Gize, I have some questions regarding the ATSF class BX-49 (does Santa Fe do dashes in classes?). I realize that Sunshine made (in about 1992) a conversion kit for cover this class utilizing

List, 300 car reports ca.1900-1905. Never heard of this particular railroad... http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=Dcd270kqOO6VyG3CtLI,UiTU.r4_1612028898_1:303:386 Shawn Beckert

subjects Bill, I'm not totally sure of this, but I believe everything is tied up in probate court. Mr. Vail's house was the resting place for a large amount of material owned by the NYCSHS, but

montydogsdad2 wrote: Art, When were these GPEX Bulk Milk Tank cars sold to Carling & Labatts? Late 1960's-early 1970's? One, ex-GPEX #1015, may have ended up with CANX marks - the Explosives &

The August 2005 issue of The Keystone Modeler is online at http://www.prrths.com/Keystone%20Modeler/Keystone_Modeler.htm Articles of interest include: Modeling PRR Flat Cars - Class FM (Elden

Group, There is also evidence in two photos I have of Milk cars being sold to brewerys: Carling and Labatts, both coincidentally Canadian. I do not know if American brewerys used Milk cars, none

As mentioned earlier, Atlantic Coast Line bought two of them in 1953, road nos. 15000-15001. CLG -------------- Original message from Denny Anspach <danspach@...>: -------------- This web

I am hoping someone on our list, especially New York Central folks, know the disposition of Mr. Lance Vail's photo collection. I have photocopies of Fruit Growers Express & Louisville & Nashville

For those interested in trucks as loads and to assocaite with their freight cars, as in loading or unloading, my local hobby shop started carrying a ne magazine entitled "Old Time Trucks." Their

ed_mines wrote: For more information on Milk Trains, you might want to consider the joining the Milk Trains yahoo group at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/milktrains/ The principal difference

Fred Freitas wrote: Wheeling Steel had a 69 acre site in Benwood in 1954. That site had a blast furnace with an annual capacity of 246,000 tons of pig iron; a continuous skelp mill (336,000 NT ann

Were express and milk trains frequently combined? There's a picture on an Erie train in the current "Locomotive Quarterly" which shows a long express train, definitely with baggage cars up front,

Fred Freitas asked: "Modeling 1953 in the area of Steubenville, OH. I have noted N&W and VGN coal hoppers moving on the PRR in the late 50's. Being that I'm using 1953, would the car consists be

Modeling 1953 in the area of Steubenville, Oh. I have noted N&W and VGN coal hoppers moving on the PRR in the late 50's. Being that I'm using 1953, would the car consists be about the same, or minus

Manfred is correct that the car being referred to is the same as eBay #5991463849. That the sides were silk screened explains a lot. The basswood sides of the car that I have seem to be faced with a

A General Arrangement Dwg is available for these cars on the CP SIG web site in the Documents Library. http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Other_Railways/H-272.pdf Hope this helps. Russ Pinchbeck

Is that the car listed on ebay under #5991463849 ? Manfred

Ambroid's GN wood express reefer had silk screened sides. Later, Northeastern sold the kit with decals. Doug Brown

Gary, This is a N&W Class BPa which has had roof hatches added and renumbered in series 70460-70499. The hatches were added at Roanoke Shops in 1951 for "Viscose." American Viscose had a plant in

There is a picture of the end of this car on page 46 of the N&W Vol1 in Color. It has ends that are like a PRR X29 and four hatches on the roof that appear to open with the hinges on the car sides,