Ben Hom said: I'd vote with Ben. That's why the X29 was on the first Friends of the Freight Car shirt. (and you thought I was an unrepentant teaser of SPFs...) Tony Thompson Editor,

Jace Kahn said: Okay, Jace, I should have said that STATISTICALLY cabooses always had two brake wheels. I'm sure that there are 19th century cars without them. Tony Thompson Editor,

Scott Chatfield writes: And you're still sure, Scott, that this follows a prototype? I'd call it a loose use of the word "follow." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942

Bill Lane wrote: SP Tea and Silk car. Second choice is the SP BR-40-10 express reefer. Regards, Spen Kellogg

Well, painful to answer an on-topic message, but this one is easy for me: New York Central "USRA" boxcars, of course: Shouldn't exist, were built by the bazillions and survived for decades, easy to

SHAWN: WHEN I WAS HANGING AROUND THE LOCAL ELEVATOR IN THE 1950'S AND 1960'S (BECAUSE IT WAS NEXT TO THE RAILROAD) THEY RECEIVED CORN, WHEAT, OATS AND A NEW CROP, SOY BEANS. THE CORN WAS SHELLED

SHAWN: ADDING TO WHAT ANDY HAS SAID MOST MIDWESTERN TOWNS STARTED OUT WITH A WOODEN ELEVATOR STRUCTURE THAT WAS USED TO GRIND FEED AS WELL AS STORE GRAIN FOR SHIPMENT. AS GRAIN PRODUCTION INCREASED

This first concrete grain elevator was built about 1900. By the mid 1910's the construction was being covered in text books. Howard hanging out in 1905

Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:13:05 -0400 (EDT) Good kits. The stack up well against a Westerfield or Sunshine. Offered in both inside stake and outside stake version. They also offered the DN-WP

Bill Lane wrote: In 100 words or less, what is your single favorite Steam Era Freight Car, and WHY? Principal contributors Ted Culotta and Ben Hom are required to respond. PRR Class X29: It wasn't

I think someone is mixed up that wood elevators with a metal or asbestos covering on the out side made them fire proof. Also concrete elevators were also more fire proof. This is not true. The danger

The UNPAC had three sizes of hoppers used for grain 1970 Cf, 1792Cf and 2502 Cf. Used in the 1940s for grain. They were HK50-4, HK50-5 and HK70-1 hoppers that hat covers put on them for grain

Yes (if you don't object to cast-on details) but no, the Santa Fe never owned USRA hoppers - and, in the era to which this list is devoted, hardly any cross hoppers of any description. Bulk mineral

It's my understanding that the 70-ton cars were used primarily for cement or sand loading. The GATX Airslide cars came along in the late 1950's, as I recall, and I'm not sure that they were used

Shawn, Concrete elevators date back to about 1915 when they became the standard for building new elevators. Generally the wood ones weren't torn down, however, so concrete and wood types coexisted

Bill Lane wrote: B&M Pulpwood Racks #29000-29099 which resembled an open-top stock car crammed inside a steel 40' gon with mangled tie rods spanning the top of the car. These lasted with arch bar

ljack70117@... wrote: But UP #1-500 were 1,958 cubic feet, 70 tons nominal capacity cars which suggest that they were intended to carry much denser commodities than grain. Grain Hoppers

Hi All, I figured I would shake the list up with something that is completely ON STMFC topic. Wow, what a novel concept I!! (:->) In 100 words or less, what is your single favorite Steam Era

I am getting started on one of Westerfield's Pennsy X26 re-builds with the Hutchins roof and Creco doors. My problem is I have never seen a photo of this car. I have photos of several cars with the