09-30-2020, 10:53 PM
...continued...
Here's the A-end of one of the undecorated cars which will represent the ones not yet upgraded to AB brakes....
...and the B-end...
...and a side view...
Note how on these older-style cars, the end ladders made from grabirons are the same for both ends, while the updated cars in the previous post have similar ladders on their A-ends, but different ones on the B-ends.
There's still a lot of detail work to be done on all of these cars, as none have fully-completed brake gear yet, and there are gusset plates which need to be added to four points on the sides of each car. At the B-ends of all cars, the brake-release rods will be mounted through those gusset plates on both sides of each car.
All cars will get some added rivet detail, too, mostly on those white gusset plates on the top of the structural steel on the car ends, which hold the slope sheets in place.
I've already added cut-out sheet lead on the top face of the cars' slope sheets, as the cars with plastic trucks and stock steel weights weigh only a couple of ounces. When loaded (live loads), they should be around 8oz. each, which will require doubleheading any trains travelling to the upper level.
All of the cars not updated with AB brakes rode on archbar trucks (I'll need to get some for those four other cars), but did get cast steel ones when upgraded. Some of these 1914-built cars were still in revenue service in 1966, and some were later modified for company service. I should also note that these were 65 ton-capacity cars when built.
I'll add more to this thread as I accomplish it (don't hold your breath, though, as I've been recruited to build another work desk for one of my daughters).
Wayne
Here's the A-end of one of the undecorated cars which will represent the ones not yet upgraded to AB brakes....
...and the B-end...
...and a side view...
Note how on these older-style cars, the end ladders made from grabirons are the same for both ends, while the updated cars in the previous post have similar ladders on their A-ends, but different ones on the B-ends.
There's still a lot of detail work to be done on all of these cars, as none have fully-completed brake gear yet, and there are gusset plates which need to be added to four points on the sides of each car. At the B-ends of all cars, the brake-release rods will be mounted through those gusset plates on both sides of each car.
All cars will get some added rivet detail, too, mostly on those white gusset plates on the top of the structural steel on the car ends, which hold the slope sheets in place.
I've already added cut-out sheet lead on the top face of the cars' slope sheets, as the cars with plastic trucks and stock steel weights weigh only a couple of ounces. When loaded (live loads), they should be around 8oz. each, which will require doubleheading any trains travelling to the upper level.
All of the cars not updated with AB brakes rode on archbar trucks (I'll need to get some for those four other cars), but did get cast steel ones when upgraded. Some of these 1914-built cars were still in revenue service in 1966, and some were later modified for company service. I should also note that these were 65 ton-capacity cars when built.
I'll add more to this thread as I accomplish it (don't hold your breath, though, as I've been recruited to build another work desk for one of my daughters).
Wayne