Hi Lester and List Members, Lester wrote "The small data sheet states thehoppers were acquired from Westmoreland Coal Company via Hyman-Michaels" I have two questions: (1) Does anyone know,

Asphalt is tar with crushed stones embedded in it. I don’t think its at all common to ship a tank car with a load of tar bonded stone…... The cars contain tar destined to become asphalt once its

Hi List Members, I came across this image described as "UTLX 56816 unloading Road Tar (Mid 1950's) " http://vernwigfield.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=404420 I don't know the subtlety

Lester, The 1956 M&StL freight car diagrams denote that 65001-65355 (odd) were built by Pressed Steel Car Co. in 1920-1921. It also specifies that at the time 12 cars remained in service. The diagram

 Hi Lester and List Members, Lester wrote: BTW the photo I found can be viewed at http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=334688 It looks to me like this car had just been

The current project is the upgrade of six Athearn and Accurail open top hoppers, four MILWAUKEE, one SOO LINE and two MINNEAPOLIS & ST LOUIS, to what I call the "Kadee Standard." The upgrade which

St. Joseph and Grand Island, a UP subsidiary. Jim Gates --------------------------------------------

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-15-16/X0970.jpg Before you look, what does StJ&GI stand for?? J Schuyler

"Dry-Flo" (correct spelling with a y, a hyphen, and no w) was a GATC trade name applied to various types of covered hoppers over the years. The first use that I'm aware of was in 1932, for converted

Were the Dry Flow tank cars listed as tank cars, or special "L"cars (e.g. LO - the familiar "covered hopper") I have seen other pictures of similar "tank car" bodies on carsdesigned to carry dry

not on Jan 1940 Rich Orr

Aha! A Google search for “Dryflow tank car” returned this hit. Scroll down about 2/3 page for photos of a Dryflow tank

This car number is not listed in the April 1940 ORER. There is a covered hopper number series starting with 70003 (odd numbers only). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

I was under the impression that the GATC “Dryflow” was a 3 bay covered hopper, and based on GATC’s two bay early Airslides, as shown in this model photo:

Jared I have a friend looking for a roommate. Will contact you. Doug Harding from my phone

In November 1936 the M&StL leased one GATC "Dri-Flow" tank car which was marked M&StL 70001. It came onto the M&StL as GATX 34000 and was remarked by M&StL. We have found this car listed in 1937,

I will be attending the Chicagoland/Naperville RPM meet beginningWednesday, October 19th and checking out on Sunday, October 23rd and need someone to share room expenses with. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Tony, My insights came from an Alcoa Automotive Sales Engineer in Detroit who worked as a junior engineer at the midwestern plant that made the sheet. The post-WW2 C&O Office of Research & Design in

Al Kresse wrote: Not true, Al. Both Reynolds and Alcoa had excess CAPACITY at war's end and were looking for new markets for aluminum. The aluminum being produced (at any time) only turns into

Tony, Mentioning Alcoa. After the Second World War they had an excess of aircraft alloy aluminum. That is what they were pushing in 1947. Today's aluminum car bodies are made of marine alloys with