and he asks -
Do you have a name for the gentleman who called you?
Raleigh
At 06:16 PM 8/28/2008, mhrywest wrote:
>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.
>
>
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