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=== Flatcar Kit === | === Flatcar Kit === | ||
The following photos were provided by [[David Hannah III]]. This flatcar kit was produced by [[Jim Jackson|Jim's]] [[Railway Hardware Company]]. David said the kit was very well made and easy to put together. The cherry wood | The following photos were provided by [[David Hannah III]]. This 1890's era flatcar kit was produced by [[Jim Jackson|Jim's]] [[Railway Hardware Company]]. David said the kit was very well made and easy to put together. They were about 5-1/2 feet long. The kits had pre-fabricated cherry wood beams, with the dado work already done. Jim provided plenty of hardware detail. | ||
[http://ibls.org/files/2015/Railway_Hardware_Company_Woodcar.pdf Drawings and assembly instructions], courtesy of [[David Hannah III]]. | |||
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File:JimJackson cars Boehmke 2017.JPG|Four beautiful 7.5" ga. [[Railway Hardware Company|Jackson built]] truss rod cars. Very highly detailed with two cars having brakes. Two of the cars are flat cars and two are gondolas. Photo by Boehmke, 2017. | |||
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File:1888 Twin Hopper Gondola.jpg|Twin-hopper Gondola Car plans, from the Railroad Gazette, Sept. 14, 1888. | |||
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* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=72957&p=357419#p357419 "Whatever happended to...", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:11, 2 July 2018
Railway Hardware Company was owned and operated by Jim Jackson of Houston, Texas in the 1990s.
Build Gallery
This equipment was manufactured by Railway Hardware Company.
Flatcar Kit
The following photos were provided by David Hannah III. This 1890's era flatcar kit was produced by Jim's Railway Hardware Company. David said the kit was very well made and easy to put together. They were about 5-1/2 feet long. The kits had pre-fabricated cherry wood beams, with the dado work already done. Jim provided plenty of hardware detail.
Drawings and assembly instructions, courtesy of David Hannah III.
Gallery
Four beautiful 7.5" ga. Jackson built truss rod cars. Very highly detailed with two cars having brakes. Two of the cars are flat cars and two are gondolas. Photo by Boehmke, 2017.
Twin-hopper Gondola Car plans, from the Railroad Gazette, Sept. 14, 1888.
