According to the C&O Hoppers and Gons book, vol 1, C&O rebuilt lots of their USRA 2 bay hoppers (number series 62000) (ala the Tichy kit, accurail, etc) during WWII. But it really doesn't discuss

I think it all boiled down to price when it came to anthracite sizes being mixed. For home heating, the larger the size the more it cost. My folks always ordered a mix of sizes. Think the larger

The WM was an active participant in the alphabet route, which might explain some of its rolling stock being found up in NY during the diesel era. The alphabet route included: WM, P&WV, Reading,

-Bill, I think this is a fine idea, but we may need to engage in a little File area clean up before it will be possible to post pictures. I know I had to cut down the size of the train images I

Armand, I think (I need to check this first) that the grain-hatch equipped 40000 cars are just a little late for me. I do have several 40000 cars, two of them in dedicated LCL service on the

Bruce Smith told us: Apparently the web site provider had a major brain fart and deleted the Many ISPs do not provide backup, and it is often up to the content provider to do so. I certainly hope

Anthracite from Pennsylvania was sold all over the country, and exported to other countries as well. It was the fuel of choice for home heating. Quite a lot of it was shipped in box cars. Considering

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@c...> wrote: Anthracite from Pennsylvania was sold all over the country,and exported to other countries as well. It was the fuel of choice for

Heck everybody knows you can only put 10 fattened or even non fat cattle in a 40 foot car. Anything less or more would be more feet. Chuck Hladik

I took several pics last July of a Pennsy G29 gondola in captive service at Standard Steel in Lewistown PA. This particular car has the 70t National B3(I think) but they look identical. I posted the

Jerry, et al. Apparently the web site provider had a major brain fart and deleted the entire PRRT&HS site while "decomissioning some equipment" last Saturday. From the description it seems as if

What's up with access to the site? I keep getting a "Page cannot be displayed" for the past week or so. I didn't try to get the latest issue when new as my cable service was down with all the storms

Hi All, Since my John Deere post was not the discussion inspiring post it could have been, I'll pitch this one out. The amount of information exchanged on a weekly basis in staggering to me. I still

There's a photo of a NH USRA hopper behind an Erie steam locomotive in one of the soft cover Erie steam books from the '70s (I think it's a Carlton book). I think the photo was taken near Maybrook,

Hi, I'm getting ready to paint an Erie/URTX steel reefer using a Pacific Rail Shops S scale 40' (PFE R-40-23) with an added on horizontal riveted seam. The only photos I have of the prototype

Bill Welch wrote: There will be a 12-Step breakfast at the IHOP near the Timonium Fairgrounds Saturday, October 9 at approximately 8 AM to discuss our addiction to buying freight car photos, kits of

I think Portola has a WP 53' gon with National B-1s under it.

Marty,I hope you have included some CV hopper bottom box cars in dedicated grain service, or others of the 40000 series in captive service on your roster.The top loading hatches make some of the cars

--- In STMFC@..., "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@c...> wrote: <snip> "BLI is advertising their stockcar as a PRR K7a ..." If there was that much information - what the prototype for the model was -

NYC 72000 series would be Lot 850-B, 800 cars built in 1954 through 1955. I only have one confirmed BLT date of 6-54. These were fifty- foot, single-door cars built by Despatch Shops with DS ends