I don't know why yahoo keeps trimming the link but you could type the whole link or just canadianbranchline.com then select topics, then US Boxcars.

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Keith, Here is a link to a topic on the canadianbranchline.com web site which got me started on my off-line cars. The numbers wouldn't work for Jacksonville but the underlying method may help you get

Ben Hom wrote: Yes, I know the ships were different. We have an operating Liberty ship here in the Bay Area, the Jeremiah O'Brien, and a Victory ship mostly restored at the shipyard National

Tony Thompson wrote: (back in late 1943, the Liberty ship program was renamed Victory ships)   Not quite true - they were two different ship programs.  The Liberty Ships owed much to legacy

I'm a misanthrope, but even so, I'm often awed by the achievements of our species. These photos, the construction of monstrous structures, rammed that emotion home, for me. Much enjoyed the photos,

--- In STMFC@..., Jonathan Pansius <jonpanxyz@...> wrote: I have a photo copy of a page of photos from the Oil and Gas Journal from the late 1920s showing a string of Sinclair

For the GN I understand it was more of a question of buying wood, sometimes from railroad owned lands and shipping the wood products from the West to car builders in central USA cost less than buying

I just tagged 2 more as NOT AVAILABLE. I've now tagged 101 that way. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon Sunshinekits.com

I can't disagree with you Dennis, but I do know that NP and GN both ordered wood sheathed, modern AAR box cars in the late 1930's when there was no shortage of steel. Also both roads ordered new cars

I'm going to come down on the exact opposite side of this issue from Tim; I doubt there was a significant price difference between a AAR standard steel boxcar and a war emergency car; perhaps Ed

Todd Horton wrote: There is no question that steel supplies were considerably better in the course of 1944, as a number of things (not only railroads) point that way. But remember the WPB would

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Armand; You brought up another subject that is near and dear to my heart, and that is "how many of those other guys' cars..." do I need? I sat down

Elden,We can really get deeply involved into modeling any one road as far as car selection is concerned.Then there is that word,"ratios".I have about all the cars I need for the roads that I

Todd, Each order of composite or steel cars built during this period of 1942, 1943, and into 1944 likely has it's own story depending on the overall timing, the builder's capabilities at the time, the

I have just marked 21.29 & 21.30 as UNAVAILABLE 2013 on my Alltime list. Thanks Cass. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon sunshinekits.com

Richard, thank you very much for the photo you posted.  Here is a scan of what I have, from the Frisco employees magazine collection of the Springfield library (another good place to waste your time,

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Keith; I am not totally sure what you are getting at here, but my own reply to what I think you want is: Everything counts - ends, side panels, doors,

It probably has to do with timing and availability of the material. The heavy fighting was using supplies that were made earlier and had to be shipped. Boxcars were as much a critical part of