Hi, I don't know if it is true - or simply a persistent and often repeated rumor - but I've heard many times from many different sources (model RRs) that one of the reasons for the GN doing

Note attached re box car costs. 40 ton Dbl. sheathed, rather than 50 ton single sheathed cars cost less but Southern was simply not interested (debt and cars would not be needed after the War). Prior

Was there anything new to report from the train show this past weekend? Steve Hile

In 1960 this NKP car received bulkheads. Jim Sands photo. The bulkheads look a lot like the early bulkhead design applied to SP F-70-7 flat cars. On 1/29/2023 4:45 PM,

Building on my previous message, I wonder if there was a price difference between the two boxcars? If so, opting to take the DS cars and incurring less debt may have been a factor in some road's

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 09:54 AM, George Eichelberger wrote: The Southern files on "USRA" cars include comments, from various sources, on the single and double sheathed designs as well as the need for

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 04:21 AM, Chris Barkan wrote: Ken et al, here is the complete reference to the Lane USRA article.Thank you, Chris, as my copy is buried deep... somewhere. Dennis Storzek

Dennis: The Southern files on "USRA" cars include comments, from various sources, on the single and double sheathed designs as well as the need for cars "allocated" to the railroads. (I'd like to read

Chris, Thank you. Ken Montero

It may have been that financial issues relating to acquiring USRA equipment limited some roads’ interest. Here is one example from the Southern Railway Presidents’ Files, Box 363, File 9076 in

I picked up a copy of that Railroad History issue several years ago. Some of the data can be found on a resource page through my blog. I focused on the final USRA car assignments using a few tables.

Ken et al, here is the complete reference to the Lane USRA article. USRA Freight Cars: An Experiment in Standardization James E. Lane Railroad History , Spring 1973, No. 128 (Spring 1973), pp.

Hi there, Was just familiarizing myself a bit with these two classes of 8’8” interior height cars, and wondered - apart from the grab iron count (7 v 8), the door brace details and the car ends

There was an ARA committee working toward a “recommended standard” box car, from 1915 to 1917. The USRA Car Committee simply took over their work and made a few tweaks. Tony

Dennis, Please excuse my ignorance. Please provide Mr. Lane's first name and the title of his publication that you describe in your email (below) regarding USRA

Interesting note: all of the "sample" cars were constructed with flat steel ends, yet the production cars all had corrugated ends. Ken Montero

Oh my. I've known Joe for a long time; since I joined the ACL-SAL Hysterical Society was back in the 80s. We're all geting older. Green lights Joe. Davo in Orlando

The C&O 70 ton cars still have 15 pockets. Of course they're not AAR 70 ton cars. If they were then the IM cars would be the obvious choice.

On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 03:45 PM, Ed Hawkins wrote: 1. These GSC 70-ton flat cars came with 4 crossbearers of unequal spacing vs. three crossbearers of equal spacing for 50-ton AAR flat cars. Both

I bought a Spencer Chemical Sunshine kit, but the instructions are missing. Does anyone know where I could find them? Thanks, Phil Lee