I investigated flying into O'Hare or Midway for Naperville. The Holiday Inn does not have a shuttle to either O'Hare or Midway. Hiring a limousine, which one must book in advance, was cheaper than a

Dave, You might check to see if the hotel has a shuttle service. We have had some great bull sessions on Sat night in rooms the vendors had vacated. Last year several of us from all across the

Gene Green wrote: The following book is available on eBay: Freight Car Distribution And Car Handling In The United States by E. W. Coughlin, Manager, Railroad Relations, Car Service Division

Ed, I asked this question of a MONON car man some time ago. He stated that when a wood roof walk section was replaced it was painted. He stated this was particularly important on off line equipment

bierglaeser wrote: Gene, I have the book. While presenting a history, the book's primary purpose was the advocacy of a somewhat rigid application of the freight car service rules. Coughlin did not

Greg,I was referring to a backlog of deferred maintenance as a result of wartime conditions.During the war equipment was stretched to the limit.There was a shortage of spare parts and skilled

I'm sure Greg is right. The PFE documents did refer to "curling, checking and cracking," but as it happens the shop sketch I saw did have about a 1/8 inch gap between the plywood sheets. Is

Apologies to the list for my unfinished answer to Dave Nelson's post. i meant to send it to him off-list but hit the wrong key.... Richard Hendrickson

Many of us stay through Sunday morning Richard Hendrickson

I'm attending the Naperville meet for the first time and as circumstances have it I need to depart on Saturday evening. Are lots of other folks leaving then too or is the mass departure normally on

Greg Martin, Richard Hendrickson, Armand Primo and others have committed on weathering during the steam era: Greg says: I am of the camp that most pre wars cars For those coming down to Prototype

I have a copy of this book. Very informative on freight car handling. It can be a little dry reading. Randy

The following book is listed on eBay with auction ending Oct 27 at 14:35 PDT. Freight Car Distribution And Car Handling In The U.S.A. Item number: 4584218001. Description: Freight Car

In Tony Thompson's message back to Ben he writes: the edges of the plywood sheets. Soo Line had the same problem with box cars having single sheathing of plywood. Rubber and metal seal strips

Jim Betz wrote: Typically one splitter, one passer, and one guy on the car top for each pair of car ends. About four to six such crews working in tandem. This is in the book, I think.

Dennis Storzek wrote: There was a photo in Railway Age, I think in the late 1930s. I've recently been browsing the RA volumes looking for additional freight car stuff, but wasn't specifically

Tony (or anyone else), Where can I find descriptions of the various jobs worked at the ice houses and ice docks? If it is in the PFE book just say so. Any comparisons of the size of the crews

Judging by the responses to your question so far, the answer is "no." Might be time to buy a few sets, do some experimentation, and let us know your findings. Walt Lankenau

Does anyone on the list have one each of the Kadee #5, #58, #78, Accumate Proto, and Sergent couplers? If so would you please take some pics of all of them lined up side by so we can compare

Tony, Care to offer a citation to info on the Soo Line plywood covered boxcars? I suspect you are thinking of the GN, but I'm always looking for new and interesting facts about the Soo. The Soo Line