Wanted: EMD porthole sash weather stripping - looking for a source. EMD (RSI) says 8 wk delivery at very high cost. Has anyone found an alternate source recently? EMD part number 8116587.
Also used as gasketing around outer numberboard glass. Photo attached.
Thanks,
Rich Jahn
Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, Inc.

I would suggest doing a search for gasketed glazing materials, or rubber window seals. I am not sure if you will get exactly what your need, but there a few companies that make rubber gaskets for affixing a piece of glass within a hole cut through a steel plate.

Check out the ones here: http://www.sealsdirect.co.uk/bbCMS/shop ... rtmentId=4

A railroad preservation operation in New Zealand very recently finished restoring an old EMD unit - might see of it is more readily available down under.

dave

I would suggest Dynamic Metals in Louisville, KY. Your gasket is very close, if not identical to the gasket used in Southern Railway caboose windows. I think we got it from J.T. Nelson, who is now Dynamic Metals. I can't remember the fellow in engineering that I talked with, but he is preferable to the folks in sales especially if you're in a hurry...

Charlie

I am currently restoring an EMD E8 at the Monticello Railway Museum in Illinois. I am having a company quote new production of this window weatherstrip. I need 60ft for the E8 porthole windows and headlight. How much of the weatherstrip are you needing?

John Downing