Not to be picky but 10 miles or 15 miles is a local charge and would be different than long haul . . . many times two local runs say from mine to the yard and the yard to the customer. Al Kresse

JIm I believe back then all commodities traveled by a ton mile price. So if A traveled 10 miles and B traveled 15 miles. A would be cheaper for the same tonnage. Then there is also the price of the

Are there any trucks close to this one? Also this is from the side door caboose so wonder if by '41 the trucks were changed? Not even sure these were used at all by '41!

Hi, How far would coal be shipped in hoppers? Especially as it relates to the West Coast. I'm talking about regular everyday coal for steam - such as to a railroad or to a cement plant (or any

I have an Icing Scene photo that must date just after Western Fruit was formed showing two of their reefers still mostly in their GN scheme with large Goat but with their "GN" reporting marks painted

When Great Northern created the wholly-owned subsidiary Western Fruit Express in 1923, their refrigerator cars were repainted and a much smaller full face herald was used. I have not found many

Apologies if you've received this elsewhere.... It's been about a decade since the last Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual was published. The wait is over. I am happy to announce the next volume

Hi Schuyler, I find images 1427 and 1426 to be most interesting, as on the left sideof the photo is a string of reefers, including one or two from the GreatNorthern. What is unique to me is the GN

Ed, I am on AOL and my default browser is set for Google and it came throughjust fine. I really appreciate all the time and energy you have put into thisinformation. I have a couple of unfinished

Does anybody out there have a spare kit 44.4 PRR X37B that they'd care to part with? I'm a builder, not a collector, so I have to preface it by saying that I don't mind paying a premium, but I don't

One more step towards proving that there is a prototype for everything. Except molded on ladders and hand grabs I guess. Chuck Peck in FL

If one modeled that car it would get a lot of comments (grin)! -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI UserNMRA Life member #2623Member

Eric, Thanks for posting the tips. I enjoy reading your blogs. Gary Ray

But Gary, look at the roof itself. Left side, wood boards, right side, Viking! I agree that the hatches were originally the same, but now that I see the roof's been replaced/rebuilt, maybe one of

Schuyler: You found a really great picture! Thank you for sharing it. It appears that both hatches were originally 7 boards wide with the one on the grab iron side having ages with heavy use with

http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-02-26-17 In particular, image 1424. Check out the roof in the foreground. Hatches and different roofs on the two sides of the same car!

Bruce, Thank you. This is exactly what I needed to get rolling on a project using this part. Justin May

After painting a few models recently, it was time to applydecals. A few tips are shared in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2017/02/26/fresh-decals/

The totally cheap and easy way to do this is to use salt weathering. Paint the plow (or whatever) the metal color that you want to have show through. Let dry. Mist the part with plain water and

I have used the liquid Frisket medium (Hobby Lobby or Michael's) with some good results. Does not have the sticky residue that masking tape can create. Rich Christie