Dennis Storzek wrote: Well said. And anytime there is a yard or any reason for very many tracks, a Sanborn will often just label the area "full of tracks," which from a fire insurance perspective

My cup , er truck storage drawer runneth over with the Accurail “Bettendorf” truck with spring planks. Instead of throwing them out I am going to offer them here for the cost of shipping. I have

Thanks, Dennis. That’s an admirably detailed and succinct summary of the essential information about the NP’s “circular” roof. Now that you have jogged my memory, I think I knew, but had

Steve Funaro is definitely out to lunch on this one. While some, and ceertainly not all, of the Rutland cabeese were repainted in a much brighter red in the late 1940's and early 1950's until

---In STMFC@{{emailDomain}}, <guycwilber@...> wrote: Richard wrote: "It was a uniquely NP design and though I can’t say with assurance that it was never applied to other than NP cars, I’ve never

Interesting comments, Jack, to which I'll add... The Sanborn maps show railroad tracks, since proximity to the track could affect fire hazards, however, there is no guarantee that the track

When Sanborn was still in business, they gave a complete set of state maps to at least one public agency in every state. In California, UC Berkeley has a set and, I think, the Huntington Library in

Many county libraries and universities have access to the Sanborn fire maps. I found that there are maps available for 1919 covering the General Petroleum Corporation and 1926 covering the Central

All, I added photos of my mew kit for the Milwaukee combo door cars. This kit will do the 29000-29399 series and 29500-29999 series cars with the Youngstown doors. In the photo of the two cars, the

Pleased to announce that Chad Boas's creation Southern 53' flat car, Mount Vernon builds are available through Mask Island Decals. You may choose from undecorated or three other build or rebuild eras

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AAR cast steel with spring planks, Brian. A perfect match in HO scale is Tangent’s ASF cast steel spring plank truck. Richard Hendrickson

These 40 ft boxcars, LV 1937 AAR 61300-61499, were built in 4/1941. I looking for information on what trucks they had in 1957, (probably the same as when built.) I have a photo around here someplace

Richard wrote: "It was a uniquely NP design and though I can’t say with assurance that it was never applied to other than NP cars, I’ve never seen any evidence of its use by other car

Vince, the roof you describe was designed by the Northern Pacific mechanical department in the teens and applied to all NP box, stock, and refrigerator cars until the mid-1930s. The NP called it a

 If you look further, you'll find aerial views areoften available as well. It is not necessary to register either. Eric

To the group: I've just purchased a Central Valley Round Freight Car Roof. I know it was originally made for the Northern Pacific stock car kit, but I'd like to know if this is a more or less

The January 1972 Los Angeles Junction Ry. Industry List says SW got "Pigment-Chemical)". List doesn't ID car types but on Charlie Slater's LAJ Switching Maps only says "Sherwin Williams Paint - always

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Tim Thanks for that link. Too bad the RR maps don't cover post 1930. Looking for1930-1980 around Vernon Ca. Or is my lack of computer skills not letting me find them. LOL Andy Jackson Bellflower CA