We speak of Camel doors even though Camel never manufactured any doors. Camel supplied a pile of parts and a design. That being said, I have a pair of drawings for Creco doors for a

Actually, the date the world (apparently) went to color is around 1950. I lived on the LVRR from 1944-45 (ages 2-3) and my friend lived in the same village from 1947-50 (ages 5-7) and neither of us

Gregg, At the WP and SN to your list. The WP still had around 1,000 of their 1917 Mt. Vernon cars in the early 1950s, and still in interchange service. Some ran into the 1960s. These originally had

Ted Culotta wrote: Ted, I can only surmise that a "few" of B&M's USRA Boxcars were retrofitted in 1946-47 before the decision to retire them was made in 1948. Tim Gilbert

In a message dated 11/10/2005 3:00:22 AM Central Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: And I can tell you how to find it! Publish a book on any railroad topic. Almost immediately

If we use that august criterion then none of the AAR standard designs can be so described either. One-word descriptions of freight cars types - Wal Mart has finally influenced freight cars. I say go

Tim: Do you know how pervasive this rationale was? I have more than one photo of B&M USRA cars with AB brakes, which by itself is not a statistically significant data point, does mean that they

A sometimes frustrated Gene Green wrote: "I can tell you that there is more material out there to be discovered, color and black and white. And I can tell you how to find it! Publish a book on any

Armand In May 1950, there was a total of 262 CB&Q double sheathed box cars as follows - 95000-106599 - 27 cars (classes XM-11/13/14 - bulk listing) 106600-107099 - 11 cars (classes XM-15/17/18

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: This is documented in "The WIzard of Oz," in which leaving dull old B&W Depression Kansas changed to color upon reaching Oz. Not sure what that says about our subsequent

That's what I like: Feeeeeelthy pictures! It's actually hard to see that the photograph IS in color! There is a school of thought that says the reason color photography was developed so late is

Greg Martin wrote: Actually, Greg, they were often called "U posts" and "U braces" in the 1920s literature, which to me is not as descriptive as "hat section." They knew, of course that the

Note on the DSS&A car, in "GATEWAY" the W and both A's are stenciled backwards. I believe one of the Henderson books has one with a similar problem. Scott

This is dumb. There is no technical reason which requires demounting. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

The Seaboard operated rebuilt double sheathed boxcars right up the merger with the ACL. Some of these remained in service into the 80's in work service. Denis Blake

Ted, they used that term the same way we use "Proprietary". Of WHAT possible use to a modeler is the term? None whatever -- unless you also know the builder, and the year, and even then the builder

Pat Wider wrote No one has said there's anything wrong with it. That's probably why you can't figure it out. LOL! :-) I just Googled as you suggested and got over 300 hits!! IT'S TOO LATE

Ted, this horse has been badly beaten, but part of the "record" is also debates like this one... And if it makes you feel any better I do appreciate why knowing if Creco made a door or not is

Hi Terry, That makes a lot more sense than my scenario. Those cars probably were on their way to somewhere other than Hagersville. Mark Heiden they came the have been and originating in with the

Gregg Mahlkov wrote: Gregg, In 1950, the B&M was in the process of retiring its USRA DS Boxcars in the #70000-70499 series because of the cost of retrofitting the #70000's K Brake System with AB's.