While looking for something OTHER than Steam Era FreightCars - I grabbed the permalinks for a variety of such cars for an indexof sorts for my later perusal. Some entertaining and educational -though

Hello Garth and all, This is a very fun shot, I believe I have seen a low res. version of this before. Couldn't make much out on that one. Thanks for this post. The car looks like a UTL type V 10k car

Jason Kliewer wrote: If this car is anything like the SP version, there are good interior photos in my volume on SP flat cars, Vol. 3 of the series, _Southern Pacific Freight Cars_ that was

Hi Garth, thanks for the reply. As I mentioned in my post, I've been working from the ORER data and having a time trying to get it to look right - mostly the containers. None of the ORER data gives

Geez. I’m not even home from cocoa beach yet. Lol. Brian J. Carlson

Friends, I also exploring the U of KY site, and found this very interesting UTLX triple-dome tank car, apparently converted to, or built new as, a dry bulk car. The photo is dated 1934. I've seen

Clark Propst wrote: Clark, I will send you a photo off-list. When built, they would have had just initials inside the stripes, but by the 1950s would have been repainted, doubtless with the

At CCB (Great event had a wonderful time) I purchased a mini-kit from 'National Scale Car' for a SP box car, series 83420-83739. Kit basics are doors, lower tracks and decals. The only photo of a SP

While passed in 1913, the Ohio caboose act did not take effect until July 1919. You can read the full text

The Morristown & Erie used an ex-Lackawanna bobber until 1950. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Ed, With respect to the PRR, the NA, NB, NC and NE classes of bobber were all well less than 26’ in length. The ND class was exactly 26’ long. Several classes of bobbers were selected for

I had a great time on my first visit to Cocoa Beach! Thanks Mike and those who make it happen. We are officially live and taking pledges for our project. We have a lot of information on our site and

While not in your region of interest, the State of Ohio passed a caboose law in 1913 that affected every railroad operating in or through that state. It specified a caboose used in main line service

Bruce, Can't cite the exact source, but during the twenties two regulations took effect: cabooses were required to have steel center sills, and a minimum body length of 26 feet. It is the later that

Here is a photo at a flour mill, showing the car is rolled to one side while tilted. http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage?irn=10415125&catirn=10726893&return= Doug

Here is an ad for a boxcar unloader device. You can see it tilts and rolls. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Mark, Can you provide evidence for a federal ban of wood under frame cabooses? I looked on the document AAR_InterchangeDates in the list files section and the only really applicable rule was not a

Perhaps I should amend my answer a little. "Roll" is probably not the right description of what the unloader does. It tips the car to the side enough to get the grain to run to the side of the car

Steve, In a word, yes. gary roe quincy, illinois

Jim, Nice photos. Thanks. Did you notice how the weight data is crooked? And there is no car length or repack data. So much for restoration accuracy. Oy vey! Steamtown is, after all, a government