Ken, Did any of the round roof 50' have the end doors on the NP?
gale----- Original Message ----- From: mhrywest To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:16 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Nord and NP round roof Bob Werre's recollection is most correct, perhaps 20 years ago, he called me and said he was moving to South Dakota to get away from Minnesota taxes. He said he had some S Stuff to give away and he heard we had a club. I went over to visit and found out he was "Nord" and that he had produced precision professional photo equipment and the original Nord engines. He had started the remake but stopped. I filled up the car with a few boxes of old books and magazines and then a few good size boxes of parts for his 2-8-0. I was a "modern" modeler at the time so the only thing I could think of to do with steam locomotive parts was scrap them. Funny but the era I model has not changed but I am no longer a modern modeler..... Like I said, I had no interest in the parts so I gave them all to Tom Lennon, I think he built at least one complete engine, I suspect any left over parts are stored with all of the other steam engine parts he has accumulated over the years. Here are some points on the NP round roof: I was pleased when River Raisin brought in the round roof design for us Northern Pacific Railroad modelers. Here is some background of the prototype from the NPR Historical Society. The NP leased over 300 of the 40 foot round roofs and over 100 of the 50 foot cars from A. A. Morrison in the early 60's to ease a shortage of cars suitable for lumber shipping. The cars were originally owned by the DT&I, DL&W, ERIE and the N&W. Some had the doors removed and used in green veneer service, the cars that kept their doors were used for lumber and other dry commodities like cement, traveling across the country. The paint scheme on these cars is similar to the color and scheme on NP boxcars, detailed differences are that the roofs were black, it is speculated that they were coated with a asphalt material to help seal them against leaks and the lettering was the same style as all other boxcars without the Monad or the "Main Street of the Northwest" slogan. I have several 40 foot cars painted in this scheme on my layout, there are several small details different on the NP cars from the River Raisin models, they look to likely be rebuild or maintenance details. After WWII and into the 60's the NP leased many boxcars to address their needs and rebuilt many of their own cars, one particularly interesting class of 40 foot boxcars was created by rebuilding the 37 AAR style car (Pacific Rail), giving them life well past their normal "out of service" time. Humm, that reminds me of an article I wanted to write. Ken Z. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
