Last I knew, Al was in CROSSVILLE, Tenn, which is a bit farther east and south. Dennis Storzek

Andrew Dahm bought Westerfield a few years ago now and has been relocated to Gardnerville, Nevada. Mansell Peter Hambly COQUITLAM, B.C. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Off topic, but… I saw a lot of tornado devastation in Cookeville, Tn this morning on the news. If I remember correctly, Cookeville is where the Westerfields live. Has anyone heard anything?

Elden: On the B&M, at least "back in the day", the only examples I know of are (i) the 200 MDT-built reefers of 1923 that carried "BANANA SERVICE ONLY" stencils, and (ii) the 1929-30 ARA quad hoppers

My experience clerking at the NPTCo in Portland in 1961-62 with NP and GN covered hoppers was that a small group was dedicated to bulk feed service from the large Albers mill across from Union

Thanks again Dennis, at weekend I will go through these postings. Johannes modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 04. März 2020 um 14:56 Uhr Von: "Dennis

This sucker looks like it was a double decker for beef critters rather than sheep or hogs. Just my thought from it's height, Don Valentine

Re: SAL, ex-GF&A ARA XM-1 Box Cars From: Tom Madden Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:29:45 PST Another advantage of injection molding over resin casting. Tom Madden The ONLY advantage of injection molding

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 03:31 PM, Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Don’t tell me you can’t do it. Or that you don’t know.. The information is right on the decoration: “BLT 1946” or whatever. IIRC,

GE's Appliance Park in Louisville KY got a dedicated group of high-cube cars, not all from just one road. Park opened in 1951. Chuck Peck

For the railroads I have studied and read up in company files, I'll make a generalization that: specialized cars are most likely to be found in dedicated service. The rational is that these costs of

Paul Woods suggests It would be handy if manufacturers put a little unicorn symbol on their advertising beside the foobie paint jobs i.e. 'This one belongs in a fairy tale'. I agree with

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 02:29 PM, Tom Madden wrote: Another advantage of injection molding over resin casting. Tom Madden[Speaking mostly tongue-in-cheek]: A significant disadvantage of injection

The Central started using “ The Right Way” lettering in 1954 on freight cars. The 50’ black and silver “blimp” cars were the first to have this. The slogan was used earlier on some diesel

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 03:05 PM, Dennis Storzek wrote: Buy all you want. We can still make 'em faster than you can buy 'em! :-) Another advantage of injection molding over resin casting. Tom Madden

I thought it was 1952 but not sure about that, should check with C of G HS. They would certainly know Fenton

Buy all you want. We can still make 'em faster than you can buy 'em! :-) Dennis Storzek

Thanks Tim for the excellent photo. Can anyone tell me when CG first used "The Right Way" slogan on their boxcars? And a special thanks to Ed Hawkins who has furnished more information than this old

Hi Scott, looks like Ben is going to buy a kit for you to harvest the roof, what a guy! Bill Welch

As to the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, they had bulkhead flat cars in dedicated service for plaster board to Kaiser Gypsum as well as most of their wood chip gondola cars were in dedicated