Dennis Storzek wrote: Wasn't that the question? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

Although the Terminated Truck may have been manufactured during our time frame. Note the journal covers on the truck, normally on plain bearing devices for supporting STMFCs on rails. John Barry

---In STMFC@..., <b.hom@...> wrote : Heavy enough to squash a Terminator, though this takes place well after the era of this list. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKG3WMkMxQ Ben

James Matthews wrote: "Are you sure about those weights? Not quite apples to apples but a built up three piece 70-ton roller bearing truck with truck mounted cylinders and 34" wheels weighs

Tony, Are you sure about those weights? Not quite apples to apples but a built up three piece 70-ton roller bearing truck with truck mounted cylinders and 34" wheels weighs 8,500-9,000 pounds (I have

I had mentioned the following before, perhaps not on this list. Seafood shipping is where refrigerators went to die, not unlike hide cars in the same manner. I have a copy of a letter (somewhere

Hi Everyone, Attendees to the Chicago RPM can participate in an operating session on Sunday morning, on a O scale 2 rail layout, no experience is necessary. As at past meets, an operating session

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