Stanford does have a copies back to 1885 but no longer permits copying. I was even told that you may not "qualify" to handle copies yourself. They are certainly fragile in the older issues and even a

I followed their directions, including inserting the coupon code word "kitbash" and after my time building a cart, the note came up that NONE of the Branchline items selected were available at the

1910 and 1912 are also on google books Howard Garner

Here is a good place to look for ORERs, Official Guides, and other useful period publications. http://tacnet.missouri.org/~mgood/trains/railroad-research-sources.html John Bopp Farmington Hills, MI

<<Also other ports,although they couldn't load ore directly, coal wharves in places like Green Bay, and Manitowocpaid the freight for most of the return trip.>> Upbound lakers often delivered coal

Just tried and would not give the discount. Bill Vaughn

Mike, many of the ORERs from those years are indeed available at Google books... but, not on the Canadian side of the border -- Google knows, and will not allow full downloads outside of the U.S.

I don't know detail beyond this message via Facebook but "Atlas is running a sale, 75% off their Branchline kits, use the code "KITBASH" during checkout." Good luck! Bill Welch

Hi Mike and List Members, I realize fully that the issue I am about to mention is NOT within the range Mike asked about, but the Jun 1917 ORER can be found at the link

Mike, If you know someone in the Bay Area who wants to make a field trip, I believe that Stanford has a very extensive collection. Cheers, Ted Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media speedwitchmedia@... -

The California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento has an excellent collection of ORERs in their library, which is open to the public. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Some of them are on google books and can be downloaded 1901, 03, 05, 07, 08, 09, 13, 17 Rich Orr

Most of them are online as PDFs (or as e-books...yuk) on Google Books. Most specifically, 82 monthly issues between March 1905 and December 1915. Eric Lombard has an Excel spreadsheet in this group's

The California State Railroad Museum Library most likely has copies of those ORERs and can make photocopies for you: https://www.californiarailroad.museum/visit/library Give them a call during

Gentlemen: Would anyone happen to know where I could access ORER's for the 1905-1915 period? I have checked with the NMRA library and they do list the material but it is still in the middle of a move

Ten years.... and it didn't have the drawing I thought it had, although I referenced Voss, who does present a drawing of the grooves. The old memory sure isn't what it used to be. Sorry about the flub

Dennis said: as I recall Jack Mullens posted a link to a diagram of the construction used by the Milwaukee Road I didn't post that diagram, tho I might have referenced it sometime, as I will do

---In STMFC@..., <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote : Thanks, Dennis, I see what you are talking about. Always glad to be corrected when I screw up. Were the drain grooves in the center of the boards?

I'm replying Dan's original message. I tend to collect the daily digests and go back to them every few days so I am seeing Dan's message and the replies all anew. Thanks to Bob, Tony, and Bill for

I understand that in 1944 wood running boards banned on new freight cars, except tank cars (1948). In what year were wood running boards banned for all existing freight cars? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA