Railway Prototype Cyclopedia

RP CYC

Models - Data - Photos

RP CYC Publishing, later Silverlake Images reprints.

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1	Frisco Howe Truss Box Cars Pullman 12-1 Sleeping Cars Santa Fe 2-6-2 Pacifics Riverted 40' PS-1 Box Cars St. Louis Car Co. Cabooses Twin Offset Hoppers & More	Pages 6-16 St. Louis Car Company Cabooses While most well known for their street cars and passenger cars, the St. Louis Car Company also built more than 350 cabooses for Class 1 railroads. This photo essay displays excellent builder's photos of these cabooses. A roster and sample diagram. Pages 17-36 Santa Fe 4-6-2s The Santa Fe operated a sizable fleet of 4-6-2 Pacifics of the 1309, 1337, 3500, and 3600 Classes. This outstanding article discusses the history of these locomotives including variations and later modifications made to them. A total of 29 excellent photographs pictorially documents this piece of Santa Fe history Pages 37-47 Modeling Plan 3410 12-1 Pullman Cars The most common of all the heavyweight sleeping cars was the Plan 3410 series 12 Section, 1 Drawing Room Pullman sleeping car. In the first part of this series of articles on Pullman heavyweight cars, the body of the Rivarossi HO scale model is prepared for all the underbody work and final assembly that is completed in Volume 2. The article provides information on the various air conditioning systems used on these cars as well as six pages of valuable data that helps put these cars into perspective Pages 48-58. Riveted 40 ft PS-1 Box cars Pullman-Standard manufactured more than 5,500 PS-1 40' box cars with 6' door openings and riveted side panels. The article provides a roster and ten photographs of prototype cars including numerous cars built for Chicago and North Western. Also, two models are shown that were fabricated from parts of three InterMountain Railway kits. The end result of this relatively easy kitbash is a highly authentic scale model. Pages 59-69 Missouri Pacific Stockyard Stockyards were commonly found along the right of way during the 1930s through the 1950s and were an important part of railroad revenue during this period. This article gives an interesting account of shipping livestock by rail along with a fabulous model of a small Missouri Pacific stockyard in HO scale. A complete set of plans is provided along with pertinent information for modeling a stockyard. Page 70-81 Friscos Howe Truss box cars The mainstay of Frisco's rolling stock fleet was the 40' Howe Truss box car. In all, 6,500 cars of this design were built from 1926 through 1930. In April 1960, some 4,535 cars were still in service. The article covers the history of the cars including the steel rebuilding program that began in 1953. These distinctive prototype cars can be accurately modeled using kits made by Sunshine Models Page 82-96 1935 AAR 50 ton hopper cars Part 1 The ubiquitous workhorse of the coal hauling roads, the 33' inside length offset hopper was truly a common car. The article discusses the features and the differences of the 50-ton A.A.R. Standard and Alternate Standard designs as well as one nonstandard design used mainly by Illinois Central. Numerous photographs are presented as well as a four page roster of approximately 127,000 cars built from 1934 to 1960	1997	96		B0010ZG8GY		$20.95
2	Pullman 12-1 Sleeping Cars AC&F Type 27 Tank Cars ART's First Steel Reefers Section, Bunk, And Tool Houses Modeling Early EMC SW-1s Frisco Howe Truss Box Cars Twin Offset Hoppers			96		B004N7VYDI		-
3	Box Car Painting And Lettering More AC&F Type 27 Tank Cars Greenville's GV-2 Covered Hoppers Rodger-Hart 70-Ton Ballast Cars 52'-6" Drop-End Gondola Cars Modeling The GE 70-Tonner Common Pullman Heavyweight Cars					B004N7TUNY		-
4	Box Car Lettering Practises Freight Car Trucks NWX 40-Foot AC&F Wood Reefers Phosfhate Covered Hopper Cars	Pages 1-34 The author discusses the A.A.R. requirements for box car lettering and how the railroads followed those standards (or deviated from them). Shown are box cars of all types, including 40' and 50', single and double sheathed wood side cars, all-steel cars, single door and automobile box cars. In addition to details about capacity and dimensional data, this article provides numerous photos displaying monograms and slogans that were stenciled on box cars. Pages 35-51 Freight car trucks From Arch Bar trucks to Roller Bearings, Richard Hendrickson discusses the development of freight car trucks from the early 1900s through the 1950s. Included are examples of the most common freight car trucks used plus a few that were not so common. Examples of high-speed trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and caboose trucks are also shown. Pages 52-70 NWX 40 ft AC&F ReefersThe North Western Refrigerator Line purchased more than 3,000 AC&F-built wood refrigerator cars during the 1920s, '30s, and 1940. The article presents a roster of