Agreed on the similarities to Helium tank cars. I can't help but wonder if the government didn't look to the Pintsch cars for inspiration. Speaking of the three-tank helium cars, I'd like to find

White House was on the CNJ. It was also the location of the interchange with the short lived Rockaway Valley. Drew Marshall, Philly Pa Modeling the pre-Depression years. Sent from TypeApp On Mar 8,

But in Utah?!?! I don't think Kennecott leased any of those from PC. <G> Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah Re: BOILER LOADS From: Charles Peck Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:31:37 PST Penn

Tim, That must have been on the Penn Central. <G> Todd Sullivan

That car looks like NJ lighterage to NY to me. It's either going on a rail-barge or being transferred to a barge Implements to Long Island? Howard Garner

Penn Central Class L-6 electrics were cab-forwards. Chuckles Peck

I didn't know PC HAD any cab forwards, especially in Utah! <G> Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah Re: BOILER LOADS From: Bob Chaparro Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:47:49 PST I have a photo of

These sort of errors occur in my industry as well. I work for a hotel and occasionally we find a guest who wasn't paying attention and will book for Murray KENTUCKY instead of Murray UTAH.

Somewhat off topic, but "on another network" there is a thread called "More eBay Follies" which is approaching 400 pages in length... In general, I think the overall defection from eBay by model

This topic reminds me of a story I heard from back in the steam era. The Louisville & Nashville tried to deliver two tank cars to an online consignee. The consignee had declared bankruptcy before

Tony: Almost correct it was the 999 track, which only was located in the computer. As soon as the correct location for the car was identified the car was sent to that location. Paul C.

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 10:42 AM, Jim Betz wrote: And why would you expect your operators to be any less human than the guys on the 1-1 RRs. *G* As one who likes to play the game when operating, if

Jim I recall a story about a pickup in Framingham Massachusetts of a cut of cars that were taken to Selkirk NY before someone realized they weren't supposed to

There is such a place as White House Station, in (then) a rural part of New Jersey. I forget if it's on the CNJ or the Lehigh Valley. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

The NJI&I being a local road to me, and a potential modeling interest, I can shed a little addition insight to the traffic. The agriculture implements were likely out of Oliver Farm Implements,

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I remember former SP employee Paul Koehler telling me that at Taylor Yard in LA there was a "99" track where you put cars with problems such as missing paperwork. He remembered a depressed-center flat

All- Isn’t this discussion a month (actually 23 days) early??? Being so light, what would happen if it was run on a layout in a basement pressurized to avoid having to have the llally columns

John, given how recently (for your modeling) the Rio Grande sale to Richfield occurred, you could certainly "patch" a Rio Grande Oil paint scheme for ROX reporting marks and number. Tony

Lloyd Keyser wrote: The name was spelled correctly on the CN flat car: it's Pintsch gas -- though Lloyd's spelling captures the pronunciation perfectly. Tony Thompson tony@...