Partial unloading has been covered before if not here on the Bull Shipper's list. It was a common thing in many less populated areas and when most people were more honest. The business at the end of

Greg Martin wrote: Well, not really. Reefers were paid on mileage, loaded or empty, NOT on per diem. That's why Western reefer owners like SFRD and PFE had agents in every eastern city, to

Empty milesge was huge especially if you weren't in the loaded revenue stream. I don't believe the issue of returning an empty car back to the home road happened as often as one might think. I think

For anyone who might be interested, there's a new commercial video that has just been posted of my layout (link below) and maybe also to my blog post about it. The blog post is

The monad goes back to some time after 1893. It was applied to some rolling stock in the 1920s. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Interesting. The Monad was in use in 1931? Man, I've had to discard the Monad decals on all the NP Boxcars I've built (1939) per the Sunshine data sheets, and you tell me that the reefers had it all

Of the trip frequencies, I recently noted a reefer (in other paperwork) that made a partial unloading, then a second stop where it was fully unloaded. This would certainly slow down mileage covered. I

Yawn. It's a ridiculous argument. The PRR served the industrial heartland and it was an enormous and important corporation. It was also one of the many that suffered from

Hi Tony, The short answer is that if the Pennsy had been in business, instead of pretending to be, the Alphabet Route would not have been. The Erie was a hell of a railroad and I'm sorry it's

Decals are only as good as the film they are printed on, Roger, and thhat seems to be the trouble we continually hear about Tichy decals. From whAT I hear elsewere the only place one can purchase

Thanks Richard! When combined with a ree other photos that I have I think I can do a reasonable approximation. Just wish I didn't have to. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy

Scale wheels are useful when constructing models. I have some P87 wheelsets and I use them to visualize truck ride height. It's easier to see if the model needs raising or lowering. Colin Meikle

Here's a photo of a USAX flat car's brake wheel and square staff I took at the Nat"l Transportation Museum outside St. Louis. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

As an N Scale guy, getting a chuckle to see HO guys chatter about decal thickness. Welcome to our world! The topic of the thickness of Tichy decals comes up from time to time over on

They originally came with "ordinary" .110 wheels. I am not aware of any OMI model with different ones. But W&R had .88 wheels at least on several if not most of their freight car models. Thanks for

Old mind, but now seem to remember that a picture is in one of the CBCs. Mine are all at the other house so I can't look it up. A question, as I said in an additional post

I visited an antique dealer in Orlando this past weekend and happened to spot these so I took some photos for the group. Unfortunately there were no manufacturers markings on them that I could

I too have one of these. Yes, 8000gals, at least OMI advertised it as that. Nonetheless maybe too large, but for itself it is a nice model (perhaps only if one doesn't know too much about tank cars)

As most freight cars averaged less than nine trips PER YEAR, these not only have to be the trips for both cars, but are still remarkable. PFE was proud that its cars averaged between ten and eleven

Bruce Smith wrote: I am not one who disputes these facts. What I always point out, which was pointed out to me by a retired PFE executive, is that PRR had the highest perishable damage claims,