that's true, even the CNW couldn't have done it! The new owners did have something to do with it.
Was the bridge only single-tracked back in 1993? - a.s.
I know this one. I'll throw in an obvious hint- it was impossible in 1993 to put TWO strings of cars on the bridge.
EDIT: Alright, Al, you beat me to the punch!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Close enough, Al!
It was either single-track or a gantlet bridge--either way, CNW couldn't have put two tracks full of cars on it for any reason in 1993.
UP almost immediately widened the piers after they merged with CNW, and later put in the second track.
blhanel wrote:It was a true single-track, Carl.
Why don't you take the next quiz question, Brian. It was a photo-finish and you knew about the bridge as opposed to my guess...... a.s.
While Brian thinks about his question How about a quick question to keep the thread going. What was the name of the Milwaukee Road, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Junction off the combined mainlines between Seattle and Portland that carried the three roads to Renton, Washington?
Al - in - Stockton
passengerfan wrote: While Brian thinks about his question How about a quick question to keep the thread going. What was the name of the Milwaukee Road, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Junction off the combined mainlines between Seattle and Portland that carried the three roads to Renton, Washington? Al - in - Stockton
Well, Renton is home to many Boeing aircraft factories, so I'm guessing something with an airplane theme??
Sorry guys no cigar yet. It was a very popular photo spot during Milwaukee Bi-polar days and is real close to Tukwila Wa. and where the famous Northwest Long Acres race track once stood. GN and NP only operated locals to Renton the Milwaukee mainline east was here and the junction was where the lines to Tacoma and Seattle were and still are today. The BNSF has there own line and UP operates over the former Milwaukee Road.
Al, was it Black River Jct.?
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