In the absence of harder information, I can only infer from the castings I have that there must have been SOME overlap; the gondola castings both are marked "Rex, Birmingham MI" and the conversion floor castings with exactly the same underfloor detail but also exactly the same Kadee mounts as Ace (which even the scale gondola does not quite have, although a bit similar).
I think someone pointed out in post some time ago that the Rex gondola underfloors were accurate but their flatcar underframes (presumably the same as for the gondola) were wrong for flatcars? I am still getting up to speed on what Ace produced: the hopper conversion bolsters work fine for both the earlier and later (clunky) AF cast mounts, and the cast floors slip right into the only AF housecar I own, so what works for the AF gondolas or fltacars (I don't really plan on doing the tankcars, from what other list members have related)? I have a set of the flat mount cast bolsters, but that still means cutting the plastic clunkies off the underside of the gondola (or flatcar) or using the hopper conversion bolsters which put the gondola/flatcar fairly high up with lots of daylight under it. Both hopper and housecar are such neat fixes, I'd think something similar would have been developed for the gondola and flat. The hopper conversion bolsters, of course, also work for the AF three-bays and covered hoppers, as the original cast mounts are the same as for the stock twin hoppers. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > There was no connection at all, To my knowledge. I do not know what the > original owner (who machined all the dies) had in mind. I knew 3 of the 4 > owners but no one ever said anything. > John Armstrong > I just bought a couple of Rex gondola castings, one scale, one tinplate/AF, > and three scale replacement floors for converting AF housecars. > The conversion floors are exactly the same as the Rex scale underframes but > with the mounts for Kadee HO couplers, just like the Ace > bolster conversions, all of which leads me to wonder what connection (there > must have been one) there was between the two companies. > > And since these are my first hands-on exposure to Rex cars, what AB brake > components were designed for them? Were these available > separately? Anyone on the list have some of the brake casting sets they'd > be willing to sell me? > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5747 (20101230) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5747 (20101230) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [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: [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/
