it does look like that's what tony wrote, but i don't think it's what he meant. the overnight cars were not equipped for passenger service.

Tony, Do you mean the BLACK painted "Overnight" B-50-24 box cars had passenger train running equipment the same as the SP Dark Olive painted BX-50-24 box cars for head-end express service

Mike Brock wrote: The 50 cars numbered 5700-5749, along with the 450 "Overnight" box cars of Class B-50-24, were separately equipped with steam and signal lines, tight-lock couplers, and marker

timboconnor@... wrote: Tim, A VGN hopper could be in Omaha for the same reason that an N&W hopper could be seen on Sherman Hill. It was due to the demand for coal mined in southern West

Mark, I can't comment on C&NW, but that NYC gon should definitely be painted red with a black oval if shopped in 1955. That was the year they returned to black ovals. IIRC, open-top cars continued

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Garth Groff notes: Uh...yep. The warning light is on. <g>. Mike Brock

Hello everyone, I'm going to paint a couple of freight cars and I'd like some suggestions as to what paints (preferably water-based) I should use. The first car is a Chicago & North Western 40ft

i know it's not Sherman Hill, but.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6573970362 tim o.

Denny, Sacramento has always been known for the volume of heated rhetoric that eminates from the state capital, no matter who's in charge. I claim the right to this opinion, since I lived in

5700-5749 were Express boxcars, same class as the Overnights cars but different number series "Beckert, Shawn" <shawn.beckert@...> wrote: Mike Brock wrote: I don't have a roster in front of

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Shawn BE-50-24's were express cars. B-50-24's were Overnight box cars. Some BE-50-24's remained in that role into the late 1960's, long after the end of Overnight service. Tim O.

Is that ad hominem personal comment, Garth :-) ? Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento

It did. Bill Schneider

<snip> Anyone else remember when you used to be able to send Christmas cards for a lower rate if the envelope wasn't sealed? Dennis Storzek Yes, and delivery three times a day the two weeks

Scott, Not all the hand signals were in books, There were many peculiar to railroads and specific localities. The one the Erie guys used in Lima, Ohio, to indicate "The cut is clear of Hoover St. and

<snip> Anyone else remember when you used to be able to send Christmas cards for a lower rate if the envelope wasn't sealed? Dennis Storzek Yes, and delivery three times a day the two weeks

I can't say that I ever tried to learn the lantern and hand signals I've seen in books, but I'm sure I don't remember "The Strike Is On!" being one of them! Scott Pitzer

Mike Brock wrote: I don't have a roster in front of me, but I think the 5700 series were B-50-24's that were built for express and "Overnight" service. Thus they would have had steam and signal hoses