In the latest issue of Invention & Technology (with King Kong on the cover) there is an article entitled "The Strongest Handshake in the World" authored by John White , Jr. Bob Webber

Bruce Smith wrote: I seem to remember Roger Hinman telling us at Cocoa a year or two ago, that the white scheme was for "premium" cars, and was normally on the newer part of the fleet; older

Ya know, it might be helpful to have a link or even just an item number so we can all take a look-see <VBG> http://cgi.ebay.com/O-Brass-Pacific-Ltd-MDT-Reefer-C-P-MDT-2-

There's a nice Pacific limited model of one of these available on e-bay at the moment. However it is painted in the "white side" scheme and numbered 20682. Its kit PL250. I already have one of these

Bill Caloroso (who sells photos at shows as "Cal'sClassics") has some b&w negs for Pure Oil small facility from the '30s. He can be reached a wcaloros@.... Chuck Yungkurth Boulder CO

Sorry for the combined replies, but I get my list messages in digest form (in bunches): At least at one time, Colonel McCoid was listed as Army, but he was around long enough that it may have

Freight car fans I recently had brief access to some Station Books for the M&StL towns of Minburn and Dallas Center, Iowa. These towns are in the county west of Des Moines, Iowa. I was allowed to

More items were posted to my Ebay listings including several O scale freight cars from InterMountain and Weaver... HO scale brass locomotives including an OMI E9A; Santa Fe 3500-class 4-6-2 steam

Poor sentence construction and punctuation on my part. What it should have read is ..AAR is lost and ICC material is in containers in Denver. I knew that the bulk of the AAR had been thrown out.

Larry Jackman wrote: They definitely have their main office in Omaha, though they may have facilities in Lincoln too (don't know why they would). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

I have asked Bob about "The Colonel." He was career Army who was obviously posted at several locations around the country, the most obvius being Fort Bragg, where many of his photos originated,

Bob Webber wrote: Bob, I can't speak for what S-B has done with their materials. But you must remember that the AAR, unlike the ICC, is NOT a government agency and its records are most

Tim; I agree. Although rail tongs or magnets might have been used some of the time, I still recall many loadings/unloadings done using chain, which required that someone get the chain under the

Gatwood, Elden wrote: Thanks Elden. I suspect the 1x3's were being used more as spacers rather than for protection. Tim Gilbert

ed_mines wrote: There is a photo and negative of Barrett Tarvia Tank BMX #5113 in the Gibson Collection at the Walker Transportation Collection at the Beverly MA Historical Society. The photo was

While it's frustrating that so much source material presumably exists but isn't yet catalogued, we should remember it's crucial that cataloguing be done accurately i.e. not rushed. Norman

Tim and Mike; The diagram in my 1960 copy indicates that it is for both flats and gons ("RAILS - FLAT OR GONDOLA CARS"). The rail is laid in rows on top of 4 - 1x3"s the full width of the car. On

My recollection is that someone else has some Barrett Tarvia negatives - Joe Collias I think. Ed

Andy, If you want to use the existing trucks, try Reboxx WS20980. I have several of the Q imports (waycars, stock cars, ballast cars) and they all had wheelsets narrow in gauge. When I tried to

Bob, Andrew Merrilees died in 1979, with much of his material going to the National Archives of Canada (now Library and Archives Canada) in 1983. They have a web site