Enzo Fortuna
Junior Member
A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere
Posts: 55
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Post by Enzo Fortuna on Sept 5, 2008 6:08:10 GMT -5
John,
nice source ideas to weather my models! Keep comin' !
So, no clean cars, please!
A dumb question, I know: the yellow stripe on door means .... ?
(refresh my memory)
cheers
Enzo Fortuna
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Post by espeelover on Sept 5, 2008 11:25:39 GMT -5
Enzo,
Originally, it was for plywood loading. They stayed that way until the forklifts beat them up too bad. I have seen other big items in those too, like loads of wall board, homasote, OSB and such. Almost always big banded bundles on pallets. Many of these cars were rebuilt from cars that had been in Overnight Service.
As to clean cars, if you knew me, that would be a funny thing to say; I ever weather my newest cars, dullcoat at a minimum and maybe a hint of dust too.
The only dumb action is not asking in the first place, but guessing wrong in a public place, when the answer is at hand; thus, there are no dumb questions.
Ciao 
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Post by espeelover on Oct 31, 2008 18:08:34 GMT -5
It has been a while since I posted any new freight cars; so here is the first of three scans of new box cars. Taken top end of "A" yard 04/80 © 2008 John Huey Photo
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Post by espeelover on Oct 31, 2008 18:14:45 GMT -5
 Taken top end of "A" yard 05/80 © 2008 John Huey Photo |
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Post by espeelover on Oct 31, 2008 18:24:58 GMT -5
 September 1980 near Tehachapi © 2008 John Huey Photo |
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Post by espeefoamer on Nov 1, 2008 18:35:49 GMT -5
Three boxcars with no graffiti in sight! ;D ;D ;D  |
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Post by espeelover on Nov 1, 2008 20:09:32 GMT -5
Three boxcars with no graffiti in sight! ;D ;D ;D Graffiti was almost always chalk or grease pencil, and done by the car men or brakemen back then; those were all taken prior to 1981. Plus, unless its UP equipment that gets defaced, I won't waste my time with it; which is why I take so few modern SP car pics. |
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Post by espeelover on Nov 15, 2008 2:34:22 GMT -5
Nothing too special, just a 40' box car still earning money in 1981; they were getting scarce though...
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Post by espeelover on Dec 3, 2008 6:09:35 GMT -5
Here is that car Athearn did as a Genesis car a few years back; in HO.  Taylor Yard, May 1980 © 2008 John Huey Photo |
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Post by espeelover on Dec 3, 2008 20:17:16 GMT -5
SP 241242 XM is a B-70-67, seen here at Colton Xing in May of 1981. Intermountain's really neat car is wonderful to use for this class.  1981 © 2008 John Huey Photo |
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Post by thespcaboose on Dec 3, 2008 21:46:46 GMT -5
Clean freight cars on the espee? Great photos. Thanks for sharing them!
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Post by espeelover on Dec 4, 2008 0:48:32 GMT -5
This one was redone in 1977 at Sacramento, a year before the rest of the class was rebuilt into the B-70-1-R class.  1981 © 2008 John Huey Photo |
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Post by espeelover on Dec 4, 2008 1:41:25 GMT -5
 Colton Crossing, May 1981 © 2008 John Huey Photo. |
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Post by espeelover on Dec 4, 2008 2:26:22 GMT -5
Sometimes, you could burn up a roll just on freight cars...  May 1981 © 2008 John Huey Photo |
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Post by espeelover on Dec 15, 2008 1:15:24 GMT -5
I remember when somebody told me that the first autoparts high cubes came with roofwalks...I said why?
Then I saw the remains of said roofwalks on a few cars over the years. Now here is an as delivered car! Ken Garges, 1964 © 2008 John Huey Collection
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