If anyone else has any insights into the use of tank cars on the Alma branch they will be appreciated. I never thought about the WWII tank car shortage and other exigencies of war that disrupted the

Thanks Gene. I'm not surprised that they are gone when I saw the date in the archive message. Ahhh! The Z-man! Charlie

wrote: also <big snip> Elden, The January 1958 ORER shows 2880 Wabash S/S auto cars. The January 1964 Wabash Equipment book shows only 40 remaining, with 25 of the cars having the roofs removed for

Well, sort of. There apparently are some differences between the San Juan kit, which is based on the D&RGW Fowler and the Rock Island version, although they are not critical, particularly if one is

Jared Harper wrote: PARX was the reporting mark for of the Producers & Refiners Corporation of Independence MO which Sinclair bought in 1934. Any PARX tank cars, therefore, were essentially

Charlie: You asked about the reference to the Chooch NP wood sheathed AAR 1937 boxcar kit. It has long since been sold out. Jim Zwernemann did the patterns. Gene Deimling

Spen Kellogg I remember a sequence in Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes where the father takes a similar position about the world changing from black and white to color at stated intervals. Jace

<snip> Jared, The oil shortage was so critical at that point that there is no way that a tank car would be in assigned service unless it was for a very special cargo. Those cars noted in 1958 would

Jared, As to the same cars showing up repeatedly, yes, most tank car shippers assigned cars to specific movements if the turnaround time on the cars was at all in synch with the volume of traffic.

Greg Martin wrote: Ah, these Pennsy guys. If history isn't on their side (and sadly, it often isn't), they rewrite it. Gene Ryan (most certainly NOT of the PRR) founded Rail-Trailer, which had

I have been researching the cars used on the Santa Fe's Alma District in Kansas in May 1943. Other than some Kenneth Goebel photos from that period the next best thing I have is RECORD OF FREIGHT

I have been researching the cars used on the Santa Fe's Alma District in Kansas in May 1943. Other than some Kenneth Goebel photos from that period the next best thing I have is RECORD OF FREIGHT

Thanks for the info! Are you hinting that this scheme is a future Kadee release? I asked the original question because I've got a "brand X" PS-2 which has the later vertical members over the

Thanks for the info, resources and suggestions guys. When the CMW trucks and trailers came out I wanted to do some early TOFC equipment. Now I can get started. Jim Butler

Thanks Ben and Tim for the quick answers. I looked up the Feb discussion and copied the comparison photos. For O scale, it looks like replacing the sides on a square corner IM box would be the

Rich Chapin wrote: Interesting data. The SP began piggyback in May of 1953 and by the mid-1950s, was acclaimed by _Trains_ magazine as the "piggyback champ" due to its traffic volume.

Tony writes: "Interesting data. The SP began piggyback in May of 1953 and by the mid-1950s, was acclaimed by _Trains_ magazine as the "piggyback champ" due to its traffic volume. For a whole

CASO wrote: Thanks Terry, I checked the first RAILWAY AGE issue of both 1936 and 1937 which lists the numbers of freight cars ordered in 1935 and 1936 respectively. The only NYC entry was a 300 65'

Charlie The most obvious difference is the ends, which were quite different. The NP cars had normal 4/5 "S-corner" ends while the GN cars had inset 4/5 "S-corner" ends. Both cars had exposed lower

Charlie Morrill asked: "How close in appearance and dimensions is the NP d.s. version of 1937 AAR to the GN version? Any photos online?" Charlie, check the archives during the last week of February