I don't know if any IC banana shipments ever went to the West Coast, but it seems unlikely to me. There is a photo in volume 3 of Lloyd Stagner's "Santa Fe in Color" series showing an IC reefer in an

Funny that you guys are talking about this right now. Frank Hodina just sent me the text of a few interchange sheets, between the IC and NKP in Paxton, Illinois. They include two banana car

Ray Breyer wrote: Ray, When you're at Paxton in January, could you please check to see if there are any interchange reports for the IC at St. Louis? As I recall from an old Terminal Rail

I've uploaded an Iowa Division (1960) track profile that includes East Dubuque: Photos folder, Banana. Perhaps a former IC hand or someone else might be able to identify the banana track. I'm at

Walter Clark asked: Certainly the SP single-sheathed cars all show that the attachments visible on the outside of the car, connecting sheathing to posts and braces, are nuts on bolts. I'd assume

Shawn Beckert said: Yes, the San Francisco Banana Terminal (pictured in the book) was a block away from SP's SF Freight Terminal. In LA, the PE handled banana trains up the 4-track main from the

List, I wonder if anyone has attempted to plot banana train movements as far as who covered what territory, and if there was any kind of overlap in service. IC obviously got the lions share of

Thanks for all the helpfu responses; after I posted, I recalled that my Zimmer door-and-a half OB auto car had an accurate fishbelly (it took me a while to find out it was an SP prototype--MM

distinctions common referring banana Denny, The IC, in the steam and early diesel period, did a good banana interchange business with the CB&Q at East Dubuque. Cars were set- out on the

The series of articles Ted has written for RMC, "Essential Freight Cars", is a superb piece of work. Not only is the prototype info excellent, but the day-to-day basic techniques of working with resin

Ed Mines wrote: "Has anyone looked at the Accurail 7100 series box car as an accurate model of the common CN box car? How's the height?" Too tall. The CN 1929 SS cars were 8 ft 7 in IH, the

Ed: It is close to the IC's 176000 series box cars, except for the fact that the IC cars had 3/5 rather than the kit's 4/4 Dreadnaught ends. By making a straight center sill from styrene strip and

Has anyone looked at the Accurail 7100 series box car as an accurate model of the common CN box car? How's the height? Did the CN cars have a horizontal brake wheel? The CN cars had a straight

Denny Anspach wrote: "The fascinating information about the blurring of craft distinctions in the operation of IC hot trains was totally interesting. How common would this have been on other

The fascinating information about the blurring of craft distinctions in the operation of IC hot trains was totally interesting. How common would this have been on other railroads? Although the IC and

bakert@... wrote: From page 1 of the January 2nd issue of RAILWAY AGE - "Beginning of 1932 Marked Turn of the Tide" by the Editor. "New Year's day, 1932, was more than a date printed upon a

If that car of heels was being sent to Brockton or some other south shore (of Boston) town, it would have gone to Maybrook, and onto the NH at that point, not to the D&H to Albany/Mechanicville. I

STMFC Listers: As you might imagine, I have been sharing the ERIE consists with some of my friends who are ERIE-knowledgeable, but not on the STMFC (believe it or not!). One of them, William D Burt

Guys- I seem to remember reading somewhere (maybe here) that the side sheathing of single sheathed box cars was attached with bolts, while the kits we have, including resin, show these as rivet