Well, Paul, from the 1935 ORER, I can offer you the entire listing . . . Line 1 Type RB "Ice" No's 1450 to 1455, Inside: L 35'-8", W 7'-9", H 6'-2.5" (yes, six feet) Outside: L 36'-10", W 9'-4" H

Thanks for the response Richard and Tony! The tank cars were not SP cars. My guess is that they were built by ACF, and the only markings I could see in my pictures were GATX, 10,000 Gallons, and the

Yes, but in very limited quantities. I have spoken with Bill about doing the same as Jack in future and making them available. You can look for them in mid-summer after my move to

Dipping way back into the archives on 11/6/02 Ed Hawkins said "Regarding the earlier style Improved Youngstown doors used by numerous roads circa late 1946 and 1947 with 5/5/4 corrugation pattern (UP

Jeff Aley: here at that Mr. For one thing, mold life is much shorter with epoxies than it is with urethanes, which by itself adds cost to the process. Silver- bearing materials aren't cheap either,

wrote: and found it in their freight car roster. No picture though. Built by, Haskell & Barber, 1913, 40ft, Wood Side Dump Gondola,

Stefan Lerche asked: Can someone comment on this Steve Wzdeck photo of IC #162099? Who built/ how does one describe this type of boxcar end? http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ic/ic162099asw.jpg This is a

Durn,....sounds like that could be the car. I went to the IRM page and found it in their freight car roster. No picture though. Built by, Haskell & Barber, 1913, 40ft, Wood Side Dump Gondola, #1185.

Well, let's see what we can do about that. Stay tuned.

Can someone comment on this Steve Wzdeck photo of IC #162099. Who built/ how does one describe this type of boxcar end? http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ic/ic162099asw.jpg thanks Stefan Duncan, BC

Paul - I think you can still SEE that car you wrote about!! I think it is at the Illinois Railroad Museum in Union, Illinois. You might contact them and ask. It has drop sides and drop floor

Do you mean GATC-built or in GATX service? What do the markings say? Richard Hendrickson commented: I'm not aware of any car drawings either. Tony Thompson Editor,

Denis F. Blake wrote: Is this a lead-in to revisit the famous "car that leaped out of the train and was never found" story? <VBG> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Larry Grubb wrote: Yes, that's much more specific! I am definitely a metallurgist, but don't know a great deal about die casting alloys. The name "ZA" might mean a lot of things; in a handbook

Ted, I am aware of some metal-filled epoxies that we have used here at work (70 - 80% silver-bearing epoxy); I wonder if any of these are suitably dense and can be used for "resin" casting. I

Dear Jerry If you'll review the thread, both the quad hopper #37000 class and the solid-bottom gondola #45000 class were re-builds of the ca. 1923 drop-bottom gondolas (#43000 class--I think I

Let me chime in here if I may with regard to how cars are distributed in trains. The era is off a bit as this is from my experience from modern day railroading working as a conductor for NS. On my

Excellent point, and you've answered the question <VBG> you put the heavier empties (flat cars) in front, or rather, the lightest cars in back. I too have seen photos of empty flats near the head

Hi all, Current email address is bierglaeser at yahoo dot com. As Clark says, I'm on the road but should be home in a couple of weeks for a couple of weeks. Gene