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Historical and Museum Commission
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{series #393m.30}
Grouped by type
of car and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages of general arrangement drawings of flat cars. Also included are some component drawings. Drawings are grouped as follows: Special Built, Transformer Car and Well Car - Built, Cane Car - Built, Flat and Transformer Car - Proposed, and Cane Car - Proposed.
General
Drawings of Cars Built by the Rio de Janeiro Plant of Middletown Car Company,
1919-1927.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.31}
Arranged numerically
by tracing number.
Bound volume of general arrangement drawings of various cars built by the Middletown Car Company plant of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cars include tank, flat, box, stock, gondola, baggage, mail, and conductor cars.
Gondola
Car General Arrangement Drawings,
1902-1953.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.32}
Grouped by whether
built or proposed, and arranged randomly thereunder.
Loose binder pages of general arrangement drawings under the headings of Gondola Cars Built With Twin Hoppers, Gondola Cars Built, and Gondola Cars Proposed. The drawings depict gondola, ore, and ballast cars.
Gondola End Material Specifications,{series #393m.33}
Arranged randomly.
A binder of specifications for gondola end material. The specifications, from the Michigan City, Indiana plant, are for ordering material to be used to construct the ends of gondola cars.
Hopper
Car General Arrangement Drawings,
1902-1953.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.34}
Grouped by car type,
and arranged randomly thereunder.
Loose binder pages
of general arrangement drawings divided into the categories of Hoppers, Ore
Cars, Side Dump Built, Side Dump Proposed, Cement Cars, and Ballast Cars. There
are some drawings from the Michigan City, Indiana plant.
Middletown
and Standard Steel Car Company Freight Car Export Proposal Drawings,
1908-1948.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.35}
Grouped by manufacturer
and type of car, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
of general arrangement drawings of various freight cars proposed and built for
export by Middletown Car Company and Standard Steel Car Company. Volume begins
with a twenty-one page listing of cars proposed for export, arranged by type
of car. The list gives Middletown drawing number, car type, capacity, weight,
buffers, and gauge. Then drawings are divided as follows: box, stock, gondola,
flat and cane, hopper, tank, refrigerator, and miscellaneous. Following this
section is an eleven page listing similar to the first which provides the Pullman-Standard
drawing number. This list notes the
customer for whom the cars were built and provides additional data for each
car. Then follows another set of drawings divided as the first section.
Middletown
and Standard Steel Car Company Wheel Drawings,
1902-1926.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.36}
Grouped by manufacturer,
and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
A bound volume of
drawings of wheels, axles, and related components. Two-thirds of the drawings
are from the Middletown Car Company. The remaining portion contains drawings
from the Standard Steel Car Company. A few drawings from the Forged Steel Wheel
Company are at the end of the Standard section.
{series #393m.37}
Grouped by type
of car, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages of general arrangement drawings from the Middletown Car Company. Each drawing shows the purchasing railroad. Car types include flat, cane, box, stock, tank, refrigerator, dynamometer, ballast, side dump cars, hoppers, gondolas, and cabooses. A number of the older cars were made for use in Latin America. Divider titles are: Middletown Box Cars, Old Middletown Box Cars, Stock Cars, Gondolas, Flat and Cane, Old Middletown Flat and Cane, Hopper, Tank, Old Middletown Tank, Refrigerator, and Miscellaneous.
Middletown
Forging Specifications and Drawings,
1911-1921.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.38}
Arranged randomly.
A bound volume of
drawings of forgings from the Middletown Car Company. There is a list of “special
forgings” at the front of the volume which names many of the drawings and gives
their location in the book. At the rear are some sheets listing forgings by
type of car.
Middletown
Freight Car Export Proposal Drawings,
1911-1924.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.39}
Grouped by type
of car, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
of general arrangement drawings which are divided into the following categories
of railroad cars: box, stock, gondola, flat and cane, hopper, tank, refrigerator,
and miscellaneous. All are from the Middletown Car Company.
Mine Car
General Drawings,
1903-1931.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.40}
Arranged numerically
by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
of general arrangement drawings of mine cars.
Miscellaneous
Car General Arrangement Drawings,
1903-1957.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.41}
Grouped by manufacturer
who built or proposed cars, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
divided as follows: Built – Standard Steel Car Company Miscellaneous, Proposed
- Standard Steel Car Company, Built – Middletown, Proposed - Middletown, Built
- Standard Steel Car Company Caboose, Proposed - Standard Steel Car Company
Caboose, USRA Caboose, Middletown Proposed and Built – Caboose, and Brake Arrangement.
The general arrangement drawings in the first section include drop side, container,
hopper, cement, sheep, poultry, armored, service and ballast, transfer, derrick,
and phosphate cars among others. The second section includes similar cars as
well as some for carrying helium, “pickle”, milk, and a turbine water wheel.
The Middletown drawings include tenders, hoppers, dump, dynamometer, salt, and
nitrate cars among others. The caboose drawings cover a variety of styles.