the cars and a substantial number of NWX prototype photos as well as the associated Western Refrigerator Line (Green Bay and Western). Many of the NWX cars were originally built with "billboard" lettering and were rolling advertisements for various dairy and poultry companies located in the upper Midwest. Accurate scale models of the prototype cars are available from Westerfield in HO scale. After Volume 4 was published, Branchline Trains released a version of these AC&F-built cars as an HO scale styrene plastic kit, accurate for NWX cars built 1927-1931 Pages 71-85 Phosphate Covered Hopper Cars During the early 1930s, the Seaboard Air Line developed a new covered hopper design for the transport of phosphate rock. Soon thereafter, the Atlantic Coast Line developed a similar, but different design. Later, Shippers Car Line also owned a quantity of phosphate covered hopper cars for leasing purposes. Wabash purchased some second-hand during the early 1950s. This article provides prototype information and photographs on these unique covered hopper cars. Roster information is also provided as well as a sample diagram Pages 86-96 1935 AAR 50 ton hopper cars The series is continued with 50- and 60-ton cars of the A.A.R. Standard and Alternate Standard twin offset design used by railroads of the Appalachian region, including the C&O, B&LE, C&I, Montour, P&S, P&WV, and W&LE.		96		B01ES8T7MQ		-
5	Vintage Box Car Painting & Lettering WW II Troop Sleepers & Kitchen Cars URTX/MRX AC&F Wood Reefers EMD F2 And F3 Phase I Locomotives 1926/1929 A.R.A. Quadruple Hoppers Modeling Vintage Prototype Track			96		B004N7SUFS		-
6	Updates And New Information BX Express Box Cars EMD F3 Phase II Locomotives Lightweight Passenger Car Trucks			104		B004N7VYG0		-
7	BR & BS Express Refrigerator Cars EMD F3 Phase III Diesel Locomotives AC&F 10,500-Gallon Propane Tank Cars	Pages 1-77 BR & BS Express refrigerator cars Express refrigerator cars were a major facet of railroad history and were an important part of passenger train consists into the 1960s. Seventy-seven pages to this subject with history, data, photos, and a 3-page roster of these interesting and sometimes unique cars. More than 90 builder's and in-service photos, 36 of which are color, display many painting and lettering schemes Pages 78-84 EMD F3 phase II diesel locomotives This is the third in a series of Electro-Motive Division F3 Diesel locomotive articles. This particular group was identified by the introduction of horizontal louvers between the two side portholes on the A-units and "chicken wire" along the top row of air intakes. This F3 model has been dubbed "Phase III" by the modeling community. A detailed roster is presented that specifies various items such as the use of dynamic brakes, steam generation equipment, headlight configuration, type of pilot, and style of number boards. Examples of the production locomotives are illustrated with EMD builder's and in-service photos Pages 85-105 AC&F type 27 10,500 gallon ICC-105A propane tank cars In the late 1920s the propane industry was in its infancy and by the mid-1930s had grown in prominence. Purpose-specific tank cars were built to support the increased demand for the transportation of propane. AC&F built more than 500 Type 27 10,500-gallon tank cars from 1929 to early 1946 having the same general dimensions and configuration. The cars had many variations that are described plus a total of 32 photos and plans of these important cars in railroad history		104		B003JDVQOO		-
8	BX Express Box Cars - Addendum VO-1000 Diesel Switcher Locomotives A.A.R. Twin Offset-Side Hoppers (Part 4) 10'-0" IH Postwar 40'6" A.A.R. Box Cars	Pages 1-27 Express Box cars addendum This addendum provides additional coverage on the subject of BX express box cars that we originally presented in Volume 6. Included are many photos and much information we either did not have sufficient space for in Volume 6 or have subsequently acquired. Shown are BX express box cars routinely used in headend express passenger train service from the 1930s through the 1950s and into the 1960s. Pages 28-59 Baldwin VO-1000 diesel switcher locomotives Presented are the many "phases" of Baldwin VO-1000 Diesel switchers built during the production span of these distinctive locomotives from late 1939 to 1946. Included are builder's or in-service photographs of each "phase" in as-delivered appearance plus examples of locomotives that received various modifications while in service. Each phase designation is described with its inherent characteristics and a guide to the time period produced. In the case of modified locomotives, information about the original configuration is included. This article and the series of VO-1000 articles in Diesel Era are complimentary in nature. Pages 60-74 1935 AAR 50 ton hopper cars Part 4 Continuing the series of 1935 A.A.R. twin offset-side hopper cars produced for 25 years (1936 to 