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Re: Need Bob's Photo contact info

Trucks look (to me) like the Commonwealth 90T "high capacity" trucks once produced by ECW - #9063 See http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2011/12/small-modeling-project-nyc-drop-center.html BTW

By akerboomk · #194638 ·

Re: Preserved cars in northwestern PA

We made it to the Lake Shore museum at North East, Conneaut and by chance caught the B&LE double sheathed box sitting in Meadville when we got off for gas. To our luck the gentleman who volunteers had

By Robert G P · #194637 ·

Re: Munshaw Canada slide Canadian Pacific CPR dock yard scene

Glen, That's a little too absolutist. In fact, the practice of treating with lime was not as widespread in the US as it was in Canada, where it was required, as has been noted earlier in this thread,

By Bruce Smith · #194636 ·

Strasburg 2 Rail O Scale train show Saturday August 6th

Hi Modelers. Our second O Scale train show and swap meet is only 5 days away. Saturday morning doors open to the public at 9:00. We have two collections being brought to the show and countless

By Rich Yoder · #194635 ·

Re: Munshaw Canada slide Canadian Pacific CPR dock yard scene

The bottom of stock card is treated by lime when cleaning so the colour disappears very quickly and becomes a chalky white colour Glen

By Glen Presley <presleyglen@...> · #194634 ·

Re: Need Bob's Photo contact info

Hey Jim, Bob is here at the St. Louis RPM meet and I can check with him tomorrow. I certainly want to see what he has for Murphy and other stations along the branch. Thanks! Greg Davis Marble,NC/St

By Greg Davis · #194633 ·

Re: Photo: Erie Depressed Center Flat Car 99032

Hi, I cannot recall the type of trucks that are on this car. Can anyone provide that information and, OBTW does anyone make this truck in HO? (I'm wondering if it was made by Red Ball or Cape Line

By Mike Bradley · #194632 ·

Re: AAR 40' Boxcar ID

That is a helpful ton of information. Thanks for posting. Jim Pattison

By Jim Pattison · #194631 ·

Re: AAR 40' Boxcar ID

Hi Gary--Go here for all of Ed Hawkins' post war AAR 40' boxcar lists. http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/postwaraarmain.html I agree with Tim on the 7' door 10 panel car. There

By pennsylvania1954 · #194630 ·

Re: AAR 40' Boxcar ID

Thanks Tim Gary McMills

By Gary McMills · #194629 ·

Re: AAR 40' Boxcar ID

Ed has produced MANY box car rosters so the one that you want is Ed's compilation of AAR Postwar R+3-4 IDN (1948-1954) tabloid format, or Excel spreadsheet format.

By Tim O'Connor · #194628 ·

AAR 40' Boxcar ID

Hi All, I recently pickup some HO scale C&BT 1944 AAR 40' Boxcar kits at an estate sale and I am at a loss for identifying which railroad(s) owned them. They are one with a 7' door and 10 panel

By Gary McMills · #194627 ·

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

1939 timetable. I don’t have a more recent one without doing some digging. The picture must be 1951 given the combination of a red-white-blue boxcar and steam. Rich Gibson

By Rich Gibson · #194626 ·

Re: Loading Cattle Miles City, MT

Would those cattle be considered feeders? They seem pretty thin. Scott McDonald

By Scott · #194625 ·

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

Those big ones at the bottom look like a lot of "fun" to load -- Ken Akerboom

By akerboomk · #194624 ·

Re: Northeastern Scale Lumber Siding

Ray, Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but what I have is: 116SCR132P It is 1/16" scribed,1/32" thick, 11" long and 3" wide. The scribing runs the long way. Spen Kellogg

By Spen Kellogg · #194623 ·

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

Bob Chaparro wrote:, Guy Wilber wrote: Perhaps you are addressing requirements. There are many pre-1961 photos of flat car loads secured by wire." Bob, perhaps you should read my post again. I wrote;

By Guy Wilber · #194622 ·

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 ·

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