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Photo: Loading Pulpwood For The Great Northern Paper Company (1952)

Photo: Loading Pulpwood For The Great Northern Paper Company (1952) Photos courtesy of James Perz on the Facebook Great Northern Paper Company Employees group. A side-discharge car (hopper or

By Bob Chaparro · #194621 ·

Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

I asked Richard Yaremko, whose hobby-in-the-hobby of model railroading is flat cars with loads. He thinks the flat car closest to the lens is a CB&Q car. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

By Andy Carlson · #194620 ·

Northeastern Scale Lumber Siding

I was looking to order Northeastern Scale Lumber HO car siding from our local hobby shop, but was not able to locate specific information at the Northeastern website. I am hoping that someone would

By Ray Hutchison · #194619 ·

Re: Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

Eric Kurowski commented: “My AAR top load manual shows crawler equipment had bolts though the track that went through the deck. It was one of many acceptable ways.” Unfortunately, he didn’t

By Bob Chaparro · #194618 ·

Re: Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

Cool. What year is that timetable for ? I think the trip is much shorter for birds. But I could beat the train on my bicycle. :-D On 8/4/2022 9:41 AM, Rich

By Tim O'Connor · #194617 ·

Re: Ex Gulf Tank car

looks like ACF Type 21 10,000 gallons On 8/4/2022 12:24 PM, Bob Weston via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #194616 ·

Re: Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 11:16 AM, Guy Wilber wrote: Cable was used only to secure "rotating" shovels and cranes -- little to nothing more.Perhaps you are addressing requirements. There are many

By Bob Chaparro · #194615 ·

Re: Photo: Breeding & Show Cattle In An Express Reefer

The IC had a few horse cars. They were converted baggage cars. Here is the diagram sheet showing the moveable stalls and troughs: Jeff White Alma IL On 8/4/2022

By Jeffrey White · #194614 ·

Ex Gulf Tank car

Would someone please identify the manufacturer of this former Gulf tank car? Thanks! Bob Weston

By Bob Weston · #194613 ·

Re: Photo: Breeding & Show Cattle In An Express Reefer

Santa Fe’s #1992 Horse Express car is on public display as part of “Rail Giants” collection at the LA County Fairgrounds (aka Fairplex) in Pomona. The free display is open during the annual fair

By Bruce Hendrick · #194612 ·

Re: Photo: Breeding & Show Cattle In An Express Reefer

The Santa Fe also had quite a number of horse cars. They were long with 3 doors on each side plus a large door in one end. I don't know the interior arrangement, but I remember seeing them frequently

By Thomas Evans <tomkevans@...> · #194611 ·

Re: Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

By Rich Gibson · #194610 ·

Re: Photo: Breeding & Show Cattle In An Express Reefer

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 07:06 PM, Steve SANDIFER wrote: The Santa Fe at one time had 10 50’ box cars equipped with stalls to handle animals such as polo ponies that did not require express shipment

By Bill Parks · #194609 ·

Re: Photo: Breeding & Show Cattle In An Express Reefer

Jack, it's one of eleven from the original 50 express reefers that had their bunks removed and reclassified as express and dairy cars. I'm pretty sure the one in the first photo is from the same group

By Paul Krueger · #194608 ·

Re: Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

I’m interested in the location of the vertical brake staff. J. Stephen Sandifer

By Steve SANDIFER · #194607 ·

Re: Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

That is a very unusual uncoupling lever on the flatcar with what appears to be a third eye bolt attached to the casting housing the coupler. Any ideas which road had that style of flatcar uncoupling

By gary laakso · #194606 ·

Wood Chip Hopper Interiors

Folks, Thanks for all the ideas about alternate (to paper mills) industries for these cars. I wonder, does anyone has any photos of the interior of these cars? I will be building a model of Norfolk

By Scott H. Haycock · #194605 ·

Re: Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company

Very weird. They're just a few miles apart -- 30 minutes at 10 mph :-D On 8/3/2022 7:57 PM, Rich Gibson via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #194604 ·

Re: Pulpwood, Wood Chips: Uses other than Paper?

The rayon plant is a large feature on Jim Brewer’s HO scale N&W Shenandoah layout. It was featured in Model Railroad Planning but I can’t recall the year. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #194603 ·

Re: Pulpwood, Wood Chips: Uses other than Paper?

Didn't someone create a model of one of these plants? -- I don't remember if it was MM or RMJ or MR or another magazine, but I do remember it was a printed article. Maybe 20

By Tim O'Connor · #194602 ·

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