1960), this edition presents cars of this type built for southeastern roads. Examples include A.A.R. Standard and Alternate Standard cars as well as "non-standard" cars having 33' inside length. Representative builder's and in-service photos are shown of the numerous southeastern roads owning cars of this general description. This includes the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which had more than 19,000 cars of various configurations. Page 75-105 10 0 inside height postwar AAR 40 6 box cars Following the production of the 1937 A.A.R. box car, the "most common box car" ever produced, cars of the same general design followed from 1945 into the 1950s. Presented are cars of 10'-0" IH having Improved Dreadnaught Ends of three versions built during this period. More than 35,000 cars of this description were built with SP/T&NO having more than 19,000. Included is a two-page roster of cars meeting the criteria.			******			-
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10	Freight Car Hand Brakes - 1920s to 1950s New York Central 47'-11" Container Cars Phosphate Covered Hoppers - Addendum AC&F Type 27 Multiple-Compartment Uninsulated I.C.C. 103 Tank Cars	Pages 1-59 by Pat Wider One item common to all freight cars is a hand brake. During the 1920s through 1950s a wide variety of types and styles of hand brakes were available. This included the use of vertical staff hand brakes with the wheel in a horizontal plane, geared power hand brakes with the wheel in either a vertical or horizontal plane, ratchet hand brakes, and lever hand brakes. Over time hand brake manufacturers introduced numerous changes to mechanisms and to the appearance of the wheels. Presented is a history of hand brake devices with more than 100 photos and illustrations of the many hand brakes installed on freight cars during this period. Also provided are tables listing A.A.R. certified geared hand brakes as of May 1944 and June 1959 New York Central 47' 11" Container Cars Pages 60-70 by Pat Wider During the early 1930s the New York Central Railroad and L.C.L. Corporation continued the development of an early intermodal "Container-On-Flat-Car (COFC) service. The L.C.L. Corporation purchased 335 such cars from Standard Steel Car Company and American Car & Foundry Company in 1930 and 1931 with each car equipped with 6 containers and having an inside length of 47' 11". These drop-side cars were used in COFC service into the early 1950s before being converted by NYC with the permanent closing of the drop-sides. The article presents a history of the cars with 20 photos and illustrations Phosphate Covered Hoppers - Addendum Pages 71-75 by Pat Wider In Volume 4 we presented an article on 70-ton quadruple covered hopper cars for use in dedicated phosphate service. The cars were owned by Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Shippers' Car Line. Wabash later purchased some of these cars for sand service. Additional material is presented that includes five in-service photos, two model photos, and two illustrations of these cars AC&F Type 27 Uninsulated Multiple Compartment ICC 103 tank cars Page 76-105 by Ed Hawkins From 1928 through the late 1940s, AC&F developed and built a myriad of tank cars constructed to their Type 27 design standard. Included were several hundred multiple-compartment cars of either insulated or uninsulated configurations. Presented in this volume are uninsulated cars of this type, nearly all of which were either two-compartment or three-compartment. A lone five compartment car was built. The tank capacities ranged in size from 4,000 gallons to 8,000 gallons with 6,000 gallons being the most common. Included is a history of the development of Type 27 tank cars with a comprehensive roster and more than 50 photos and illustrations of these unique multiple-compartment cars used for transporting liquid materials.		104				$24.95
11	Lightweight Streamline Passenger Cars Selected Pullman-Standard 4-4-2s Selected Pullman-Standard 10-5s Pullman-Standard 6-6-4s Selected Budd 10-6s			112		B004N7P87Q		$24.95
12	Weighing Freight Cars CB&Q Wood-Sheathed Auto Cars FGE/BRE/WFE Wartime Reefers			112		B004N7QVBS		-
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14	Missouri Pacific Steel Rebuilds 40' Cryogenic Gas Box/Tank Cars General American 37' Meat Reefers A.R.A. Quad Hopper Cars Addendum	Page 1-39 Missouri Pacific steel rebuild box cars including the original single and double sheathed cars Considered Missouri Pacific's "signature" box cars, the 1950s 36' and 40' steel rebuilds were truly unique as they reused underframes and ends (mostly) from cars built from 1924-1930. Rebuilt cars received new all-steel 10-panel riveted sides, new Youngstown doors, and new diagonal panel roofs. The article also presents the original cars, including interim changes made before the rebuilding program. The rebuilds were painted either freight car red for general