Follow up to previous, with NKP Yuton Coal Dock in background http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll63/id/4180 -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

Check this out! NKP 99819 loading corn in cement hopper Yuton, IL 1946 http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll63/id/4404 -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

No railroad was more dedicated then the C&O in using old tenders for coal & water in the camp trains. A roster published by the C&O Historical Society shows numbers in the "T" series going as high as

I was in some Santa Fe cabooses in 1969/70 sitting in storage in Wichita, awaiting rebuilding or scrapping, most likely scrapping since the West Wichita shops had just closed. They all had cast iron

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 01:58 AM, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford wrote: This raises an interesting question. How were the bunkers refilled after steam was discontinued? A conveyor of some sort, or

The coal bunkers on C&O MOW tenders were left as-built. Bill McClure Bill McClure www.billmcclure.smugmug.com www.mcclureimages.com

Garth and all, Many (most?) coaling towers also had provisions for storing and dispensing sand. That function kept some coaling towers in use well beyond their time. The two that I am most

Schuyler, Wish I could enlarge the image.I n the meantime I have this builder's photo (I believe) of an early wrongway door LV car.I don't know the photo source as the pic was a gift to me from a

Mel, I think the bunkers continued to be used for some years to supply coal for heating and possibly cooking needs to the MW trains, as stated in my original post. Maybe not. Some C&O maven might be

Mel: On the Southern Pacific trains were blocked by destination, not by the load. Paul C. Koehler

Additional FGE file photos of WFEX 67564. Les From: Bill Welch Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:26 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Dry Ice Refrigerator CarTest Inlooking

Unfortunately, no, nor did a good bit of web surfing looking for one succeed. Sorry. Schuyler

In looking at the grills on WFEX 67564 is probably a Thermo-King equipped car. Truckers were fine with their gas powered T-K's but the RR's did not like them because gas is more flammable. Many

Further in regard to Bill Welch’s comments, attached is builder’s photofrom FGE files showing WFE 67564 in which Thermo-King heating and cooling unitwas installed. Transmittal memo attached to

garth: were the fuel bunkers converted also? thanks mel perry

which leads to the question, what were the rules, as far as train make up goes, prior to the rule changes, was there a national standard that each rr followed or each rr had their own

mel perry wrote: Not expendable, but expected to use common sense on their own. Occasional failures to do so led to OSHA. Tony Thompson tony@...

i stand corrected, apparently in the 50's railroader's were expendable, wonder what changed that thinking? OSHA? mel perry

Based upon the car data lettering and lack of full 1911 Safety Appliance Act amendment hardware, this photo is 100+ years old. Was it on the Library of Congress site? If so, it’s public domain.

Garth … I saw several Vanderbilt tenders (4- and 6-axle) in MOW service while living in Virginia in the 80s. Definitely “eye catching” in a consist of old boxcars and passenger cars. There