Westerfield Gon

Wed Apr 6 16:52:45 EDT 2016

Rob,

Ah ! Thanks for the link to the 1919 Car Cyclopedia pdf. Unfortunately it is not as well scanned as a lot of other old industry books, but sure better then nothing :)

Now that I know the year, I found that a lot those big hopper pages also showed up in Train Shed Cyclopedia  #35 (1919). That must be where I got the info to do my NPP brass VGN 120ton hopper brake system !  Now that I see that all these cars seem to have different arrangements.

FYI for Frank:  the #5 (1940), #48 (1931), and #62 (1925) Train Shed Cyclopedias all have a picture and diagram of the C&O 100 ton (really 91ton) gondola, including the asymmetrical brake system, among other interesting hoppers.

Dave A

On Apr 6, 2016, at 9:29 AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List wrote:

A Google search turned up an online copy of the 1919 Car Builder's Cyclopedia. It has plans for the Virginian 120 ton gondola and its braking system (starting on page 304), as well as other interesting cars such as the VGN coal wharf hopper. The book can be read online or downloaded as a PTF file. The direct link to the book is: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006057858;view=1up;seq=7 

The same online library also has the 1879, 1888, 1903, and 1909 Car Builder's Cyclopedias online. The link to the collection is:  http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000552394

Rob Doorack
North Andover, MA

On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 6:46 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Amazing what happened to my simple request for any photos of a completed Westerfield GKa.  The good news is that apparently there's more interest in these gons than I thought, which means that if this book ever gets done we can sell more than 10 copies.  Now, in addition to some of the Train Shed cycs, I just saw a diagram for underbody detail including the braking system in that article from Model Railroader October 1974 John Munson's article.  Stipulation: that's a VGN gon that he's building, but I wonder how much difference there is in the dual braking systems.

Eric, I hope you're thinking about coming to the NWHS convention in Pikevile or the Virginian gang get together in October at Twin Falls and introducing yourself to the rest of us......enthusiasts.

Frank Bongiovanni

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:42 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
Rick,

I recently mentioned that that was the Train Shed Cyclopedia #62, in a reply to Frank B.

Dave Ayers

On Apr 4, 2016, at 10:15 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:

"I haven't seen any one mention the H.K Gregg reprints of the Car Builders Cyclopedia.  There were at least 2 of the booklets that included hoppers and gondolas and one was called coal cars.  

One of those had the complete diagram describing the KDEL brake system as applied to an N&W Gk."

Dave
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