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Re: Fw: data base search

Al Westerfield wrote: supply the address for a model railroad magazine data base? I can't seem to find one where they used to be. Thanks. - Al Westerfield Al, You've probably had a dozen

By Jerry Breon <jbreon@...> · #12383 ·

Re: Digest Number 855

I doubt anyone has this info, but I need to make decals for the Auel 200 ton four trucked flat car in O scale. The chosen road is C&NW. One fellow sent me a nice photo of the car after it was

By Rick <oscaletrains@...> · #12384 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question.

The neon sign above the main entrance of the South Gate, General Motors plant on Tweedy Blvd. in the 1950s said that they assembled Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Pontiac's. To the best of my knowledge,

By GMeyer6103@... · #12390 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

By Dave Nelson <muskoka@...> · #12382 ·

Re: OOps Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

Sorry for the short post... My point is that even if you were a bridge road like the WP and you wanted the shipper to use your bridge for the line haul you would be responsible to supply X amount of

By Greg Martin · #12381 ·

Re: Fw: data base search

Al, try http://index.mrmag.com/ You have to register. It's free... I think. Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #12380 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

Larry, I understand this oh to well as I am involved daily with rail shipping.

By Greg Martin · #12379 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

Dunlop is a subsidary of Goodyear Tire. Firstone is owned (for what good it does them...) by Bridgestone. Bill Daniels Tucson, AZ Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 21:38:19 -0000 From: "englishintroy"

By Bill Daniels <billinsf@...> · #12378 ·

Fw: data base search

By Al & Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...> · #12377 ·

Fw: BC Models

By Al & Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...> · #12375 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

Shawn, when I get to auto cars in my freight car volumes, I will include the company stuff I have for the late 1950s about assignments, and you will see that indeed some cars were renumbered every

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #12376 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

Dave Nelson wrote Since OR and WA are relatively small in population, it also suggests that a lot of export autos were going to Portland or Seattle. The "New Car Carriers" book that we discussed a

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #12374 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

Shawn, The Ops-Ind list is one place to find out. There was a thread a while back indicating that Jim Eager and Nick Molo were trying to I don't know if Ward's existed back in the timeframe of

By Jeff Aley - GCD PE <jaley@...> · #12373 ·

Reefers For Sale

Hi Folks, Have several different models of reefer kits to sell. Please contact off list. George

By howiselary <glw@...> · #12372 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question.

Larry Smith wrote: If a consortium of roads assigned gons to haul auto parts from a specific plant, what are the chances that the shipping foreman would only load a NYC gon for a plant on the NYC, an

By tim gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #12368 ·

Re: NYC Mystery Boxcar

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

By Richard Hendrickson · #12371 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

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

By tim gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #12366 ·

ICC Valuation

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

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #12370 ·

Re: Digest Number 854

All righty then...boxing gloves anyone?

By Rick <oscaletrains@...> · #12369 ·

Re: Railroads and the Auto Industry: A Research Question

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

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #12367 ·

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