Engine Roster?

Discussion in 'General' started by Daniel Dawson, Mar 28, 2017.

  1. Daniel Dawson

    Daniel Dawson Member

    Is there a place with a complete or mostly complete Frisco engine roster for research? Thanks.
     
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    FriscoCharlie Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

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    Frisco Power by Joe Collias (steam)
    Frisco Diesel Power by Louis Marre (diesels)

    Tom G.
     
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  4. Daniel Dawson

    Daniel Dawson Member

    It looks like this site is down. Anybody know if Mike is Okay?
     
  5. Daniel Dawson

    Daniel Dawson Member

    I was also going to ask if anyone knows of a roster for freight cars. I'm trying to find the correct numbers for 40 foot gondola built in 76.
     
  6. gstout

    gstout Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Nick Molo's book does not show any 40' gondolas at all. I am surprised to learn that anyone was ordering 40' gons in 1976.

    GS
     
  7. Daniel Dawson

    Daniel Dawson Member

    It looks like I misread the car data. TL 10-76 is what it says on closer inspection. To boot, I think these were meant for the 50 footers. Turns out, the 40 footer were only built somewhere in the 50-54 range, so your surprise is justified. It's been a bad night for decaling.
     
  8. gstout

    gstout Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Well, there's always brake fluid. Do you have the right numbers now?

    GS
     
  9. pensive

    pensive Member Frisco.org Supporter

    If you are looking for car numbers of a specific time period, there's a quarterly publication called The Official Railway Equipment Register which lists the numbers, dimensions and capacities of every freight car in North America. It doesn't provide the manufacturer or any pictures. You might try to find one for your era.

    Rich
     
  10. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    Rich, would the library have the register?

    Joe
     
  11. Oldguy

    Oldguy Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Not Rich, but I would highly doubt that a library would carry it. Maybe some of us may have one for the date range you are interested in and copy the pages? I doubt I have one that new.
     
  12. pensive

    pensive Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Bob is right, your neighborhood library probably wouldn't carry it. You would have better luck with a library that specialized in transportation or, more specifically, railroads. The Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has an extensive collection of them. The NMRA republished two editions, one from 1943 and the other from 1953; eras popular with model railroaders. Of course, there's always Amazon.

    Rich
     
  13. gstout

    gstout Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Do you know what gondolas you are actually looking for?

    GS
     
  14. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    My ORER copy is from July, 1979. It shows no Frisco gons shorter that 52ft.
    Some earlier scribbles I have show several of the old (~1919-1920) 40 ft gons still hanging around, mainly in company service, but they are gone from the 1979 ORER.
    K
     
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  15. Daniel Dawson

    Daniel Dawson Member

    I was able to find the car numbers I was searching for. My dad had an ORER dated 76 or 7, I think. Thanks, guys.
     
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  16. Sirfoldalot

    Sirfoldalot Frisco.org Supporter Frisco.org Supporter

    How about posting those numbers for the group --
    I like "shorty" cars!
     
  17. Daniel Dawson

    Daniel Dawson Member

    I wrote it down somewhere, but basically around 200 cars. 55012-55190-something was what we found. The Atlas 40 footer gons were correct in that aspect. They were built circa 1950-54.
     

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