EXTERNAL: Re: Walters Proto 53' flatcar

[NW Modeling List]

The ORERs are great, and I own several for just that reason.  In the
specific case of the N&W, two even-more valuable resources are the two
Equipment Diagram books that NWHS sold reprints of, one from before the
1964 mergers and one after.  Their diagrams support the thesis that the
only pre-merger flat cars of interest to this discussion, the F3, were not
AAR design, but appear to be constructed using the GSC cast underframes.
Post merger, the diagram books show some AAR-design flats, but don't give
their pedigree.  Unfortunately the coverage of flat cars in Jim Nichol's
"color" book is not comprehensive enough to answer the pedigree question.
I suspect, however, that other readers of this forum can supply those
details.

Regards,

Dave Phelps

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:31 AM, NW Modeling List <
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Questions like these can be answered (partially) by reference to the ORER
> (Official Railway Equipment Register) of the appropriate year(s).  You can
> get these on CD from Westerfield (https://id18538.securedata.
> net/westerfieldmodels.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=107) for 1959
> and 1965, which would bracket the merger.  It will tell you whether N&W had
> any 50’ flat cars in 1959 and/or 1965, and how many.  It will be useless
> regarding specific details of the cars.  For that, a Car Builder’s
> Cyclopedia from the appropriate year would probably be your best bet.
>
>
>
> These ORER are great references if you are trying to figure out what your
> “herd” of cars should look like  for a given railroad in a given year;
> (e.g., 20% of your hoppers should be Class x, 30% Class y, 50% Class z in
> 1935).
>
>
>
> -Eric Bott
>
> *From:* NW-Modeling-List [mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces at nwhs.org] *On
> Behalf Of *NW Modeling List
> *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2017 10:05
> *To:* NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: Walters Proto 53' flatcar
>
>
>
> AFAIK the pre-1964 merger, steam era, N&W did not own any AAR 53' flat
> cars; it is possible the post-merger  N&W acquired some from the merged
> roads but I have no knowledge of that.
>
>
>
> In addition, this model was originally produced by Life Liike under the
> Proto 2000 brand; if N&W had had them I'm sure a model would have been
> offered years ago.
>
>
>
> Jim Brewer
>
> Glenwood MD
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 5:55 PM, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
> I can find no N&W flat cars on the Walthers web site.  If you can give the
> catalog number I'll try again.
>
>
>
> Dave Phelps
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:15 PM, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
> I see Walthers has released a 53' AAR flat car lettered for N&W.  Is the
> correct in detail for any actual N&W cars?
>
> Thanks,
> Brent
>
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