---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : That may be so Garth, but once a PGE car went to, say, the CanadianNational, it might end up in Portland Maine on the Grand Trunk, or any number of

Given the Hill lines friendly CB&Q connection to Texas in Montana, wasthere significant GN and NP lumber traffic routed via CB&Q to Texas? gary laakso south of Mike Brock

Mark Hemphill writes: "It would have to be some very special lumber to compete on cost including transportation, for PGE-originated lumber in distant markets. It would not be a framing grade

Group, Does anybody have a good clear picture of any of the Owens Illinois covered hoppers with the Duraglas lettering? These are GACX cars in the 40000 to 40199 series and are the small 1321 cuft

Car Service Rules did allow the backhauling of empties providing there was an order on hand with the agent at the loading location specifying a routing to, via, or in the direction of the owner. Dan

Garth, I would support your interpretation. According to a number of CPR historians here in the Vancouver, BC area, the CP would routinely send empty US road cars up to Squamish on the barge (Car

It would have to be some very special lumber to compete on cost including transportation, for PGE-originated lumber in distant markets. It would not be a framing grade of Western Hemlock or

That may be so Garth, but once a PGE car went to, say, the CanadianNational, it might end up in Portland Maine on the Grand Trunk, or any number of otherplaces. It's highly doubtful that other

I know the PGE bought a large amount of ex-Central of New Jersey 40' steel boxcars but I don't know if these were for online use or for interchange. I wonder if the PGE began sending more cars south

Tim, I'm thinking that the phrase means that PGE cars were to be routed to direct connections and no further. If so, you would be unlikely to see a PGE car in California during our era.

Speaking of AB brake sets I'd like to buy some of the old Cal Scale sets or something similar. Bowser sells the Cal Scale sets for about $5 each last I looked and they charge a lot for shipping. I

Thanks to Bob Hanmer and Barry Bennett who, off list, provided me with information that the statement "Freight Cars owned are used only in Switching Service with direct connections" appeared in the

Greetings, Freight traffic to, from, and via the SP&S and especially its Oregon Electric Willamette Valley lines has been an intense interest of mine for over 15 years. I offer the following

Jeff answers:

One of the problems with using ink jet printers for printing decals is that many still use water soluble inks. You need to make sure that your printer uses water resistant ink in order for it to work

Post WWII the ICC slowly changed rates for lumber moving to the east coast. Before the war rates were such that west coast lumber was rather hard to sell along the Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast

Here's one more data point on Lumber traffic originating on SP in Southern Oregon at Ashland. I have two wheel reports from 1949 and 1950 showing mostly lumber loads headed out of Ashland for points

Fred, You’re welcome! I hesitated to do that math (4940 cars per year, divided by 365 days per year = 13.5 cars per day). I don’t know if finished lumber is shipped

That is the Klasing model 700 in use from 1935 to the present. It was mostly applied to drop end gondolas. Klasing recently sold out to New York Air Brake and I do not know if this or any other

---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : Says that in 1959 as well ... but if you really think about thatstatement, wouldn't it be TRUE for almost all railroads? I mean, could you havefreight cars