Coal was sometimes delivered in canvas bags for small orders.Are we looking at some of those bags rather than chunks of coal?Armand Premo;

Well, it means we can use O scale coal! 8^) -- Brian Ehni

I'm not sure, but I would think that it might go to a smaller dealer or to a large customer that does have means to crush it. Note in the piles in the yard, there is more of that grade too. Heck,

<rhendrickson@o...> wrote: off-topic, challenge...maybe a Richard, how about my all-time favorite, the Staggerwing!

Tim forwarded some links of interest from the Utah site. My question about the coal dealer (in the link below) - What customer would want a load of coal the size of the stuff in the truck directly in

I recently purchased a near-perfect assembled Walthers 34' HO hopper in its original box. This was produced c. 1937-39, and was made of thin lead castings mounted on wood blocks. the castings are

The coal is clearly "mine run", or not crushed and graded. I saw bituminous coal like this dumped in front of people's houses in southern Ohio in the 60s. Just takes a couple of whacks with and

Aubrey Wiley wrote: Aubrey, as Ed Kaminski points out in his book on AC&F tank cars, the buyer specified what they wanted on the cars they purchased. So the simple answer is, the owner chose

Chris Barkan writes: Of the cars that are clear enough in the photo to identify, all are Union Tank Line - no surprise, considering that UTL's fleet dominated the tank car business at the time the

Brian Paul Ehni wrote: Which were known in civilian life as DC-4s. Regards, Spen Kellogg

Tim O'Connor's http://content.lib.utah.edu/USHS_Shipler/image/88058152382002_39222000700570.jpg unleashed a torrent of speculation from underage listmembers who were presumably in diapers at the

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:40:00 -0000 From: "prrk41361" <prrk41361@...> Subject: CGTX tank cars Were any of the CGTX tankcars in the 1001-1100 ACF Type 27's. If so how usual was it to see

However, looking up the tail number indicates it's a C-54, but flying for "Northeast". And C-54s had OVAL windows: http://www.warbirdalley.com/c54.htm -- Brian Ehni

I don't think it's a Douglas, now. After Googleing the different DC planes (4, 6, 7), I notice all photos show SQUARE windows, while the craft in question has OVAL. To get back to steam era cars.....

It's not a DC-3 for several reasons: 4 motors instead of 2, not a tail dragger being the most obvious. I believe it's a DC-7. -- Brian

It's a DC-4 (too short to be a DC-6.) This photo is more proof that all the COOL field trips happened before I was in school! Now quit talking about airplanes! Scott Pitzer =======

This is a great photo for the tank-car-o-philes among us. It would be an excellent candidate for Ted's photo of the month club, particularly if we could get Richard H. and others to try and ID the

Tim, maybe there WAS a prototype for the Gorre & Daphetid after all! Chris

=================================== Roger, The Convair prop driven planes have distinctive vertical tail surfaces. Note a recent example at: http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=169 You

Tim O'Connor says ... http://content.lib.utah.edu/USHS_Shipler/image/88058152382002_39222000700570.jpg Hi Tim, Think Convair ... That is my first guess ... DC-3s were tail draggers and the animal