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The Prototype |
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Southern
Railway 30 Ton Standard Boxcar
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(circa 1910)
Length: 36'
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From the mid-19th century through the end of WWI and the
ascendancy of the steel car, the most common "house" or boxcar on
America's railroads was the ubiquitous 36' footer, equipped with
trussrods for support and rolling on "diamond" archbar trucks. This
Southern Railway design was built from 1904 thru about 1916, although
later cars came equipped with steel I-beam center sills and needle beams.
Our car follows the AC&F variation of 1905 with 5'-2" archbar trucks
and Simplex bolsters. Lumber door is optional. My thanks to the
SRHA Archives for providing an excellent set of builder's
drawings. |
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More photos of the pilot model car under construction can be found on
Aaron Rohyan's
Flickr page. |
May 2015
The second production run of this
kit will commence sometime in this spring 2015. Production runs are about a
dozen cars at a time, so if you want one, please contact Dave asap.
(Updated 4-15-15) |
$295 |
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Mower Lumber
Co. 40 Ton Log Flat
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(circa WWI)
Length: 40' |
  The
2nd wood craftsman kit offered by CME is an F scale version of the
40' truss rod flats used by the Mower Lumber Co. (and its
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for hauling spruce logs out of the West Virginia mountains. The same
cars were later used by the Cass Scenic Railroad for hauling passengers in its earliest
years. One prototype car remains at Cass in dilapidated condition; but
when built just prior to WWI, these nearly 300 cars were the largest
single purchase of wooden flat cars ever by a logging railroad. They
served in several variations: With cast iron queen posts initially, and
then rebuilt with wooden ones; as high side gondolas for coal service,
and as boxcars, some even as camp cars. |
More photos of the pilot model under construction can be found on Aaron
Rohyan's
Flickr page.
Prototype photos courtesy of D. A. McFall & friends. |
Summer 2015
The 2D CAD work for this car
is complete and we are now in the process of turning the drawings into
rapid prototyped parts. Two test builds have been or are being
completed with plastic RP versions of the parts to check fit. More are
on the way.
(Updated 4-14-15) |
$195 |
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Southern
Railway 30 Ton Outside Braced Gondola
(circa 1910)
Length: 36'
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Prior to the ascendancy of the steel car, most gondolas
were essentially wooden trussrod flats with some boards attached to the
sides by means of stake pockets--and voila--the gondola is born. The New
Orleans & North Eastern car at left (a Southern Railway subsidiary) was
a 1910 product of American Car & Foundry's Memphis plant. My thanks
to the SRHA
Archives for providing scale drawings. |
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Summer 2015 |
TBA |
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Southern Railway 30 Ton
Furniture Car
(circa 1904)
Length: 40'
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During the wood car era, furniture cars were a special
variety of boxcar which due to their relatively light cargo could grow
to lengths more associated with modern steel cars. 40' was common; the Southern also had a 50'
furniture car; but other lines employed even longer cars. The typical furniture car
might have fewer trussrods than their standard 36' counterparts and
were sometimes equipped with double side doors as well as a lumber door on one
end. |
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TBA |
TBA |
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