It appears that the railroad engineering departments called them "running boards" on freight cars. As an example, see the PRR diagram of an an X43 boxcar here:
http://prr.railfan.net/freight/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=x43.gif&fr=cl This terminology is preferred by folks on the Steam Era Freight car list as more accurate. Model railroaders call them "roof walks". I can't say what brakemen called them. The same materials were used on the "running boards" of tank cars, which clearly can't have a roof-walk. On this list, you can call them whatever you like. Most probably MM a model of an Apex design, with rectangular slots. Des Plaines/SSA offers the same part, and also a Morton version which had round holes. BTS offers several laser cut wood running boards, useful for cars built prior to about 1944. Pieter E. Roos --- On Sat, 11/27/10, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Running boards were usualy referred > to on steam locomotives. Roof waks on freight cars. At > least in my generation. > What do you want to put them on.? > John > Armstrong > ----- Original Message ----- > Has anyone used the Model Memories running boards? > What did you think? Do they represent a specific type of > metal running board or just a generic? > > Thanks, > > Chris Borgmeyer > Westfield Center, OH ------------------------------------ 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/
