Bill and friends, When I was at the Archives a couple of years ago, they also had a copy stand (you bring your own camera). I don't know about the issues of bringing photo gear into the building, but

Jeff, You wrote: (snip) With the data which Chet French provided, it would help if the car types were ascertained and then determine whether local cars were used for loading. Then, perhaps, some

Guy, That is exactly the information I was looking for. Thanks! There are definitely entries where hogs were mixed with other stock. However, most of the movements would have been relatively

Tim wrote: <SNIP>General Service Flat Cars like Boxcars were free rollers, reloaded and Great points Tim! So what I need to do is look at the national fleet and use those numbers with perhaps a

In a message dated 8/13/02 7:33:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tgilbert@... writes: << Flat Cars - In the 1944-48 period, there was a shortage of General Service Flats; thus, that one flat,

These models will be Life-Like Canada (not Life-Like U.S.) production. This is done by Life-Like Canada to acknowledge that these are best-effort paint schemes, and are intended to be reasonable

In a message dated 8/13/02 7:52:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, asychis@... writes: << Here's a question. Would it be typical for a railroad to load a mixture of livestock, say sheep cattle,

Here's a question. Would it be typical for a railroad to load a mixture of livesotck, say sheep cattle, calves, and hogs into the same single-deck stock car? I have a set of conductors notes from

I visited our National Archives Friday, mainly to start exploring the valuation maps for some locations and railroads of interest to me. Randy Anderson, who has made many trips there was with me.

Ned Carey asked: No, once in the public domain it's irreversible. Always was, still is. Roger Miener commented: Yes, as to name this is true. But the reason I and many others discussing this

Scott Chatfield asked: Richard H. Hendrickson replied: The trucks on the two CN cars are Barber S-2s. Oh poo! Richard beat me to the punch. There's not many questions easy enough for me you know. So

Ned Carey writes ... Ned, with those questions we are now moving beyond my area of professional expertise. I am a lawyer, but my interest in intellectual property law is personal and not

Carloads of plaster went to Hefer Lbr Co. Road oil to Illinois Road Builders c/o City of Staunton. Sand and Stone to City of Staunton. Pipe, poles, transformers, insulators, and guy wires to Illinois

The trucks on the two CN cars are Barber S-2s. Note, however, that those are very late photos, so the original trucks may have been different. In the builder's photos, the trucks appear to be AAR

Okay all you TARTS (Totally Anal Railcar Truck Spotters), what exactly are the trucks seen under the CN "war emergency" tank cars in Russ Pinchbeck's article in the July 2002 RMC? Obviously they're

Bruce, I'm looking at the CGW book again. Unfortunately only one photo of a flat car has the Railroad's name spelled out. The car is 3707 blt 7-36, 52' the photo was taken in 10-67, the car had been

I'll be darned! I didn't think they sold anything anymore for those kinds of prices (they surely don't in O scale); while I don't have most of my HO catalogues anymore, Kemtron couldn't have asked

These go back to at least May 1923 in the ORER.

Chet, This is very interesting. I note that many of the loads were placed on cars from "local"

Bruce, You wrote: (snip) Much like boxcars, there was a shortage of General Service Flat Cars during WW II continuing on until the early 1950's. In a speech before a Chicago Traffic Club in January