Jim or Ed, Do you have a photo you can scan and place in the photo section? -- John
--- In [email protected], "raisinone" <raisin...@...> wrote: > > Ed: > Check out NYC Lot 679-B in your "Dimensions & Classification of Freight Car > Equipment of the NYC System". Photos of the car have also been published in > the NYCSHS "Central Headlight" magazine. The Society can provide copies of > the photos, that is where I got mine. The NYC had ten cars in Lot 679-B, NYC > 100990 - 100999. They were USRA rebuilds so the basic car body exists as an > S Helper Service stock item. They went into service in 1940 but I do not > know how long they lasted. > > Trucks are a different issue - the high speed Symington-Gould truck used by > the NYC does not exist in S Scale. The trucks on the GPEX Pfaudler Milk Cars > are very close, but they are scarce as hen's teeth too. I built three cars, > one for Chuck West, one for Sam McCoy and one for me. I still only have the > GPEX trucks to outfit two of them. > > BTW, the cars are a dark Pullman Green, not black. That seems to have been > the standard color used by the NYC on head end and M&E (Mail & Express) > equipment. A great resource on M&E trains in general is Edward DeRouin's > book "Moving Mail and Express by Rail". Unfortunately, Mr. DeRouin passed > away unexpectedly earlier this year. > > Jim Kindraka > Plymouth, WI > > > --- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@> wrote: > > > > > > Jim...Nice photos, but what caught my eye is the black NYC box car which, I > > assume, is for Mail & Express service. I have never seen a NYC car like > > this and am hoping you can give me/us a bit of knowledge regarding both the > > prototype and the model. PRS 40' with special paint? Or what? I could > > always use another head end car if that is what it is. Thanks...Ed L. > > > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
