Richard, For 1941, somehow the FW&D originated 10 tons of bananas (one carload - perhaps from a truck?), but received 2,274 tons from connecting lines that were delivered by FW&D, and they also

Hi I am looking for a picture of a Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley boxcar with the "The North Western Line" monogram. I have been able to find pictures of boxcars without the monogram but none

I'll risk piling on here and ask if there is a way to tell where bananas delivered to Denver came from? I wonder if they came up from the Gulf (FW&D/C&S, for example) or from the northwest (NP/Q/C&S

Doug, The 1941 ICC report distinguishes cars loaded with Bananas on the railroads terminals/port piers ("originating") - essentially the first railroad to handle a car load of Bananas. Some west coast

Here is more on the Seattle banana off loading operation. If anyone wants to purchase a copy of this article, here is a link to the V31-4 Mainstreeter issue dated Winter 2012. Mainstreeter V31-4 -

Doug Polinder wrote: Yes, there was a banana wharf in Seattle. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

In a recent (the last five years or so) MAINSTREETER, the NPhistorical society mag, had an article with many pictures (which I think mightwere from a public repository accessible via the web) that

Warren Wing's _A Northwest Rail Pictorial II_ (Edmonds, Wash.: Pacific Fast Mail, 1991), p. 95, shows an NP banana train heading south at Black River WA (between Seattle and Tacoma) on July 16, 1962.

Hi Bill, I don’t have this kit, but I do havea copy of the TRRA Historical Society publication that has a 35 page article onUnion Starch including a bunch of photos in black and white and color

The current discussion of bananas and the Illinois Central reminds me of some circa 1952-53 correspondence I have regarding the IC objecting to Fruit Growers Express' refusing to route their

Very interesting... so to Tony's point about shippers being able to choose the route (as long as a railroad chose to take part in a tariff) then it may have been possible for IC to turn bananas over

In the process of building one of Sunshine's Type 30 General American tank cars I decided to convert it to a food commodity car as configured for Union Starch. Photos of this conversion are on the

The IC did interchange bananas, over the years, with the CB&Q at East Dubuque for the Twin Cities and beyond. A track along side the northbound Q main called the banana track was used for this

Sorry Ben. What I found was actually new P/L releases and I assumed it was a new model. My error. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Thanks all I'm building a Sparrow Point kit The screen is metal and seems to be too large. There are much finer screens available. I just found the picture of #130539 at the B&O wreck. The car end

Doug Harding wrote: "Bowser has just introduced a HO model of a K11 stockcar, which appears to have nice screening." "Just introduced"? This model has been on the market for almost 20 years! Ben

Ron, Bowser has just introduced a HO model of a K11 stockcar, which appears to have nice screening. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Argh...too late for this. Corrections inserted. ---In STMFC@..., <devans1@...> wrote : Gentlemen, How deep into Banana traffic do we want to go? I have the 1941-1945 ICC Class I railway freight

Hi Ron--Small builder's photo with diagram. E-461794-A - class K11 E-461794-A - class K11 Do you have any PRR diagrams that are not listed here? If so please

I'm looking for a picture of a PRR K-11 stock car. My interest is in the size of the screening for a model Any help would be appreciated. Ron Christensen