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RE: (erielack) puzzled by Lambert's Erie Dunmore caboose
Hi Rik,
The diagrams for the Dunmores show an overall height above rail as 14'-5 1/4" to the top of the
cupola roof. The stack is higher, 14'-11 3/4". I don't have one of these out right now, but it's my
recollection that they do ride high. I'm sure they can be made to ride at a reasonable height. The
floor is 3'-9 1/4" above rail. You can find these diagrams on the Fallen Flags website:
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org
I also kind of hate to tell you this, but the Lambert model has a flaw: On one side the windows are
correct. On the other side, they are not. The pair of windows should always be to the right looking
at the side. Lambert somehow managed to make it so the paired window is always at the same end.
Likely, they simply flipped the negative to etch the wrong side. This is only going to matter if
you're a perfectionist, and you host many ERIE / EL modelers who know about it. 8^)
Most of them will either not care of know why you still want to have it.
SGL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rik Paauwe [mailto:dothinker_@_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:15 PM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: (erielack) puzzled by Lambert's Erie Dunmore caboose
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just joined your list after not finding an answer to my question in your interesting
archives. My latest purchase, an
> HO Erie Dunmore caboose by Lambert just arrived and I am a bit puzzled by its height... it looks
higher than any rolling
> stock I own. It peeps out above the highest 50' boxcars (although admittedly my rolling stock is
all pre-1959, no Hi-
> Cubes or Twin stack containers etc).
>
> I've posted a pic of my model here:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/limosalimosa/RR-stuff/cabeese-1.jpg
> comparing it with two other models. It's cuppola grab irons stand 1 mm higher than the NYC ex Big
Four caboose
> sitting next to it, but as you can see it's roof is much higher than the other caboose roofs. When
it arrived it was even
> higher still, I've removed washers that were between trucks and bolsters.
>
> I've read somewhere that the Erie, being originaly built on a broader gauge, had a larger tunnel
profile. Would this
> larger profile be visible like this?
>
> I guess basically my question is, do I need to lower it even further or can I stop worrying?
>
> Or, more to the point: what is the height of those Dunmore cabooses in reality?
>
> many thanks in advance,
>
> Rik
>
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