If anyone has this, I'll be glad to post it on our site for future reference. - John

Ben, Is it possible toorder a copy of this publication? Thank you very much. Warren Dickinson

Bruce, the latest Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia contains a comprehensive and well-illustrated article on Troop Sleepers and Kitchen Cars. Ben Hom

Hi All, I was wondering if any of you might have information regarding WWII era Troop Sleepers and Kitchen cars manufactured by Pullman and ACF respectively. I have seen the available info at the

Paul, The photo of MC&CL #104 sure looks like a PRR 30' flat car. The shape of the side sills is right, as are the number and spacing of the stake pockets. The trucks also appear to be PRR Class

Byron, Well, there were the following flat cars rebuilt from gondolas: FGR, FGR-1, FGR-2, FGR-3, FGRa, FG27, FG27a, and FG27b. And, flat cars rebuilt from box car underframes - FXL. I don't know of

Funny how information just falls into your lap sometimes - got my copy of the February 2000 RMC the other day and finally got around to reading it. Railworks' ad on page 21 includes a picture of

Byron Rose asked: Didn't the Pennsy also use "FG" classes for flat cars built from gons? Or was it GF for gons built from flat cars? Or all of above? None? Several pictures of PRR MOW equipment

Bob, My comment about car names wasn't intended as Pennsy fact, although I can see it being taken that way. I was simply stating my description of the various cars usage, as based on photos and

The car being stolen is somewhat of a local legend--no way of verifying its truthfulness. It strikes me as kind of funny-little MC&CL swiping a car from the giant PRR. The evidence that I have that

Paul and list, There's a problem with a PRR F23 being acquired by the MC&CL before WWII. All six Class F23 cars were still in service on the PRR as late as 10-1-1952 according to internal PRR

Byron and list, While I agree that F22 had a wood floor and F23 had a steel floor, I do not agree that F23 was a gun car and F22 was not. All known issues of PRR's "Classification of Cars" show F22

Richard and list, Regarding the trucks on PRR Class F22 and F23 flat cars, I agree with Richard's comments about the appearance of the cast trucks. However, there was no such class as 2DF4. PRR

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Truck Swing.5.xls Uploaded by :

The recent post (which I deleted in error please excuse me) I believe sed UP did not load Utah coal in the 50's. But it did haul Utah Coal, loaded on the Utah Ry, to Southern California for steel

Group, My apologies. My note on the scans was intended only for John Nierich. Oops. Anyway, the rest of you might find them interesting, though they are a bit out of this group's era. Kind

John, You will find a scan of the Southern heavy duty flat car, and two of SP Commonwealth wood racks, mounted blind on my web site. Please copy them onto your own machine, rather than just linking

--- In STMFC@..., "Paul Kattner" <paulkattner@h...> wrote: The F23 flatcar still has its > heavy duty Archbar trucks and was acquired (alledgedly LaSalle & > Bureau County style) before

. . and while you are there (assuming you are a 1950s R'nR fan like myself and two other listers I know of - right Al and Tony), check out the Surf Ball Room in Clear Lake which is famous as being the

have to MC&CL The MC&CL (Mason City and Clear Lake) flat is usually located at the Iowa Traction Railroad shops in Emery, Iowa which is half way between Mason City & Clear Lake. this railroad is