Shawn, It is truly a steam era car that typically lasted throughout the 1950s and later. These cars were built by AC&F (per a patent) and also by GATC from circa 1933 to 1949. Larger capacity cars

Eric Hiser wrote: You can add 1918, 1925 and 1928. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Jim, Erie diagram book at... http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie-frt-book.html The cars were built in 1940 with single doors, leased by GN in 1963 as rebuilt double door cars via A. A.

Thanks Tony -- I am most interested in the 1910 through 1930 time frame. I know there was one in 1922 and one in 1931, but otherwise I am not certain. Eric Hiser Phoenix, AZ _____ From:

The FGE wood reefer that is such a prominent exhibit in the Great Hall of the California State Railroad Museum arrived at the museum c. 1975 in Sacramento from Tacoma Ice & Storage (WA) on the same

In a message dated 11/1/2005 9:15:58 PM Central Standard Time, jimandlisa97225@... writes: This looks like the same car that Funaro and Camerlengo has produced for years. Jim

Tim, The only length that matters to a shipper is the inside length. He or she wants to know if the freight will fit in the car! Gregg Mahlkov

It's Propst not Probst, that's the guy who can't be voted off the island. Thanks for posting the photos, Clark

Dave Nelson wrote: IMO, Dave summarizes it perfectly. Probably 99.9% or more of the entries were "correct," but anyone who has spent serious time with ORER shelves has found errors. Tony

Eric Hiser wrote: Roughly every three years for much of the century, e.g. 1903, 1906, 1909, 1912; or 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946. Other periods are irregular. Is there any particular time you

Allen Ferguson wrote: Throughout most of the era of this list, a very small italic date can be found somewhere in each railroad's section (in the latter part of our list's period, at the end).

Larry; Can you confirm that these were ex-EL cars? If so, what is the provenance? As described by you below, they do not appear in my Erie Lackawanna freight equipment diagram book, nor do they

Gregg Mahlkov wrote: Inside or Outside Length? Tim Gilbert

Dave, Under the ICC rules, the error applied, not the facts. If the ORER said a car was 4 feet long, for rate purposes it was 4 feet long. At one time, there were many rates where the minimum weight

Gregg Mahlkov wrote: There were errors. Not many, but >0. I can pull some out if you want examples. Dave Nelson

List, I managed to miss seeing the new Railshops carbon black hopper at Naperville this weekend: http://www.pbase.com/dh30973/image/51606790 Does anyone have more info on this kit? From the

Although this list of Car and Loco Builders Cyc owners is about five years old, it may still be of some value. Car Builders Dictionary/Cyclopedia ================================== 1879/81 1st

Group: Does anyone have a complete listing of the freight car cyclopedias in the 20th/21st centuries? It would be helpful. Thanks, Eric Hiser Phoenix, AZ

There was a time when some of the large entries would provide an actual effective date for their roster (I believe the New York Central system did so), and I seem to recall that generally their

Allen, Garth, and list, Since I furnished entries to the ORER for 18 years, let me explain how it worked. First, for many years, it was a Tariff filed with the ICC, and as such required 30 days'