Something I've been thinking about... Did PFE ever have cars with tho old Harriman underframe that had the body upgraded to R-30-13 standards(ie. taller door,outside metal roof angle bar along bottom

Tim Gilbert has previously posted the January 1943 numbers for privately owned tank car fleets of 1000 cars or more Tim, we are indebted to you for presenting all this statistical analysis. Your

It may not be the same owner, but I have a 2005 shot of a AGCX tank car.

I thought they were no longer -required- on house cars but in fact there are still house cars in service with them... for example box cars with roof hatches for kaolin service. I think they

Jim Betz wrote: Probably you meant "running boards," Jim, and they were first banned for new construction in 1966. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Nope. The color of gasoline is not much of a marketing tool nowadays, since we no longer fill the big glass bottle at the top of the gas pump. In fact, I can't remember the last time I actually saw

Jim originally asked... "Which tank cars are correct for the late '50s in the Northwest? I'd like to have one decorated with a flying red horse or a flying A or a billboard Sinclair or some such. But

Ian Cranstone wrote: Given the evolution of oil company mergers (or buy-outs), shipper fleets being purchased by tank car lines, and the consolidation of the tank car lines themselves, the evolution

Tim O'Connor bragged: I have a neighbor like that - he'll drive all over the area trying to save 5 cents a gallon. Boredom?? Au contraire, mon frère! The historic highways followed rail corridors,

Further to the AGCX ownership comments: My 7/1923 ORER shows the AGCX reporting mark as belonging to the Akin Gasoline Co., from 7/1937-1/1950 to the Ohio Tank Car Co., from 1/1952-7/1960 to the

Whenever a student plans to correct his professor he must tread carefully and be very aware of the points in his argument. So, stepping gingerly: Richard Hendrickson notes: Perhaps so. However,

Geez, Tony, so Salt Lake and Utah are one and the same place in your mind? Some parts of Utah are a lot closer to you than you think. Or maybe that thought scares you just a little? :-) Tim

Tom Madden wrote 90 miles? Another world? C'mon Tom! I drive 90 miles to fill up my gas tank! You should see my commute to work! I admit that one might think a vast empty desert may seem like Mars,

This horse ain't dead yet! Last time I checked, Alaska and Hawaii had you mere left coasters states beat in the "far west" standings. And I've never heard of Massachusetts or Florida called "far

pulling faces, prominent small round loading Trans-Flo (flour) covered 1950s). These cars models (kit or brass) Pat my friend, I'm very familiar with the cars as I used to see them all the

wrote: cars Texaco Anyone 1930, have P2k I'll part You might also think about making a new dome for the car, as one can see from the builders photos of the Texaco cars that it is the

On Jan 25, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Jim and Lisa Hayes wrote: Which tank cars are correct for the late '50s in the Northwest? No, I'm not looking for specific advice. I didn't live in the

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Which was the Western Reserve of the State of Connecticut - a claim Connecticut gave up in the 1787 although when my father covered northeast Ohio for LIFE magazine between

blindog@... wrote: Scott, UTLX was an independent company after the break up of the Standard Oil Trust. Although the Rockefellers may have controlled UTLX, that control was the same as

I know that roof walks were removed in '74. But when were cars with brake wheels above the roof line banned from interchange service? - Jim in San Jose