On page 97 of "The Postwar Freight Car Fleet" there is a photo of FGEX 10857--a rebuild--that was part of the FGEX 10850-10999 series (140 cars). The FGE Company information I have regarding

Hello all, Random length lumber was (and still is) more common than many people realize. Softwood tongue&groove and shiplap used for subfloors and sheathing roofs and walls in old houses was often

By "growlythings" I presume you mean those rolling smudge pots at the head of the train. In any event, while I could not open the photo yesterday this morning it was done. Unfortunately the angle of

Regarding this conversation: I cannot also help but think that there was -so much- lumber coming out of Oregon that no matter which side you tend to favor, there was plenty of board feet of

Contact cements have been suggested. I have not seen or missed it mentioned that contact cements come in two types: solvent base such as Walthers Goo, Piobond, etc. and water base. I have purchased

People please, Understand this that the softwood sawmills wouldn't then and don't now wrap green (not kiln dried or air dried) lumber. So it is very possible to see wrapped and unwrapped lumber

Rick, Thanks. Probably would be a good idea for posters to cite the full chapter and verse as a photo put into the files section doesn't show up as a new photo with group emails and without the name

Richard Hendrickson wrote: I would agree. Guy Wilber's documentation cannot be disputed, but 1950s photography of open-car lumber loads shows VERY predominantly unpackaged and unwrapped loads.

Charlie, It is in the file section in the second alpabetical section. Rick Dietrichson ---- Charlie Vlk <cvlk@...> wrote:

Having had to use it a few times now it really is no big deal. Actually little different in function than the old format albeit a definite difference in form.

Main site, files section. AL B.

Where is the file? Could someone provide a link..it doesn't show up in the new photos section and trying to find it in the photos and files sections I didn't see it either. Is it on the main site or

The file is called ACL912ROCKYMT-1200.jpg Car in question is the second one behind the growlythings. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I agree. The new format is a pain in the butt. How can we get back to the old format? Ray

Warren's photo is posted in the Files section as ACL 912. Thanks for any help on this. Bill McCoy Jax, FL

Unfortunately I cannot find the photo you refer to in the photo section under "ACL", "Calloway", GPEX, or "milk car" but expect you are probably refering to 6,000 gal. capacity cars of orange

It seems I didn't upload the picture properly. But googling National Type B turned up some images that matched my truck so the mystery is solved. I hadn't heard of a National Type B truck from the

This is a long shot but I will see what happens. I have Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Vols. 9, 10, 15, 19 and 22. I somehow acquired 2 copies of Vol. 19. It is in new condition. Maybe you have a

I have photos from ten years in the future, referenced from the cutoff date of this list, showing dimensional lumber loosely stacked on flatcars, and one case of a mixed wrapped and non-wrapped load,

As usual, Guy has lots of documentation, so I stand corrected (at least partly). I would still maintain that large-scale shipment of plastic-wrapped packaged lumber was largely a '60s phenomenon,