Three possibilities come to mind. 1) the drawing calls for the 1/8" gap, but the shops mis-interpreted this as being the gap FOR the metal trim, rather than IN ADDITION TO it. 2) the shops installed

When I was working the Forreston Illinois agency relief on the ICRR in 1966; the agent had a box of stuff he was going to burn when he got back. I went through it (of course) and found two books

Hi Everyone, Just got in a new book titled Ogden rails and about the railroads of Ogden, Utah. There are several yard views of different eras in which the freight cars make an interesting study.

I found "American Taxi" online that offers a $35 rate from O'Hare to Naperville -- 1-800-244-1177 -- time estimated at 40 minutes.

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