{series #393m.42}
Grouped
by car or component type.
Loose
binder pages with dividers separating material into sections for Draft Gear/Rigging,
Middletown Draft Rigging, Ore Cars/Container/Ballast Spreader, Vacuum Brakes,
Door Details, Gondola Ends, Door Mechanisms, Box Car Doors, and Container Proposals.
General arrangement drawings for box, stock, gondola, flat, cane, and tank cars
are included as well as drawings of components. A special four page listing
of cars built or proposed for export can be found at the end of the section
on vacuum brakes. Information provided by the list for each car includes drawing
number, type of car, capacity in kilos, weight in kilos, gauge, journals, truck,
truck drawing, number built, and for whom built.
Passenger,
Suburban Coach, Baggage and Mail Car, Heating, Brake, and Electrical System
Drawings,
1906-1926.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.43}
Arranged
numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages for general arrangement drawings of motor cars, baggage and mail cars, suburban coaches, passenger cars, street cars, baggage cars, baggage and passenger cars, and dynamometer cars, among others. Also included are drawings for heat, electrical, brake, and steam systems and for cross and vertical sections of most cars. There is a two page listing of car types which provides car number, purchasing railroad, and the drawing numbers for the general arrangement, cross section, air brake, and heating system.
Refrigerator and Stock Car General Drawings,{series #393m.44}
Grouped by car type
and whether built or proposed, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing
number.
Loose
binder pages which are found at the end of the drawings
in Truck Drawings, 1904-1949 {series #393m.47}.
Material consists of general arrangement drawings divided as follows: Stock
Cars Built, Stock Cars Proposed, Refrigerator Car, and Proposals.
Tank Car
General Drawings,
1903-1929.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.45}
Grouped by whether
built or proposed, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
of Standard Steel Car Company general drawings of tank cars, divided according
to which were built and which were proposed. Among the drawings
is one for a steam-heated pitch car.
Tracings,
1902-1953 (bulk: 1902-1920).
(17 cartons and 65 boxes)
{series #393m.46}
Grouped by drawer
number, and arranged numerically by tracing number therein.
Many
of these drawings are indexed externally, numerically by tracing number, in
Tracing Number Assignments, 1-1743 and 100000-124645, 1902-1935. (8 volumes)
{series #393m.65} and Tracing Number
Assignments for Freight Cars, 49700-57059, 1925-1937. (1 volume) {series #393m.64}.Loose drawings, generally of components used in railcar
manufacture. Some are general arrangement drawings of complete cars. Drawer
assignments are chronological within size range. Small drawings comprise drawers
65 through 80C. Medium drawings are found in drawers 81 through 96A, and large
drawings begin with drawer 97 and include drawer 17. Some complete car drawings
may be found in drawers 17, 107-111 and 121-124. About ninety-five percent of
the tracings are from the Standard Steel Car Company plants in western Pennsylvania.
The remainder are from the Middletown Car Company.
{series #393m.47}
Grouped by trucks
built and proposed, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Truck
Bolster Drawings,
1902-1936.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.48}
Grouped by company,
thereunder by item, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder drawings
of truck bolsters and side frames. Material is divided into Verona Made Bolsters,
Verona Pattern Truck Side Frames, Cast Steel Side Frames, Truck Bolsters, and
Middletown Truck Bolsters. A divider has on it a list of Verona bolster and
side frame patterns. Attached is a memo matching these numbers to tracing numbers.
Truck
Drawings (Built and Proposed),
1910-1951.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.49}
Grouped by company,
thereunder by item, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
of truck layout drawings grouped into the following categories:
Verona, Verona Side Frame, Verona Bolsters, Washburn Side Frames, Built,
and Proposals. The Verona divider has a list that provides bill number, customer,
capacity, size of journal, office order number, truck general drawing number,
side frame number, bolster number, class, date, and remarks. Most of the built
material dates from 1918 or later.
{series #393m.50}
Arranged numerically
by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
of drawings of truck layouts and truck arrangements.
{series #393m.51}
Grouped by type
of car, and thereunder arranged numerically by drawing number.
Loose binder pages
of general arrangement drawings of United States Standard Design for the following
types of freight cars: Single Sheathed Box Car, Double Sheathed Box Car, Refrigerator
Car, Steel Box Car, Ventilated Box Car, Stock Car, 55 and 70 Ton Flat Car, 100
Ton Gondola, 70 Ton Low Side Gondola Wood Floor, 70 Ton Low Side Gondola Steel
Floor, 50 Ton High Side Gondola, 50 Ton Composite Gondola, 50 Ton General Service
Car, 50 and 70 Ton Hopper Cars, Tank Cars, Truck Layout, and Miscellaneous.
Drawings are from 1919 to 1921.
Drawings
of the Standards and Recommended Practices of the Master Car Builders Association,
1918.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.52}
Arranged by standards
and recommended practices.
