[Tony]

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File Name: SP_B-50-12A_26360
File Submitter: Tony
File Submitted: 11 Apr 2010
File Updated: 03 Jan 2011
File Category: Box Cars Std Gauge

SOUTHERN PACIFIC B-50-12-A
USRA Single Sheathed Steel Side Rebuild
File Name: SP_B-50-12A_26960
27317 was in the Flint, Michigan pool as an XME DF loader car, in auto parts service.
Mesh and Textures ©2007 by Tim Muir

Southern Pacific received 1,000 cars from AC&F, Haskel & Barker and Pullman in 1919, class B-50-12, series 26360-27359. The cars were steel sheathed in the second half of 1949, class B-50-12-A. This model represents those rebuilt cars.

The rebuilding program started by removing and discarding the roof and sides from the old single-sheathed cars and cleaning the remaining parts by sandblasting. Afterwards the 5/5/5 corrigated Murphy ends were removed. Frames were inspected and repaired as needed and the original Andrews trucks were refurbished and re-used. New steel sides from Youngstown Steel Door Co. were installed and the Murphy ends were attached, now with a 5/4/5/3 corrigation configuration and wide sheet steel transitions to cover the new height and width from the old. New roof panels from Standard Railway Equipment were assembled into a roof and applied. These were of the diagonal-panel design. New Apex Tri-Lok running boards and new Youngstown steel doors were installed. All the B-50-12-A's kept their original road numbers until the 1956 re-numbering. About 675 cars were thus rebuilt and any remaining cars of the original class were either scrapped or placed in non-interchange company service.

About 64 cars were placed in auto parts service as XME DF loaders and XAP Oldsmobile engine cars.

241 cars survived into 1960 and beyond. Some in veneer service had their doors removed and the openings widened.

Unzip to a temporary folder. Move contents to ...\Trains\Trainset folder. Build a Consist in a Consist Editor.

LEGAL:
As author of this new design, I advise that it is copyrighted, but royalty free. You may use it and edit it as you wish, but you may not distribute it for money, or include it in a paid distribution without permission from Tim Muir, who can be reached via personal message at Elvas Tower http://www.elvastower.com/forums/. You must include my name in your credits, as well as my copyright notices, and this entire Readme.txt, if you repaint it, use or derive files from it, or otherwise use or distribute these files.
Because this program is royalty free, it is provided WHERE IS, AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS, and WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE or any other warranties. There is no liability by the authors in your use of this program, instead all liability is assumed by the user.

Credits to Phil Moberg for supplying the scan of detailed plans drawn by Jeffrey M. Koeller, ( Mainline Modeller, Oct, 1992, also found in the book listed below).

Background info and reference photos from Anthony Thompson's book, Southern Pacific Freight Cars Vol.4, Box Cars, from Signature Press.

Anthony D. Cook for testing the model.

Dave Nelson, some wag file work.

Thank You

Tim Muir
April 25, 2007
Railroad Earth

Repainted by Anthony D. Cook
April 12, 2010

Thanks Tim For all Your fine MSTS Models. You make MSTS fun Our friend. :drinks:

Okay, lets try this again. I updated the ace file sightly to change the graffiti.

Original File Name = SP_B-50-12A_26360.rar

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[timmuir]

Don't make one numbered 26364, Tony, I'm working on that one :drinks:

[Tony]

Don't give Me any ideas. :drinks:


Cheers Tony :o