Frank, According to Tony's RMC article and his blog, in 1949 it went to 48 months for most cars... which is what I forgot when I posted my origianl message. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL I assume

FRANK PEACOCK wrote: Yes, but the 36-hour release had to be signed for on the original waybill, so delays en route would not appear to be subject to this change, unless the shipper could be

Don Valentine wrote: We've been told in previous discussions that it was very COMMON to reload stock into the cars of the home road doing the resting, and send the foreign empties home. Either

I assume that the rules for Periodic Light-Weighing changed by 1957? But when? My 19/48 ORER says that 30 months was the longest interval for box cars, stock cars, etc. FHP (FHPeacock) To:

Wasn't it possible to get an extension? A "36 hour release"? In any case that was a long trip. FHP (FHPeacock) To: STMFC@... From: timboconnor@... Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011

Incompatible reweigh dates: Well, in my world of railroading imagination of any given moment, the reweigh dates may well be whatever suits me, if I even think about them! If the rare observer is

Hello Steve and Group, My knowledge of Canadian rolling stock used in interchange around the US is very limited. But the notes taken by James Burke in 1945 at Climax, Kansas, are interesting. There

Hi Eric,   Raw numbers of "less than 40-foot-long Canadian boxcars" from the 1955 ORER are as follows:   CN: 16,547 CP: 13,918 ON: 52 QC: 38 GTW: 23 QLP: 4   Total: 30,582 cars Total boxcar fleet

Tim, Dang, these things that happen some time in the future always mess me up, so yes, the 1953 car would be OK with both of the 1957 cars, but the 1952 car would be in need of reweighing. As for

CN did have some five-foot door stock cars, inherited from the Intercolonial/Canadian Government Railways. But they had a vertically-boarded door with three horizontal cross braces, as I recall. The

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcworkingonthenp@... He is our (NPRHA) archive specialist at the MHS he'll be your best help. regards Ed Ursem

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcworkingonthenp@... He is our (NPRHA) archive specialist at the MHS he'll be your best help. regards Ed Ursem

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcworkingonthenp@... He is our (NPRHA) archive specialist at the MHS he'll be your best help. regards Ed Ursem

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcworkingonthenp@... He is our (NPRHA) archive specialist at the MHS he'll be your best help. regards Ed Ursem

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcdworkingonthenp@... he is our (NPRHA) archive specialist. He will be your best source . Regards Ed Ursem

Fenton, Well, that depends. First, it depends upon what is being displayed at the TTL website. As the only painted models are of Canadian Pacific cars, then I assume these follow the design with the

Your comment raises and interesting point, Bruce, which I have not considered before. The rules for unloading and resting livestock are fairly well known but I do not recall having seen anything on

Wow! Those must have been some valuable sheep to travel that distance. Is it possible that CN stock cars were held by US roads in the steam era if needed for loading on their lines? It certainly

These TLT cars are good news for me. As a CP aligned road, the Soo received many CP stock cars for the South St. Paul packing plant. I was told this by a long-term Soo dispatcher who worked that

I think not, Brian, unless you can find R.I. and DRG&W "clones" that were only 36 ft. in length! Erie, Susquehanna and NC&StL are antoher matter as already noted. Cordially, Don Valentine