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Re: Looking for material sources

Roger Meiner pontificates: Ah, Roger, so credulous, and you a civil prosecutor, too. Sorry to shatter your illusions but Dresden Doll is, I assure you, only a part of Sandra's persona. This is also

By Richard Hendrickson · #3419 ·

Re: used rolling stock

Richard, I don't know how prevalent this practice was, but I can cite one example. The Piedmont & Northern had a group of 165 single-sheathed automobile box cars built in 1925 (essentially of ARA

By Richard Hendrickson · #3418 ·

used rolling stock

Was there much of a market for used rolling stock in the 1920s and 1930s? My area of interest is the Southeast. I am thinking that with the economic expansion in the 1920s that many railroads would

By ThisIsR@... · #3417 ·

Re: Freight Car Colors

Because of the time period of this list many (in my case almost all) photos are B/W. Color analyzing from B/W photos, while fun for some, is not my area of enjoyment. I'm willing to let someone tell

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #3415 ·

Re: Freight Car Colors

Richard Hendrickson writes: who the While I hope I don't get banned for boring everyone, I'll just note that, to me, there are two or three schools of thought here. Dave and, perhaps, Jeff Aley, are

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #3414 ·

Re: Hi All

Indeed, you HO modellers are doing very well; we in O scale have some hopes of eventually getting the IM composite gondola that you already have enjoyed for a year and more. I keep nudging Bill

By JGG KahnSr · #3413 ·

Re: Freight Car Colors

Oops! In writing the following, I offended Dave Nelson, which was not at all my intention: In fact, I didn't have anyone in particular in mind. Remember that this discussion has taken place here

By Richard Hendrickson · #3412 ·

Freight Car Colors...the truth for one road at least

Well yuse guys can discuss, bicker, debate all you want about freight car colors for all those railroads that provided reefer and grain traffic to the B&O. But when one of our cars ventures on

By CBarkan@... · #3416 ·

Re: Loose ends

Thanks for the info Chet. You're talking the same time frame as my friend. One thing he said about the cut-off times was, "If we (Milw) missed the cut-off times too often our traffic would soon be

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #3410 ·

Re: Freight Car Colors and Howard Ameling photos

Richard Hendrickson wrote << Unfortunately, a couple of the most important sources for steam era freight car photos (Will Whittaker and Howard Ameling) have dried uprecently. ---- And I'm told (though

By Dana and Larry Kline <klinelarrydanajon@...> · #3411 ·

Re: Looking for material sources

As he meanders, Richard Hendrickson says ... again?" Uh, sorry, Richard, but I have met your Sandra and I know for a fact that she is a Dresden Doll. Dresden Doll's do *not* say "smart-ass". You may

By Roger J Miener <Roger.Miener@...> · #3409 ·

Re: Looking for material sources

RH, Don't worry, hook this guy up Jeff and they can talk NYC alphabet soup (if not alphabet route), assuming Mr. Plank can get past the "S" speak that is! C

By CBarkan@... · #3408 ·

Re: Loose ends

. with long into The Illinois Central delivered a large amount of PHP (packing house products) off the Iowa Division to the IHB at Broadview,Ill. In the steam days several sections of train 76

By Chet French <cfrench@...> · #3407 ·

Re: SFRD slogans

Well Eric, things change. If you had tried the address you would have found that www.atsfrr.com in fact does take you to the historical societies web pages and there is a note there that says Mr.

By Bruce F Smith <smithbf@...> · #3406 ·

Re: Looking for material sources

Rich Burg, Jay Williams, Mike Gruber, Joe Collias, and Ted Schnepf were all at Naperville with freigfht car photos, in addition to Bob. Y'gotta come next year. Unfortunately, a couple of the most

By Richard Hendrickson · #3405 ·

Looking for material sources

As a recent lurker, I'm not aware of many sources of photos, etc. that are available, especially before the mid '30s. I know of Art Griffin and Bob's Photos. What other sources of photos are

By Mark P. · #3404 ·

Re: Freight Car Colors

By Dave & Libby Nelson <muskoka@...> · #3403 ·

Re: SFRD slogans

The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society webpage is www.atsfrr.org not .com. The .com site includes Russell Crump's extensive collection of Santa Fe material, but the Society's stuff is at

By Eric Hiser <ehiser@...> · #3402 ·

Re: Freight Car Colors

Ian Cranstone writes: I've tried to stay out of this discussion, as it comes up periodically and I've said my piece on it before. However, I will add the following (and then disappear back into the

By Richard Hendrickson · #3401 ·

Re: Loose ends

RIchard H. said: And on some eastern roads, too. Various reminiscences I've read describe such tools on eastern cabooses as well. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942

By thompson@... · #3400 ·

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