So is part of Oregon, such as the deep water port of Coos Bay, the railroad line to which was part of the Southern Pacific system in the Steam Era. I imagine most of the freight cars on it then were

Actually, it went by boat in the 1950s and earlier, but I was too young to imbibe when I lived in Alaska. Nelson Moyer

Dave Nelson] wrote: Dave, you might enjoy my article in _Model Railroad Hobbyist_ in the issue for September 2016 (download or read on line, for free, any time, at their website, www.mrhmag.com ).

Thank you all for the thoughts on the weight of a cast wheel. What is the weight of a truck side frame? A truck bolster? I ask because I’d like to estimate where the center of gravity

Alaska and parts of Washington are further west than the furthest westextent of California. What any of this has to do with freight cars, only theSheriff can say. I think beer may have travelled in

from the ORER's, N&W 41 foot IL gondolas: 1940 1950 1955 1959 --------------------------------------------------- 90000-90499 500 499 0 0 (3'0" IH)

Brian: I was thinking specifically about the Land of the Rising Sun, and its ubiquitous and insipid Sapporo. But there are many similar "rice lagers" from that part of the world, none of them

I thought it was STC at first as well. But sure enough an STC 1915 frameis very different than the 1918 frame, while the later PTC frames look more likethe earlier STC frame. Weird! As for the date,

Yes, but I don't know when they appeared on the roster. I have a photoof N&W 247728, a 41 foot IL gondola, class G-14. It has a REBUILDstencil but the date is obscured. Another class, G-55 had more

I can second what many have been saying -- it was always pleasant to run into Dave at a meeting. He invariably had well-informed questions to ask, and I always tried to answer as best I could. His

Dave, When you say "west of California", do you mean Hawaii, Guam, PI, Japan or maybe China? Or further west? Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah

Brian, Thank you for correcting me re: where Howard’s collection went. I’m glad it all stayed together with y’all rather than going to a dusty college archives who may never make them

Longer answer, discounting composite and side-dump cars and mill gondolas: N&W cut down 800 class GJa gondolas to 3' sides in 1934-5, #s 98000-98799 class GJc. N&W cut down 500 class GU gondolas to

None I can find. The 1937 G1 class was the first lowside gons but they were 46'. You could double check nwhs.org but I didn't see any. Jeff Coleman

I am sorry to hear about Dave's passing. He was a prominent name that I recognized at Shake N Take and other venues in our great hobby. He will be sorely missed. My prayers go out to Dave's

That's one of the very early (circa 1912-1916 or so) Pennsylvania Tank Car tanks. The frame design was taken up by Standard Tank Car when its predecessor started in 1916 and PTC changed frames. David

Dave was one of the nicest, most genuine people I have met in the hobby. I will miss seeing him and discussing topics we all love. Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media speedwitchmedia@... -

I'd say Standard Tank Car Co. is the builder.

What's your definition of "low"? David Thompson

Friends, Any thoughts on who built this tank car? I’m reasonably certain it is not an AC&F product. Yours Aye, Garth Groff