Sorry Guys, Rob is right, I should have said Red Caboose. I do appreciate the information about the vertical brake staffs - I'll try to be more careful in my future posts. Thanks, Lou

Shawn asked Is there a document or publication that explains the details of "reciprocal switching"? Shawn, Yes, there is. John Armstrong's book "The Railroad, What It Is, What It Does" will

I have a Western Pacific Industrial Guide, dated July 1974. It covers the Western Pacific, Tidewater Southern, Sacramento Northern and industries located on railroads in the same city. Randy

Shawn; I can't speak to the specifics of the WP/SP arrangements, or to whether this is type of Reciprocal Agreement you are referring, but some of the midwest roads that I'm familiar with would enter

Paul; I have been researching the iron and steel industry's connections to the railroads for some time. While the question is rather broad (if you narrowed it down by using the names of the real

List, Is there a document or publication that explains the details of "reciprocal switching"? This Western Pacific circular that I'm wading through seems to give witness to a lot of this. An

Red Ball had a cast metal PRR X23 kir. Ed Mines

This month's RMJ has a lengthy article on the FGEX reefers and a description of the forthcoming IM model. No mention is made on the IM website of this car. Does anyone know anything about it beyond

In a message dated 3/14/2005 8:13:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, raildata@... writes: Near Mingo Junction, Ohio there was at least one bracnh leading to a coal mine where the NKP operated the

Hi Folks, I'm part of a club that is in the midst of designing 2 new layouts. We want these layouts to be operations based. We want to know the particular types of freight cars that would be used

Tom, Are the NP reefers going to be all RTR, or can we get kits? Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA

Dave, I still had your old e-mail in the address file; that's now updated. I'll be sending you some data shortly (I'm scarfing lunch at the moment). We'll start with Oakland - that and Salt Lake City

Near Mingo Junction, Ohio there was at least one bracnh leading to a coal mine where the NKP operated the branch 6 months of the year and the PRR for the other 6 months. Have no idea how this

They did. I had a plastic version of the castings. Jerry Glow surprised if Red Ball had

heh heh ... Welcome to the side show that never ends.... Is there any other industry that refused to date anything as overwhelmingly as the railroad industry? Of course, I ascribe the fact that the

Shawn, I'd be able to help -- and keen to do so. I have WP industry listings from the mid 50's and early 60's so we can compare your undated list to them. FWIW, your document could be as late as

Fellow Listers, I had a good time at Winterail this past weekend - but I had an even better time at the CSRM Library in Sacramento. One of the large documents that Ellen so kindly copied for me is

Guys; I saw one in person at the WPM at it was simply beautiful, but I neglected to get the date of first use on the prototype, and on what. Any definitive date? Thanks, Elden Gatwood

Brian, These are a "LATE" model of the Stanray roof. They come without roofwalk supports, but Nick is also providing a seperate detail for the supports. I have a coup[le of these, and they are very

Okay, just a wild guess here -- did someone mean to say "Red Caboose" and not "Red Ball?" Rob Daniels New York, NY --- Denny Anspach <danspach@...> wrote: __________________________________