Fred, the attached entry from the 1955 Tank Car Capacities tariff clearly shows 215 cars in the WP listing. Ian CranstoneOsgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net

Schuyler, They look like 1959 Cadillac's which would date the photo late 1958 or the first half of 1959. Mont Switzer

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 02:09 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: That was the first and last time that I took a model to an event.Do you mean because of the damage is transit? Or, because of the negative

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:48 AM, Bob Chapman wrote: The technique was developed by the late Greg Martin I thought so. I've used it too on PS1 cars just like in the article Greg did using a ATSF

I'm not sure what the notches in the sides of the converted gondola were for, but they were not for releasing the fifth pin from the car mounted hitch. The fifth pin would have been released by a man

Fred and friends, Interesting observation. This gives us a one-year window for when WP tank cars were reclassified to MW service. It would be interesting to figure out approximately when the change

Guys, WP purchased 210 tank cars in 1912 (60,10k cap)), 1913 (100, 10k cap)) and 1929 (50, 12,5k cap)). After WW II, most of these were used in bilge water, diesel fuel, water, sand and other company

It was to reach the trailer hitch disconnect. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Interesting surgical modifications to the car sides there. Was that to clear the tires on the trailer? I wonder how much that derated the carrying capacity of the gon. Do you have a date on the

Rock Island did the same thing, only with Cadillacs and re-purposed WE gons. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@...> Reply-To:

That’s really a practical shipping method, because it only requires one loading and one unloading of the individual cars. Much less opportunity of damage. Too bad it’s beyond my era, because that

Tony is quite correct in noting that "overlooks" was probably a poor choice of words on my part... Railroads reported what they were required to report to the two tariffs, and in some cases chose to

Ian Cranstone wrote: Remember, the ORER didn't seek out anything. Each car owner sent in a report, as often as they thought necessary (some would remain unchanged, with original date, for multiple

On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 2:09:42 PM PDT, WILLIAM PARDIE <pardiew001@...> wrote: ........... This is a McKean PS-1 kit. My friend

I woul like to point out that the C&O Historical Society (www.cohs.org) is offering a DVD containing all of the Mainline Modeler back issues. It is priced at $89.95 Much good stuff in there. Note:

Bill Pardie wrote: "That was the first and last time that I took a model to an event." Well, that's a true shame. Ben Hom

The recent discussion on the C&BT kits has prompted me to pull l this car out of the showcase. I had not looked at it for years. This is a McKean PS-1 kit. My friend Andy Carlson deemed this kit as

The list gives one an idea as to just how large the lease fleets (UTLX, GATX, SHPX, NATX, and for Canada, CGTX and TCLX). The ORER has always been a little shaky in tank car information, and

Thanks Andy !! I purchased another photo like this at the last CCB gathering. That one included a pickup truck in the mix of vehicles loaded onto the semi rack in1959. From talking with folks in the

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