Ted Schnepf inquires: Cubic capacities were either 2601 or 2550 (steel end cars had 36'5" IL). Photos show these cars with inverse corrugated steel ends, which would date the application of steel ends

Shawn, You wrote: There may be a list of plants in an auto company's 10-K filing to the SEC; I have no idea of whether they would still be available for the years you want from the Government or the

Henry Bender recently sent me the facts, as he understands them (having worked in SP's Valuation Dept.) about the origins of the valuation: the 1913 Railroad Valuation Act directed the ICC to oversee

All righty then...boxing gloves anyone?

Shawn, SP carried Bay area traffic via the Sunset route as well as via the Overland route. The exact distribution of traffic would be very difficult to pinpoint at any particular time, but you

Shawn I won't say never because that will get you in trouble, but I doubt if the NYC gons would have been used on the SSW. Larry Smith "Beckert, Shawn" wrote:

The only auto assembly plant I'm sure of in NY at the time was GM's plant in Tarrytown, a northern suburb of NY City. This plant was originally Maxwell's, and dated from before 1910. It closed in

Dave Nelson wrote, in part: Dave, there were two General Motors plants in Southern California that I know of: the Van Nuys plant for Chevy's and Pontiacs, and the South Gate plant for Cadillac's.

Greg I wrote the section on the automobile cars prior to the introduction of the high cube and auto racks and it was edited down from around 60000 words to just over 3500 to fit in the space, so

Regarding RRs and the auto industry, Dave Nelson writes that in 1950 California was a major market for automobiles, even ca. 1950, and in the post-WW-II era Ford, GM, Chrysler, and Studebaker all had

Until the previous discussion on valuation I had always assumed that it started after 1913. However, upon hearing Tony's and others' reference to earlier instances of valuation activity, it piqued

Greg Martin wrote, in part: Ah, but the devil is in the details, in this case the details of *which* equipment, *what* destinations and origins. I intend to run one or more sections of merchandise

Shawn, My question to you is, what is this information for, modeling? Are you writing and article? What? The Auto Industry was and has been a very demanding business for the Railroads. Timing is and

Shawn, Here's the address: Southwest Scale Productions 2504 Rannoch Lane Fort Smith, RR 72908 For some reason I scanned is one page catalog, and if I find it I'll forward t to you. The doors

<Their other reefers generally have correct schemes> Correct for PFE maybe, but not for NP. The NP didn't have wood side PFE style reefers. -- Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

Fellow Listers, Where would one go to find information on the interaction between railroads and the automobile industry in the 1940's and 1950's? My interest in this actually goes a decade

Guys, I can also provide information on the reefers (and other cars) the Amarillo Railroad Museum sells! Jerry Michels, President Amarillo Railroad Museum

Ted, You wrote: Since the photograph was taken in Framingham MA in 1959, let's assume it was a Boston & Albany car - not necessarily a good assumption. In the January 1938 ORER, there were three 36'

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