Railway Preservation News http://rypn.org/forums/ |
|
IRM Wagontop Restoration http://rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41272 |
Page 2 of 2 |
Author: | buzz_morris [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:10 pm ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: IRM Wagontop Restoration | ||
I arrived at barn 14 too late to get a shot from the sunny side but here is our completed B&O Wagon top box. Victor had better luck and will probably have a better photo and an article in an upcoming Rail and Wire. We should also be able to get this car into a demonstration freight train for the 2018 season.
|
Author: | Thomas Cornillie [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:50 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: IRM Wagontop Restoration |
Congratulations on a completed project! I have a question about the history of the car. In talking with Bob Kutella many years ago, before restoration of the car commenced, he mentioned that the car may have one of a handful of B&O wagontop boxcars fitted with signal air and steam lines for use on passenger trains. Was any evidence of this found during the restoration? As part of the project wrap-up and closeout, I suggest documenting how the repairs on the lower side sheets were made. When I first saw this car (25+ years ago) there was quite a bit of rust through and many thin spots. The finished result is excellent and knowing how IRM accomplished this will give a leg up to other organizations in restoring equipment with similar issues. |
Author: | Richard Glueck [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:59 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: IRM Wagontop Restoration |
I remember those wagon-tops as part of the rare LIRR freight trains. Gosh, that looks good. What a sight for sore eyes! |
Author: | Frank Hicks [ Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:48 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: IRM Wagontop Restoration |
A couple of better-quality photos of IRM's car have been posted here: https://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2017/11/update-from-saturday.html |
Author: | buzz_morris [ Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: IRM Wagontop Restoration |
In response to the steam line question we did not find any evidence of extra pipes under the frame. Also the car history that the B&O Historical Society did not show any passenger use. Primary use seems to have been grain hauling. |
Author: | wesp [ Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:18 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: IRM Wagontop Restoration |
Why the did B&O (and others?) use the wagontop design? Wesley |
Author: | J3a-614 [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:16 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: IRM Wagontop Restoration |
wesp wrote: Why the did B&O (and others?) use the wagontop design? Wesley Found this. . .and notes about how the design was used on covered hoppers and cabooses, too. Other roads had round roof cars, including the PRR, but this particular design was strictly B&O. https://www.american-rails.com/wagontops.html |
Page 2 of 2 | All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ] |
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |