Mike, Bagged coal was also carried in stockcars on backhaul or during seasonal lulls. I believe some railroad stockcars (Santa Fe? for one) were equipped with floor gates (like those in some gons)

Marty,What is the source of these DVDs?Armand Premo

Welcome to the nut house . . . most of us on this list have been trading e-mails, good - natured ribbing (which some misinterpret as insults) -- and best of all information -- for going on a decade +

Bruce Smith wrote: Bruce, Tank Car ownership was provided for the first time in the 1954 Blue Book. The roster totals can be broken down into the following categories: Total US Tank Cars

Specifically for New England cars the three or four tapes (I believe they are now available in DVD format) in the "Central Vermont Railway in Steam" includes lots of neat shots showing the whole train

I am in the process of adding details to a Branchline Linde box car. I have carved the ends to accept the access door which is fairly obvious in the pictures I have. What is not so obvious is the

There is some confusion on this topic because revenue (as billed to the customer), haulage agreements, car hire charges and demurrage are four topics that in most cases are completely separate.

Ed, Tim Gilbert provided the following information back in 2001. On December 31, 1942 the ownership of US tank cars was: Total Railroad-Owned 9,163 Total Privately Owned 140,971 Total "American"

In a message dated 3/22/2006 1:03:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tgilbert@... writes: Mike Aufderheide wrote: > Tim, > > Something else to keep in mind with stockcars is that they were

refinery. company. Group, what % of private owner tank cars would you estimate in the '40s? Shipper marked cars owned by the leasing companies? Some of these leased cars alomsot look like

Bruce Smith wrote: This is exactly where I'm at! I must be in trouble. My other told me not to hang 'round with the wrong crowd. <LOL> I have the Robert Willoughby Jones Boston & Maine book. I keep

Mike Aufderheide wrote: Mike, You can add lumber & pulpwood to your list of out of season commodities loaded into stock cars. Indeed for many years, the MEC listed in the ORER's a series of

I have observed stock cars carrying ties,cedar posts and hay.Armand Premo

Tim, Something else to keep in mind with stockcars is that they were often used for things other than stock "off season" I've seen everything from railroad ties to watermelons listed. I use this as

Andy Miller wrote: Yes. But remember, Andy, the producer of the video or DVD may have made that cut, not the original photographer. I know of several photographers who complained after seeing

The Classic Freight Cars series contains a lot of useful photos. Two caveats, however. First, many of the cars shown in those books aren't "classics" as this list defines them, as they are cars

Do you get as annoyed as I do with movie photographers who turned their camera off as soon as the loco had passed, not wanting to "waste" film on the cars! regards, Andy Miller

Fred My dealer has told me and I have e-mailed with Sam at Kadee both say if you model "THE STEAM ERA" you should realy enjoy the new car and thats all they will say. I am just waiting to see. And

Bruce Smith wrote: Bruce has nailed it again <g>. This oughta be in the message sent to new subscribers . . . as a warning <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

I have been following this a little but have not seen any one mention all the great vintage videos that show cars in passing trains and yards of the many roads that provide cars for those trains. They