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Re: molasses

Tim, At the risk of getting a Mike Brock no-no, I will say that your description of the sugar refining process is essentially correct. The cane or beets are crushed, then cooked to drive off a highly

By Garth Groff <ggg9y@...> · #50835 ·

Re: molasses

Thanks Garth & Tony, I didn't know that. I think molasses is the first step in sugar processing, whether cane or sugar beets (or wood pulp). I think when it is evaporated its becomes "brown sugar"

By Tim O'Connor · #50832 ·

Re: PRR Projects Group H21

[snip] Page 52 of Gene Deimling's Southern Pacific Steam Switchers of the Pacific Lines shows SP 0-6-0 1293 switching DT&I hopper 1437. The location given is Tracy, CA; the date given is 1948. Rod

By Rod Miller · #50833 ·

Re: USAF Freight Cars

Richard Hendrickson wrote: The "non-conforming" part may not be serious. Remember that railroads were permitted to spell out their name in place of initials. If it was "conforming" to spell out

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #50831 ·

Re: molasses

Typically, molasses was shipped in conventional ICC-103 or ICC-203 tank cars equipped with heater coils. Bear in mind, also, that the proximity of the sugar beet plant to the feed mill did not

By Richard Hendrickson · #50829 ·

Re: USAF Freight Cars

There are no entries for the United States Air Force in the 1/55 ORER (on disc from Al Westerfield), nor are there any USAFX reporting marks under the U. S. Army entry or anywhere else. And, as

By Richard Hendrickson · #50828 ·

Re: USAF Freight Cars

"Patrick Wider" <pwider@...> wrote: I don't see any sign of hinges on the roof. How did they fire the missles out? <VBG> -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City,

By Richard Townsend · #50830 ·

Re: branded quality drill bits

No I do not think it is silly. You can buy US of A made carbon steel bits. There are some tools made on speculation but are sold through tool companies to shops manufactures that study the cost use

By ljack70117@... · #50827 ·

Re: molasses

Tim O'Connor wrote: Not correct, Tim. Molasses is not the same as sugar syrup. The SP cars were modified to accommodate, and were used by C&H Sugar of Crockett, CA for, shipments of sugar syrup.

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #50826 ·

Re: PRR Projects Group H21

Tim, I'm not familiar enough with the PRR in that area to know. According to a map I have, the Van line to Vincennes is only 15 miles south of the Monon mines at Midland IN., so it is likely there

By Michael Aufderheide · #50825 ·

Re: branded quality drill bits

Larry Jackman wrote: I agree with Larry's comments on drilling speed. But the statement above is silly. Would you agree, Larry, that they would not make those crappy cheap Chinese tools for 99

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #50824 ·

Re: molasses

Tim, The SP tank cars with the "S" on the dome were often seen at the C&H can sugar refinery in Crockett, California. They might have also been used at Holly or Spreckles refineries, but of that I

By Garth Groff <ggg9y@...> · #50821 ·

Re: USAF Freight Cars

Gene, For one about in the middle of this time period, the 4/57 ORER lists "Department of the Navy" (USNX) located in Washington, D.C. and "Department of the Army" (USAX and DFAX), located at the

By Ed Hawkins · #50807 ·

N&W hoppers on Sherman Hill

Tim Gilbert wrote, with no tongue visible in cheek: The subject of N&W hoppers on Sherman Hill has been a running joke since the inception of this List. It stems from Our Fearless

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #50820 ·

Re: molasses

In 1954 the following cars were delivered to Rochester In by the NKP to the Wilson Coal And Grain Company: 1954 189 Wilson Coal & Grain 2/22/1954 Rochester IN 317 GMO BLOOMINGTON NKP 649 Mobile

By David Karkoski <karkoskd@...> · #50819 ·

Re: USAF Freight Cars

Pat; If you can, whenever you can, I'd be interested in seeing what you have as far as Navy cars. When I was stationed aboard the USS Camden (AOE-2) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, I'd

By Brian Termunde · #50817 ·

Re: USAF Freight Cars

Tony Thompson wrote I saw a whole bunch of clean looking 40 ft PS-1 box cars in 1999 in Wisconsin, on the Fort McCoy military base west of Tunnel City. Didn't get any pics though... Here is a map

By Tim O'Connor · #50823 ·

Re: PRR Projects Group H21

I like the way you guys are always referring to the car service rules as if they were chiseled in stone. They really meant nothing if you needed a car. On the RRs I worked for if we needed that

By ljack70117@... · #50816 ·

Re: USAF Freight Cars

Those military freight cars came with handsome cast builder plates. I have shots of a 1951 PS-1 plate and a 1955 tank car plate. Pat do you have the builder photo of USAX 11722 -- a 103W identical to

By Tim O'Connor · #50818 ·

Re: PRR Projects Group H21

Mike Aufderheide wrote: Mike, Did the Pennsy serve any mines in southern Indiana? I don't think they did in Illinois, but I could be wrong. Still, Indiana is a thousand miles closer to PRR's coal

By Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #50815 ·

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