Dick Darn it, you finally figured it out! I've been doing it for years. You'd be amazed what I've been able to squeeze out of the "fact hoarders". ;-) -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling,

I have evidence of a PRR stockcar, either a K7 or K7A, being on the MSTL in Iowa. PRR 135263 was loaded with cattle at So St Paul, and shipped to Dallas Center IA on the MSTL, arriving on 8-8-1945.

The other possibility, pointed out by that photo of loading brick into a stockcar, is a non-livestock backhaul load. While brick typically didn't move far enough to get a PRR car on the SP, cut stone

David, Certainly, if you understand stock car movements. Stock cars were generally used to transport livestock to market and that is well understood; however, stock movements were also used to move

Dave, Never say never… UP and SP stock cars made their way onto PRR rails with some frequency. That is likely due to a shortage of cars at points like Chicago since through shipment of livestock did

Correction- A friend has asked if PRR stock cars would have been seen on Southern Pacific or Union Pacific tracks. I would have thought no, but thought I’d check with you guys first, before

A friend has asked if PRR stock cars would have been seen on Southern Pacific tracks. I would have thought no, but thought I’d check with you guys first, before replying to him. He models

I've seen a two-compartment tank with a half-length dome platform on each end (one on each side). Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Dennis Storzek wrote: I don't know whether the two walks were ever REQUIRED. Ed Kaminski told me that nearly every detail of the TANK (not the underframe) was a buyer choice, though of course

Rob Mondichak wrote: The UP first painted stock cars yellow (with aluminum roof and ends) in early 1947, when they inaugurated a fast livestock service between Salt Lake and Los Angeles. The

There is a section in the UTLX book on dome platforms and ladders that Dave and I discussed a lot before completing it. It appears that, prior to 1930, UTLX tank cars provided just a single dome

It is 8264. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Tim, Care to give me a page number in Terry's book? I can't find your data in it. I did notice that even the diagram in Terry's book (p. 145) for the S-40-12 class lists both AY and FCR side Color

Thank you gents. We're O scalers so some of us don't get out as much as we should. I'll mention this all to the gentleman who asked the original question and he will most likely have to apply the

Same source - Terry Metcalfe's UP freight cars book. 1st edition, published 1989. The comments in the book seem anecdotal and not all classes are covered so I take it

Tim, Where did you get the data about, "All of the S-40-12 cars were delivered in yellow." ? Or, "In 1958, the decision was made to paint NON-roller bearing stock cars freight car red so only 'high

Hi Gang, The Gibson Wine Company of California leased a number of tank cars, at least single and four-compartment versions, from General American. Given its colorful paint scheme featuring a

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 08:47 AM, Dennis Storzek wrote: Don, it's era dependent. The ARA safety appliance drawing dated 1917, presented in the 1922 CBC, only shows one dome platform. I've always just

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 05:57 AM, Donald B. Valentine wrote: My late friend, and kitbasher extrodinaire, Robert W. Witbeck and I first began noticing that many tank cars had dome platforms on only one

General American "RS-4" class built in 1955. And PFE 62269 is an R-30-18 or R-40-18!! PFE series 60001 to 62500 had 2,437 cars in 1953, which was