Dave Evans wrote: "While the WPB played a significant role in "getting it built" for WWII, I do not think it was the finely oiled, infinitely wise machine some want to make it out to be. There was a

Todd, I have located several interesting Department of Commerce reports from the the war, plus interesting reports documenting the battle between the Army, the WPB, and Congress. While the WPB

Insulated tank car, for spring water. The opposite side had a more normal looking reefer door. Series 4400-4409, not sure is all numbers were used. The Pillsbury family of Minneapolis owned Chippewa

Soo Line, leased to Chippewa Springs? http://www.ebay.com/itm/111117423633 Tim O'

Keith, In context: - - In a message Keith Kempster writes: "Hi all- I have seen numerous posts which discuss spotting features. I understand there are the basic differences between types and

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