Denny Anspach wrote: An interesting point, as both the donors I know of, who gave book collections and found that they had been promptly sold, were under the impression that they were donating

Some notes to add to comments by Richard and Ben, and a related question: It's safe to assume that the "Route" scheme didn't disappear until long after 1947. Richard noted that he has builders

Richard Hendrickson wrote Richard, Proto 2000 did release Erie-Lackawanna cars. I have one; it's a later "Timesaver" kit lettered EL #11489. I think P2K applied almost every legitimate paint scheme

Frank Brua asked: "Can any listmember advise me of the approximate date that Santa Fe started using the San Francisco Chief slogan on their 40' steel reefers?" 1954. (Hendrickson, Santa Fe Painting

How does one gain access to the Smithsonian's photo collections? I am thinking specifically of the Haskell & Barker collection. -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City,

Can any listmember advise me of the approximate date that Santa Fe started using the San Francisco Chief slogan on their 40' steel reefers? TIA. Frank Brua

Tony, you must have some misunderstanding. There is a perception here that uncorrected places the CSRM in an undeserved bad light. The CSRM cannot, and ipso facto does not sell, dispose, or even

The example of a car of produce being unloaded at wholesalers, cleaned, and then used by a candy distributer brings up another question on freight car routing. Is there any reason an industry could

Jerry wrote: Curtiss Candy Co was the Baby Ruth bar maker in Chicago. They also made Butterfingers. Mars Candy made M&Ms, Milky Way, Snickers and 3 Musketeers. Bill Hirt

Oops, sorry, forgot to sign that last post. Brian J Carlson Brian Carlson <prrk41361@...> wrote: Richard and Clark, LL did do the EL scheme in a latter run. What they didn't do were partial

Richard and Clark, LL did do the EL scheme in a latter run. What they didn't do were partial Erie Repaints, where only the reportimg marks were changed. (See the upper photo on page 36 of the

Ahem... and just what is "odd" about a milk car? ;-) All I can say is, Woo Hoo! Walt Lankenau

Andy Miller wrote Hey Andy, I was right! What do I get? :-) Tim

If I recall correctly, the candy was from a variety of makers, all going to the same city. Somewhere else, perhaps on this list, I read about a candy marketing association although I have no idea how

I should add that the cars have wire grabs and handrails and some of the finest rivets I've ever seen in HO scale. Also, these are the "40-foot" GPEX round sill cars -- Marty

I should add that the cars have wire grabs and handrails and some of the finest rivets I've ever seen in HO scale. Also, these are the "40-foot" GPEX round sill cars -- Marty

--- In STMFC@..., "mcindoefalls" <mcindoefalls@y...> wrote: "URTX reefers, cleaned after bringing produce to the city, were sent back west with loads of candy. Model a

--- In STMFC@..., "Chet French" <cfrench@g...> wrote: "The IC cars were originally numbered in the 210000-210999 series. The April 1940 ORER shows 960 cars still in the group. By

Clark, the biggest fleets of Greenville design gons were those of the Erie and the NYC. The Erie cars, which were painted black, were renumbered into the Erie-Lackawanna roster beginning in the early

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