A volume issued by the Master Car
Builder’s Association. It contains drawings of standard components, safety appliances,
and tests for freight and passenger cars. Topics addressed include journal boxes,
bearings, wedges, gages, springs, wheels, axles, brake gear, truck bolsters,
couplers, and other components.
Designs
of 50 and 70 Ton Nominal Capacity Hopper Cars of the Association of American
Railroads,
1935.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.53}
Arranged
by plate number.
Report
of Committee on Car Construction, American Association of Railroads, of June
1935. The volume includes a narrative analysis of reasons for development of
the designs, comparative features, comments on construction, specifications,
and general drawings of cars and components. Designs for cast steel alternate
construction are included in an appendix.
{series #393m.54}
Arranged
chronologically by date of manual and thereunder by subject.
Binder contains the trade association manuals of 1942 and 1946. The manuals are indexed by topic and contain major subdivisions as follows: Specifications for Materials, Gages and Testing Devices, Car Construction Fundamentals, Trucks and Truck Details, Brakes and Brake Equipment, Locomotive Wheels, Safety Appliances, Specifications for Tank Cars, and Miscellaneous.
Specification Manual of the Association of American Railroads,
Grouped by material
and processes.
Volume of detailed
specifications for materials used in railcar manufacture. All processes in the
creation of materials and their subsequent forming into components are covered.
{series #393m.56)
Arranged
by plate number.
The
supplement is in two parts and includes drawings for standard cars and trucks
adopted as recommended practice. The supplement is indexed by plate number and
contains general arrangement and component drawings.
{series #393m.57} [Holdings]
Arranged
chronologically by date of supplement and by plate number thereunder.
Supplement
to the Manual of the American Railway Association: Drawings for Cars and Trucks
Adopted as Recommended Practice,
1923, 1925,
1932, 1934, 1936, 1938 (bulk: 1923, 1925).
{series #393m.58}
Arranged by plate
number.
Two volumes constitute
the Report of Committee on Car Construction concerning American Railway Association
box cars, both wood and steel sheathed. The recommended practices proposed include
material specifications, assembly procedure, and designs. The report volumes
date from 1923 and 1925 respectively with some modifications added at later
dates. General drawings and detailed drawings of all components are included.
Index
Sheets for Cars Built by the Middletown and Pullman-Standard Car Export Company,
1904-1938 (bulk: 1915-1930).
(1 folder)
{series #393m.59}
Grouped by type
of car, then arranged by manufacturer, and thereunder by drawing number.
An index of cars built and proposed for export by Standard Steel Car Company and Middletown Car Company. Both the built and proposed sections are broken down by the following car types: box, stock, gondola, hopper, flat and cane, tank, refrigerator, trucks, caboose, and cars built for Africa. For each car type, the index sheets have columns providing company drawing number, description of car, capacity in kilos, weight in kilos, buffers, gauge in feet and metric, journals in inches and metric, truck, truck drawing, quantity built, and for whom built. Index duplicates most material found at front of general arrangement drawings in Middletown and Standard Steel Car Company Freight Car Export Proposal Drawings, 1908-1948. (1 volume) {series #393m.35}.
Middletown Office Orders, M3500-3725,{series #393m.60}
Arranged by order
numbers, which were assigned chronologically.
A volume of order tracking data. Information provided is date, order number, company ordering, and a brief statement concerning the transaction.
Office Orders, 20619-22819,{series #393m.61}
Arranged by office
order number.
Volume appears to
be an order tracking book. Each entry lists purchaser’s order number, office
order number, customer, class, number of trucks, date order received, date delivery
promised, dates of material ordered, and correspondence file, among other data.
Register
of Orders,
1935-1961.
{series #393m.62}
Arranged by date
of order.
A two part ledger. The first part appears to be a listing of orders for railcar components, while the second is for castings from the foundry. The first provides serial number of order, date, who work is for, title of work, and blueprint number of the ordering company. The second section lists orders by serial number, ordering company, and a drawing number.
Specifications
for Parts and Materials from Railroad Companies,
1890-1910.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.63}
Arranged by railroad
company.
A box folder containing
one or two-page specifications issued by various railroad companies. The specifications
were to be used by car and component manufacturers when making products for
the various companies. The sheets cover both materials and procedures.
Tracing
Number Assignments for Freight Cars, 49700-57059,
1925-1937.
(1 volume)
{series #393m.64}
Arranged numerically
by tracing number.
Tracing
Number Assignments, 1-1743 and 100000-124645,
1902-1935.
(8 volumes)
{series #393m.65}
Arranged numerically
by assigned tracing number.
Specifications
for Railway Cars, #1762-#1899,
1921-1923.
(1 carton)
{#393m.66} [Holdings]
Arranged by serial number.
Specifications which describe the
materials, procedures, and plans to be used in the construction of specific
railroad cars. Paragraphs provide information on all major components of the
cars. Car general dimensions are included.
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