This seems like a good idea, Mike, but it's not clear to me how I can either post or retrieve files from that site. Can you enlighten me? Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

If you stop to think for a moment, you realize that wood sheathing is going to have to be attached to steel with a cold fastener (i.e., a bolt), not a white-hot rivet. No rocket science. Yes,

Andy, I will put a check in the mail for two cars, totalling $47.85. TIA. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

It has been a 1/2 year since I posted a request for reservations for the HO Terry Wegmann/Red Caboose PFE R-40-16 reefer kits, and because of parts non-availability problems, we had to postpone

Widdows 098 went KABOOM---now XP--loat address book just a test to see if addresses are right John

Hi Larry, The Dubuque Division engineer who told me about banana trains said, the longest haul the reefers could reach from New Orleans, with expedited handling, was Winnipeg, Canada. These reefers

To the reefer authorities: I recall seeing IC refrigerator cars somewhere in Iowa, I think, during my days of riding M&StL and CGW trains from Minneapolis to Marshalltown, Iowa, and return. I recall

Larry Jackman said: They may still have been green, Larry, but when they ripened they were probably ruined. All the perishable tariff information says that bananas MUST NOT be iced, as it damages

Andy, According to the 1959 MOODY's TRANSPORTATION MANUAL, MDT acquired the Northern Refrigerator Car Co. in January 1929. On January 8th, 1929, the Northern Refrigerator Line, Inc. was incorporated

Thank you Larry Jackman I don't care who you are fat man. Get that sleigh and reindeer off my roof.

Ted Schnepf reports that the Milwaukee would run specials out of Dubuque for a few as seven cars delivered by the IC. Ted: were these cars picked up from the "Banana Track" in East Dubuque (i.e. the

Also no one as answered my question: What is the hurry in moving the carload?? Brown, mushy bananas sell for a lower price than firm, yellow bananas. Michael Mang

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I'm not an expert on IC reefers but I can tell you what I recall seeing in New Orleans and a little more based on some quick research. One of my frequent trainwatching trips was to the IC yard at

Please note Bananas are stacked on the floor of the car. You can not stack more than one layer high. They will crush the lower ones if you do. I do not remember what you call the whole stock. It had a

rrfaned@... wrote: I believe this list is called Steam Era Freight Car or words to that effect. I don't believe Gulfport was a port of entry for bananas until well after 1960, nor were bananas

ed_mines wrote: Ed, Do you have any idea of where the LV and ERIE terminated their carloads of bananas? Tim Gilbert

Many roads in the Northeast had banana traffic, even the anthracite roads. The Lackawanna picked up bananas in Hoboken, some from the NYC at Weehawken and others right at the waterfront, and delivered

Where IC's own reefers used for banana loading? What else? Did these reefers ever make it ot the east coast? Champ sold decal sets for these cars that was Kelly green and their diagram called our a

Erie leased some wood URTX reefers (both Walthers and Champ used to sell decals) in the '30s and '40s. There's a photo of 2 of the reefers in a book of photos taken by Bernice Abbott. The cars are