Bill Welch wrote: Bill, This photo reminds me of the mechanical refrigerator built for the Western Indian Fruit Company WIF 800, which seems to based upon a similar rebuilding of a USRA DS box car

Charles Hostetler wrote: My understanding is that it was not common, but certainly was used. I have included it in the waybills I designed for Otis McGee's layout, and examples are shown in several

Was in a hobby shop the other day and saw one of those racks with cute little bags of machine screws, costing several bucks for 8 screws (I won't mention the name of the packager, but many will know

I hope I don't ever have to use a "get out of jail free" card, but my guess is 110 per side, for a total of 220. Close? As to the question mark, I sorted through my "archives" and found the original

Did I miss something. What changed? Tom Houle

You must enjoy scanning down to see what's there and reading "mice-type" descriptions of the content. I don't!!!!!!!!!!!!!! George

Jim Dick wrote: This is certainly true, and in the early 1950s SP issued "equipment instructions" letters to yard clerks, agents and conductors to specify that 50-foot box cars, of ANY ownership,

I plan on publishing it. Bill Welch

Very interesting. i thought I'd check on the possible publicatiuon of your FGE/WFE/BRE book. Bill Williams

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.