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Re: "Reciprocal" Switching - Please Explain

On the Santa Fe and UPRR that I worked there was never a closed station. To start all stations had an agent. As cost started going up the RRs closed some stations by getting rid of the agent. But the

By ljack70117@... · #39494 ·

Re: Red CABOOSE "NYC 40 ft Sheathed Boxcar (X-29)"

--- In STMFC@..., "Benjamin Hom" <b.hom@w...> wrote: <snip> > I'm hedging because this diagram is the best that we've got so far on this > car. As you can see, it's pretty minimalist,

By Jeff English · #39492 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

In a message dated 3/15/2005 7:29:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, steamera@... writes: stefanelaine wrote: > > Ben, > Hmmm, some great choices. I wonder where I could find a protoype photo > of

By Paul Lyons · #39510 ·

Re: "Reciprocal" Switching - Please Explain

The open an prepay station list does not do any thing other than identify stations, their location, station number and whether it is an "open" ie. can receive colect and COD shipments and a station

By Bill McCoy <bugsy451@...> · #39491 ·

Re: Moloco Diagonal Panel Roof

Thanks Tim, so as is the roof is a post 1960 casting. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #39490 ·

Re: nice pics

Thanks Bob, my moniter is very large so it's hard to tell for me. Ok here's a long shot, any guesses on the 3 boxcars in the upper right corner? Todd Horton

By centga@... · #39489 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Stefan Lerché asked: "I've found one of these in undecorated in my pile of stuff. Does anyone have a suggestion for a good set of prototypical decals I could use for this orphan? I'd like to decal

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #39486 ·

Re: "Reciprocal" Switching - Please Explain

Shawn: There is or was a Tariff "Leland's Open and Prepay" you will need to check the spelling on Leland's, that lists all railroads stations and weather or not they were open. It behooved all

By Paul & Theri Koehler <buygone@...> · #39485 ·

Re: Moloco Diagonal Panel Roof

See message thread of message #35568 from last November after the Naperville meet: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/35568 Under close examination, the Moloco roof appears to be the

By Tim O'Connor · #39488 ·

Re: "Reciprocal" Switching - Please Explain

As I understand it from examples I've seen over the years "Reciprocal Switching" agreements were made for a number of reasons: 1) At the request (pressure) of the shipper / receiver so they would

By Charlie Vlk · #39483 ·

Re: LNE 1923 ARA Box

Rob Daniels wrote Rob, it depends on the car # and probably on the era. A 1959 photo of LNE #8009 clearly has a Champion hand brake housing and wheel, a modern cut lever, Apex steel running board,

By Tim O'Connor · #39487 ·

Re: "Reciprocal" Switching - Please Explain

Paul Koehler wrote: I'm with you so far on this - basically it behooved the Southern Pacific to offer competitive rates and service to these Bay Area shippers in order to keep the business from being

By Shawn Beckert · #39482 ·

Re: Coal Traffic to South -West Wisconsin

library 1940's. Central's that railroads' cars Richard, The Illinois Central delivered large amounts of southern Illinois and Western Kentucky coal to the Milwaukee Road at Mendota, IL for points

By Chet French <cfrench@...> · #39480 ·

Re: Moloco Diagonal Panel Roof

Just to pick a tiny nit, Standard Railway Equipment did not start calling itself "Stanray" until after 1960, the nominal cut-off date for this list. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #39479 ·

Re: nice pics

Todd Horton wrote: the string of boxcars? Todd, I enlarged the image on a large monitor at work and my best guess is those are B&O hoppers. The date of 1941 would agree with the lettering

By rwitt_2000 <rmwitt@...> · #39478 ·

Re: nice pics

The stone loads or the dust? I've got enough dust in my basement as it is! ;0 Phil Buchwald wrote:

By buchwaldfam <duff@...> · #39477 ·

Re: nice pics

What kind of equipment did they use to pile the stone that high? I don't see any crane anywhere near in that photo. Regards, PHil

By buchwaldfam <duff@...> · #39476 ·

Re: I/M FGEX Reefer

I was somewhat surprized that RMJ elected to run this article before IM issues the kit, and I have not seen my article in print yet. The HO model will more or less be the same they have issued in

By lnbill <bwelch@...> · #39475 ·

Thanks for the Feedback on TKM

To all that responded; Thank you very much, once again, for all your valuable feedback on "The Keystone Modeler". Some of your ideas were things that we have been batting around, and others were

By Gatwood, Elden <Elden.Gatwood@...> · #39474 ·

Re: nice pics

Nice "slope sheet only" loading shown too! Just like the loading diagrams. Did the gravel in hoppers stay that way in transit or settle down into the car? I have seen a video of a set of PRR GR

By Michael Aufderheide · #39472 ·

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