Jon Miller wrote: As our British cousins say, Jon, you got it in one. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I have a 1988 photo of PC 41536 in Williamsport PA, a never-rebuiltcar, no longer in revenue service but still on its trucks on rails. Tim O'

I don't know what it is made of, but I've used it for 30 years andhave NEVER had a problem with it - "Dap Kwik Seal" - requires 24hours to cure hard. I always use plenty - definitely not for "exterior

This is not a V-car. The giveaway is the bands over each end of the tank. On a V-car the tank was riveted to the two saddle/bolster/coupler pocket assemblies so bands weren't needed. On an X-car

The soda sweetener might be era dependent. Corn syrup after a certain point and cane sugar beforehand. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

The use of corn syrup in soda was a direct result of losing the access to Cuban sugar. Schuyler Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 12:34 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Soda Pop

Here are the track specs. Notice they are for UP and BNSF. https://www.up.com/customers/ind-dev/operations/specs/track/ The section of track is called a turnout. The switch is the movable part of

I was speaking of today or post 1960. Gary McMills

Probably not, for two reasons. 1. Although corn syrup was invented in 1812 in Russia,developmental work in the United States was carried out in the 1950s and1960s, with shipments of the first

Depends, Do you need to hold together forever ? ,use J-B Weld. I've use Elmer's ,it holds if you don't plan to slam the car around. Gary McMills -Baton Rouge,La.

Perhaps I have this wrong but I did not see the archbar ban as being an absolute. My understanding is that having archbars ruled out unlimited interchange. Individual railroads could choose to

Here are a few more tank cars: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12645046613/in/dateposted/ Can anyone HAZARD a guess as to what spilled from the domeof the one tank

Corn syrup tank cars, Gary McMills- Baton Rouge La.

OK so my new Tangent tank (GATX "Globe Soap Cincinnati") is filled with soap (maybe no soap). As it comes from Tangent the placard has nothing on it. As the car is "N.R." (I looked at

Or "K Class" ... or "Big Apple" ... DPayne

Here are three more links with better than "average Barrigerquality" photos of boxcars: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12645403714/in/dateposted/

A few years ago, Richard Hendrickson sent me a wedge shot of ATSF 241461, a BX-15 class boxcar, in Pensacola Florida, in 1945. The car had archbar trucks. I'm sure if we all scour the LoC and

>>I've not had a chance to examine this on my larger screen. Do you have a number series and know when they retired? >>It would be a very interesting variation to model. A little late in the same

Actually, three. The last car in the string also appears to have a “coiled” end. Schuyler Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 12:21 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Two more Gondolas

Hi, I'm a little surprised by the fact that no one has mentioned this (this time around) ... There were definitely two 'languages' regarding a lot of the terminology in use by railroaders.