service or in Eagle passenger-train colors for L.C.L. Eagle Merchandise Service. A two-page roster and time-line are also included. Pages 40-77 40 Cryogenic gas tank / box cars From the late 1930s to early 1960s, distinctive tank cars disguised as all-steel box cars were built by Pressed Steel Car Co., General American Transportation Corp., and American Car & Foundry for the transportation of cryogenic gases. Shown are numerous builder's photos and in-service photos of cars leased to Linde, Air Reduction, and National Cylinder Gas. Included are a roster and engineering drawings of selected cars showing a general configuration of the tank and box car as well as details such as roof hatches and end doors Pages 78-98 General American 37 meat reefers From the late 1930s through the 1950s, Midwestern slaughterhouses and meat packers leased a significant quantity of modern 37' refrigerator cars with wood superstructures built by General American Transportation Corporation. Dubuque, Kingan & Co, Dugdale Packing, and Oscar Meyer are just a few examples of the shippers that leased these cars owned by General American with G.A.R.X. or U.R.T.X. reporting marks. Also included is a roster. Page 99-105 1926 / 1929 ARA quadruple hoppers addendum Presented in the addendum are additional in-service photos that have been acquired since the publication of the original article in Volume 5. These include cars for original owners B&O, C&O, Erie, K.C.S. (a later all-welded version), MILW, and M.P., as well as mid to late 1950s second-hand owners Montour and Norfolk Southern, the latter of which leased cars with extended sides for wood chip service. Also included is an updated roster and ORER time-line table.		104		B001UF6HGA	£20.00	-
15	General American GAEX/GARX XME and RB Leased Box Cars P.R.R. X23 Family Freight Cars Greenville 70-Ton Fish-Belly Twin Covered Hopper Cars	Pages 1-46 General American GAEX / GARX XME and RB Leased Box Cars by Patrick C. Wider The extensive material covers the 1950s state-of-the-art General American 50 high quality XME box cars as well as their 50 RB insulated box car siblings that were leased by several well-known class I railroads. The article also includes considerable information on General American-Evans DF Loaders that equipped these cars as well as many others built during the period Pages 47-87 Pennsylvania Railroad X23, X24, K7 and R7 Freight Cars by Patrick Wider The comprehensive article describes and illustrates the P.R.R. single-sheathed box cars, automobile cars, stock cars, and refrigerator cars all built to a standard 1912 railroad propriety design. The cars had long lives and a number of the refrigerator cars were subsequently transferred to Fruit Growers Express and the National Car Company Pages 88-105 Greenville Steel Car Company 70 Ton Fishbelly Side Sill Covered Hopper Cars by Ed Hawkins Covered are the distinctive fish-belly Greenville 70-ton covered hopper cars that were built from 1947-1953 and bore many design characteristics of similar cars built by American Car & Foundry as well as several other major American freight car builders of the period.						$27.95
16	U.S.R.A. Double-Sheathed Box Cars General American 70-Ton Reefers Freight Car Running Boards And Brake Steps	Pages 1-53 USRA 40 ton double sheathed box cars The article is the first in a series of articles that will cover several standard American box car designs that were built in large quantities during the first half of the 20th Century. In this article, Pat Wider covers the 25,000 double-sheathed wood and steel box cars that were built from 1918 to 1922 following a United States Railroad Association standard design. The comprehensive series of articles will include the contemporary U.S.R.A. single-sheathed wood & steel and double-sheathed all-steel box cars operated by a large number of U.S. railroads. Pages 54-63 General American 70 ton all steel refrigerator cars The author describes and illustrates the unique 1930s General American 70-ton super size all-steel refrigerator cars owned and operated by General American Transportation Corporation and leased to the Milwaukee Road and the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. These cars presaged the modern 50' cars of the 1950s. Pages 64-113 Freight car running boards and brake steps The author covers the various types of running boards and brake steps installed on freight cars prior used from the early 1900s through 1960 and to their banishment in 1974. Included are numerous photographs, tables, diagrams, descriptions, and contemporary trade publication advertisements. This is a must have article for serious freight-car modelers		112		B001UEQYV4		$27.95
