Model Railroad Podcast

Model Railcast Show #88
Tue, Dec 1, 2009
Posted by: Ryan Andersen

Show #88 - Rolling Stock of the Civil War
                   With Tim Harrison & Bernie Kempinski

 Crew Lounge

  • Updates and News- (my apologies, at times during this show my mic was really acting up!)
  • RPO - show 87 feedback 
 Round House - Part 1 of Determining Rolling Stock for Your Modeling Era- The Civil War Era.
  • Open Remarks
    • Railroad Safety Act
    • Link and Pins
    • Brakes
  • Car specifics and some basic types
    • Car Lengths 
    • Box cars and flat cars, plus a few others
  • Thoughts on passenger cars and building materials
    • Passenger cars and roofs
    • Early users of iron
    • Looking at curiosity cars
    • The Railroad Ages of Armstrong
  • Key things NOT present and further advances postwar
    • Brakes and queen-posts
    • trucks
    • further curiosity cars
  • Quick look at engines
    • Sizes of 4-4-0s
    • Reliability issues within scales
    • Bachmann's model

... more photos discussed on show 88.

 That's a Wrap
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  • Pioneers, remember you can hear part 3 of Ryan and Craig's conversation on the LMRR round house.
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Length: 1 hour

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Posted by: bobcatt MRCS Pioneer on Wed, Dec 2 2009     bobcatts2bits.blogspot.com/
Great topic! Always fun to hear Bernie's input and any updates about his USMRR.

White's books are invaluable reference for early car construction; well worth getting hold of. Also, "Railway Car Construction" by William Voss is a good one to have on hand. Reprints are available through the Orange Empire Railroad Museum http://www.oerm.org/pages/books.htm

The Back Shop makes cast brass, drop-in link & pin couplers for O scale applications:
http://home.onemain.com/~thebackshop/link.htm
Posted by: dramos_1701 MRCS Pioneer on Wed, Dec 2 2009     www.nyhrr.com
Great Show guys!

It's really cool to see someone take the time to do early period stuff well. Great job Tim and Bernie as always.
Posted by: schul4 on Wed, Dec 2 2009    
Great show, this will help alot. It's cool that some people model the civil war even though it isn't tipical and popular to model. I'm glad you still got a show up!
Posted by: ricky123 MRCS Pioneer on Wed, Dec 2 2009    
Good show Guys!

It's fun to hear Bernie, He is so knowledgable about Civil War Era Railroading. I always enjoy Him discussing his layout and the era. Thanks to you both for a informative show.

Have a great Week,
Rick D.
Posted by: mscwolf on Wed, Dec 2 2009     www.trainfanatic.blogspot.com
I really enjoyed this show, although I wouldn't use the "Him" for Bernie (as the previous poster did) - he may be God-like to some, but... LOL!
Nice job on both Tim's part & Bernie's plethora of knowledge... I am glad to also hear that the intor show's Tim as Ryan's "right hand man"/co-host. He's doin' a great job and it's drastically taken the show & "kicked it up a notch".
One more thing I liked was how the comments segment was short, sweet, and to the point... I think it should be moved to the end of the show, but that's just me.
Keep the improvments and quality goin' guys!
Posted by: alkemscalemodels MRCS Pioneer on Wed, Dec 2 2009     www.alkemscalemodels.com
Agree that Tim is a natural at interviews.

Norm - aaw come on, can't I at least keep demi-god (not demagogue) status?

BTW I posted some additional info and pics of the Adams Express Company in the forum on show 88 discussion.
Posted by: motrak MRCS Pioneer on Wed, Dec 2 2009     www.motrakmodels.com
I thought the show was great too.

Too bad you can't get good civil war period equipment in N scale..

Good Job Tim and Bernie
Posted by: Ironsiderodger MRCS Pioneer on Thu, Dec 3 2009     www.ironsaddcasts.mypodcast.com
Thanks guys! I'm so glad you liked it- I gotta say Bernie is great at rolling with it!
Posted by: Skipper MRCS Pioneer on Fri, Dec 4 2009    
Great show, I'm modeling a lesser-modeled period as well. Does anybody know what sorts of hopper cars would be appropriate for the mid 1920s?
Posted by: jbaakko on Sat, Dec 5 2009     rr.blockchoice.com
Thanks for the info about the books, I'll be looking for them now.

Here's a link to John H. White Jr's books on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=John%20H.%20White%20Jr.
Posted by: Ironsiderodger MRCS Pioneer on Thu, Dec 10 2009     www.ironsaddcasts.mypodcast.com
Hey Skipper, just wanted to let you know I didn't forget your question, I'll get on that.
 
 
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