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BILLP-SE-MI 
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 Topic: Train flat car loaded with Steel wheel B's & C's
Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:10pm |
Here is a picture out of one of my books. Nothing like a train car full Steel wheel tractors getting ready to leave the factory.
Have a good one Bill P
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Blake_AllisMan
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:13pm |
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Very cool picture! I love seeing pictures of the B's and C's on steel wheels!!
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:14pm |
This picture is for you Bill Long. I bet you saw them like this, arive with no lugs or guide bans on the wheels.
Have a good one BILL P
Edited by BILLP-SE-MI - 01 Dec 2010 at 6:14pm
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:14pm |
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Was it only the B's that had the flat topped fenders for steel wheels?
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:17pm |
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Yup because the C's had a wider rear wheel stance. BILL P
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:23pm |
Two things about it , multi tractor shipment by rail and steel wheels on tractors.
Seems lot of tractors are now on truck shipments but do see a few on train cars yet.
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:41pm |
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I like them oldies too. Thanks Bill Keep em coming.
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:51pm |
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I really enjoy the old original photos of tractors and equipment. Thanks Bill P
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:58pm |
When you take the Amtrak from Milwaukee to Chicago you go past a Case IH rail siding near Racine. There's a small yard of tractors, and railcars on the spur ready to be loaded.
Great pic!
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 6:59pm |
Yes that is how they came in WWII. With every tractor there came a light wood box with the cleats, guide bands, and bolts nuts and lock washers to attach. My job, since it was WWII and most men had gone to war, was to attach the lugs and guide bands. Pop would come around later and tighten them up. Coke, it was not till late in our dealership life - we closed in 1962 - that the tractors started coming on trucks. Up till then they, combines and implementswere always delivered on flat or box cars.
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Bill P, Could you e-mail me a copy of that picture. For some reason I could no copy it.
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 7:34pm |
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Very neat picture.
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 7:44pm |
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It sure does look like those wheels are PO1. And the seats are light colored. And they have electric starters.
Edited by Brad MI - 02 Dec 2010 at 1:05pm
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 7:46pm |
Here is my little '39 B on full steel. The ones in the pic look to be around early 40's models. Mine does not have the tall air cleaner or the thicker hubs, but it does have the widened fenders. 
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 8:10pm |
Here's my 44 C.
Edited by BILLP-SE-MI - 01 Dec 2010 at 8:11pm
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 7:21am |
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Would think the tall aircleaner sucked in quite a bit of exhaust?
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 10:50am |
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Did the steel wheeled B's have thicker hubs with the 4 cut-outs like the C's?
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 11:12am |
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yes they had a heavier rear hub with 4 notches in them.
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 11:15am |
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I have see rail cars of combines leaving Grand Island, NE but have never seen a tractor on anything but a truck.
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 5:26pm |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 5:31pm |
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The only steel wheels I use are when I threw a tire.
Nice pictures
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 5:37pm |
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My series 3 190XT was delivered to Alcester SD by rail. Dad told me in Sioux City Ia he seen several rail cars with G's on them. They were on end with front up in air packed so tight they were touching each other.
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 8:08pm |
According to the pic an this B manual (currently on eBay), not all of the steel wheeled B's that shipped from West Allis had the 4 notch rear wheel center.
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 10:10pm |
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Great pictures. I hope by the end of winter my offiice looks like your pictures. i have bought up some AC8070's 1/64 to put on some depression cars. I plan on having my S guage American Flyer train engines pull them around the room.
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Posted: 04 Dec 2010 at 4:52pm |
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That pic from Ebay shows surely shows one of the very first tractors with steel on them. Inside that manual shows the thicker hubs. Don't think Allis would have made too many without the thicker hubs since you can't get all the tread widths without them (unless you dismount the hubs from the axle, then re assemble), but it was WWII.
Edited by GreenOrange - 04 Dec 2010 at 4:53pm
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