17		Pages 1-51 USRA 50 ton single sheathed box cars and steel rebuilds The article is the second in a series of articles that cover several standard American box car designs that were built in large quantities during the first half of the 20th Century. In this article, Pat Wider covers the 25,000 single-sheathed wood and steel box cars that were built from 1918 to 1920 following a United States Railroad Administration standard design. The article also includes the steel-rebuilds of many of these cars that lasted well into the 1960s. Pages 52-64 General American Trans-Flo hopper cars The author describes and illustrates the unique General American 70-ton Trans-Flo covered hopper cars owned and operated by the General American Transportation Corporation and leased to the American Stores Company, National Biscuit Company, and Miles Laboratories. These distinctive cars presaged the later General American Airslide hopper cars of the 1950s and 1960s. Pages 65-113. Railroad owned GATC Airslide 2,600 Cubic Ft Covered Hopper Cars by Ed Hawkins The author covers the General American 2,600 Cu. Ft. Airslide covered hopper cars that were ordered and owned by several railroads from 1954 to 1959. The article features many pristine builders photographs. This is the first part in a series of articles that will also include the General American-owned 2,600 Cu. Ft. Airslide cars.						-
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19	Emergency Composite Box Cars Erie 40-Ton Express Milk Cars All-Welded 52'-6" 70-Ton Drop-End Gondola Cars							$29.95
20	Flat Car Loading Practices -A.A.R. Rules, Various Commodities And Loaded Cars GATC Airslide Covered Hopper Cars Part 2 (Railroad Leased Cars)							$38.95
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25		Pages 1-31. The article is the eleventh in a series covering American box car designs that were built during the first half of the 20th century. Described are the 40’, 50-ton box cars assembled by Pullman-Standard and General American that followed the design of the A.A.R. modified-standard, all-steel box car of 1937. The article includes the latest information pertaining to the billboard stenciling applied to these cars.			******			-
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28	WWII EMERGency Composite GA/GB Gondola Cars ACF-Design 1,958 Co. F. 70-Ton Covered Hopper Cars, Part 2 Build by GATC From 1940 To 1949							-
29	A Special Dedication And Tribute To Dr. Richard H. Hendrickson WW II Emergency Composite 50-Ton And 70-Ton Hopper & Ballast Cars ACF 50-Ton, 40'-6" Carbuilders End Box Cars							-
30	WWII Emergency Composite GH/GS General Service Gondola Cars ACF-Design 1,958 Cu. Ft. 70-Ton Covered Hopper Cars, Part 3 Built By Pullman, Secondary Car Builders, & Railroad Shops	Page 1-28 WWII emergency composite class GH / GS gondola cars This article is a continuation of his series on the emergency composite freight cars built during World War II in an effort to reduce the industrys dependency on the critically short materials needed for the weapons of war. Ultimately three car builders -General American, Pressed Steel, and Pullman-Standard - and one railroad shop (CMStP&P) built a total of 12,185 AAR class GH/GS, 41'0" or 41'6", 50 ton and 46'0", 70 ton emergency composite general service gondola cars with drop doors during or immediately following the war. Of these, 3,500 cars were built to a standard AAR 50 ton composite general service gondola car design. Included is coverage of the cars rebuilt with steel sides, solid floors, or side extensions for hauling wood chips and sugar beets. The article includes 11 diagrams, 31 photographs, and one roster. Pages 29-113 ACF design 1958 cubic ft 70 ton hopper cars part 3 Included are descriptions and photographs of the cars built by Bethlehem Steel, Greenville Steel, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Mount Vernon, Pullman-Standard, Ralston Steel, Thrall, Santa Fe, Burlington Lines, C&EI, Milwaukee Road, MoPac, Northern Pacific, St. Louis - San Francisco, and Union Pacific from 1940 to 1961. While the cars were built to essentially the same ACF design presented in RP CYC Volume 27, the article describes how these cars differed from those built by ACF. Discussed are the various roof and hatch cover designs as well as the specific variations and specialty items such as hand brakes, running boards and brake steps, trucks, wheels, and painting information/specs. The cars are described and illustrated with 138 builder and in-service photographs including a number of illustrative overhead views, four tables, and a comprehensive four page roster.		112		B071CX75BP		-
31-	Lightweight House Cars, Part 2 New High-Strength Steel Alloys Allow Reductions In Tare Weight			265				$59.95
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33	Pullman Heavyweight Sleeping Cars, Part IV The Color Photographs By Dick Kuelbs							$59.95
34	Addendum, Corrections And Additonal Photographs For Volumes 1 Through 33			192
35	Genesis Of The A.A.R. Std. Box Car Standard Specialties & Systems A.A.R. Standard Box Car Of 1937			385		-	-	-

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