Best of Mainline Modeler's Freight Cars Volume 3 Book 3 Soft Cover

Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Best of Mainline Modeler Freight Cars Volume 3 Book 3 Soft Cover The Best of Mainline Modeler Freight Cars Volume 3 Book 3 100 pages Copyright1991 Freight Cars Volume 3 The Best of Mainline Modelers Soft Cover 100 pages Copyright 1991 CONTENTS BOX CARS Canadian National Box Carby Robert L. Hundman20 Ice Reefer to Box Carby Montford Switzer38 Penn Central Box Car Modelingby Jim Six66 CONTAINER CARS APL Container Car: Today's High Speed Consistby Curt Fortenberry Bill McKean88 APL Container Car: The Brake Systemby Curt Fortenberry Robert L. Hundman 93 Atlantic Coast Line Flat Carby Mark Montague75 GONDOLAS USRA Composite Gondolaby James E. Lane23 USRA Composite Gondola Constructionby Robert L. Hundman30 HOPPERS Airslide Modelingby Lloyd Keyser6 Airslide - Late Productionby Bill McKean12 H-4, The 1951 Rebuild of a 1944 Composite Hopperby Roy Hurlbut45 Norfolk & Western H-4 Modelingby John Munson49 Seaboard/CB&Q Cement Hopperby Robert L. Hundman53 Pullman-Standard Covered Hopperby George D. Lenington78 REEFERS Marhoefer Refrigeration Carsby Montford Switzer41 Pacific Fruit Express R-40-2 and Similar Carsby Dr. Bruce Jones56 The Fleet and the Airbrush: Weathering Pacific Fruit Express Refrigerator Cars with Paintby Robert J. Zenk61 TANK CARS Upgrading a Toy Train Tank Carby Dan Lacey16 Special Tank Carsby John Nehrich55 CABOOSE The Chesapeake & Ohio Cabooseby Robert L. Hundman68 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT Auto Rack Unloaderby Bill McKean73 REFERENCE DATA Westerfield Modificationsby Don Smith97 In the early 50's the C&NW's covered hopper fleet consisted primarily of 34-foot cement cars of 1958-cubic-foot capacity, plus a few specialty covered hoppers used for sugar, carbon black and phosphate. To fulfill the need to transport other powdered bulk commodities, the innovative Airslide Hopper was developed by General American Transportation Corporation of East Chicago, Illinois. Powdered commodities packed to a hard consistency during transport are not self-unloading. Witness the hammer marks on a cement hopper made while unloaders struggled to break loose the hard-packed cement. General American solved this problem by aerating the hard-packed powder so that it would flow to the center unloading outlets. This was achieved by providing low-pressure air to four sloped fabric-covered flumes in the hopper bottom, thus "fluidizing" the powder to naturally flow to the center outlets. The car as introduced was 42 feet long, ten feet eight inches wide, and 14 feet four inches high with a capacity of 2600 cubic feet - a very large car for this time light density commodities. The Airslide Hopper transported bulk shipments of dry, granular or powdered commodities such as flour, sugar, plastics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals in an efficient and sealed sanitary car. The all-welded car had an interior finish of polyclutch lining and was loaded through six round roof hatches. Figure One shows the twin auger arrangement used by Golden Loaf Flour of Lake City, Minnesota. A round flexible duct was clamped and sealed to the rim of the round hatch of one compartment. A breather bag was placed in the other hatch of the compartment and the flour augered into the car. (A flour-loading auger would make a nice addition to your grain elevator operations. This would add the requirement for Airslide cars.) All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.

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