I would like to advocate that no matter what, the tariff materials not be sent to the local landfill. I am not sure freight car modellers will ever care about these documents, but they might. While

The Chineese math is that the rates are figured in per hundred weight. And Frank explained the NOIBN quite well. The old tariffs are intersting and do help if your industry is listed... otherwise...

From Tim O'Connor: No, it was an 8K gal. Type 21 built in 6/25. Though it was last reweighed in 6/66, the paint job was quite recent when the car was photographed in 1974 (though the Reichhold

NOIBN is Not Otherwise Indicated By Name. Frank Brua

http://www.pbase.com/espeef5/image/38235338 It's interesting I could find no record of the above car in the 1965 or 1972 ORER, but the car is stenciled for the 1960's and the photo dates from

Does anyone on the list belong to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society? I believe their home base is in Jacksonville, Florida. If you are a member would you please contact me off list; I am

In a message dated 1/3/2005 9:16:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, raildata@... writes: No question that the freight traiffs will be preserved in Colo RR Museum. Question is how many more

Included in a lot of stuff I bought on eBay was a bunch of supplements to Freight Tariffs. At first I was just going to throw them away but then I thought I'd put them on eBay and see what they

No question that the freight traiffs will be preserved in Colo RR Museum. Question is how many more should we accumulate when already pressed for archival storage space. My only point is that we

Rocky, I have photos of Hershey reefers from several different periods in their history; what era do you model? Perhaps I should add that the Hershey cars actually weren't reefers but insulated box

Ron, I'm sending as an attachment a JPEG of a photo I shot at Modesto, CA in 1971. ---------- Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Tom, You probably saw my post to PRR-talk, but just in case - as best I know there is only one set of numbers offered so far. Hopefully we will see additional 4 packs... Regards Bruce

area make sure Patrick: The other replies you have received should be helpful , but you should be also aware that this was a region that produced major amounts of the small arms weaponry (

group and information predecessor lines their general Reeses before information is no claim? > A history of Reeses is available at the following web

The Reboxx tester can really only be used to compare the change in rolling resistance of a particular set of sideframes, with different wheelsets. It is useless for predicting performance under an

We have a ton of Freight Tariffs at the Colo RR Museum. Aside from some lawyers who show up once in a while to use them there seems tob e no obvious use for them or info contained in them. Chuck

Rob, I'm pretty sure I have drawings and specs for the SSW cars at home. Give me a day or two to dig them out and I'll get the information to you. Shawn Beckert

There is a 1960 color photo of one of these cars in Morning Sun's Rock Island In Color, Volume 1, page 65. By then they were fairly weathered, and it looks pretty much like other box car colors,

Builder photo, page 355 of the 1961 Car Builder Cyclopedia.

The Ft-M class cars were 40 foot cars not 50 foot. Another Athearn mistake. Charlie Slater Bakersfield Ca.