and he notes - Indeed Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. no longer exists as an in independent company. They merged with Trinity Rail Group in 2001 to form Trinity Industries. Trinity also acquired Pullman Standard back in 1981 and with the merger became the largest car builder in North America. Their web site describes their products and services but no specifics.
For a list of car builders try this page: http://www.ironhorse129.com/RollingStock/list/bldr_list_H.htm Raleigh in chilly Maine... See more videos at http://www.emporiumpictures.com/ email me for new releases: Emporium Pictures <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 06:49 PM 12/2/2006, englishintroy wrote: >John, > >I believe Thrall no longer exists as an independent company. My >recollection is that they were taken over about 5 or so years ago. >The acquiring company may have been Trinity, but I'm not sure; it >could have been American Railcar Industries (formerly ACF), but I'm >pretty sure it wasn't Gunderson/Greenbrier or Freight Car America >(formerly Johnstown America). > >Try contacting these companies and see who has the drawings, starting >with Trinity. > >Hope this helps - > >Jeff English >Troy, New York > >--- In <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], >"John Degnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Tom. > > > > What I'm really looking for is drawings of the various types of >intermodal cars. They don't have to be highly technical drawings, >just need to show the necessary dimensions needed for >scratchbuilding... widths, lengths, truck (bolster) centers and axel >centers, wheel sizes, etc, etc, etc. I was hoping that I could get >such information from the manufacturer's sites. > > > > > > John Degnan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom Hawley > > To: <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 2:56 PM > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Thrall Car Manufacturing WEB SITE? >Other... > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John Degnan > > . . . . other than Trinity, Gunderson and Thrall, what are the >other > > manufacturers of Intermodal cars? > > > > > > > > > > > There's > > <http://www.steelcar.com/>http://www.steelcar.com/ > > of Ontario, but the web site doesn't take you anywhere except a >phone number > > if you want to order a few of the real ones. > > Tom Hawley > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
