Ted Larson wrote: Not a bad story, Ted, except in the heyday of the 36-foot box car, many reefers were still 34 feet long. So why weren't the packing houses set up with 34-ft. doors? or if they

15392 Long ago and far away I read that in days of yore, 36' boxcars were standard, and so were reefers. Packing companies built their doors to 36'. When longer cars came to be normal, new reefers

Another item for the coal-in-boxcars discussion: Prior to WWII, the Truax-Traer Coal Company and others operated several open-pit lignite mines in Northwest North Dakota, some of them shipping up to

Most likely a broom. After all, the cars were carrying GRAIN, not flour. Considering that the FDA has written specifications for the maximum amount of insect parts allowable in milled cereal grain,

Hi Denny, There is a list from a depot agent's seal book in the M&StL group files for Fairfax MN. There are several box cars of coal delivered and these same cars were filled with corn before being

Russ- "War Emergency" cars were standard ARA (ARR??) designs that had the sides replaced with steel exposed steel truss and single sheathing to save on steel. IIRC the NP and GN had similar double

Very interesting comment on the common use of grain cars for the backhaul carriage of retail coal. I recall well that about every little Iowa town's fuel dealer had a coal yard, also very commonly in

All; Thanks for all this insightful discussion! What recommendations do you all have in HO models for SS or DS cars (and their rebuilt brethren) in their late (50's+) configurations and

Malcom, Excellent comments. At the CB&Q Cicero Yard every afternoon they would mimeograph "Night Orders". Included were where and how many box cars were to be provided. The freight houses would get

Charlie, The age of the cars was a moot point. Age did not become an issue in car usage until the 80's. "War Emergency Cars"? Don't know what you mean there. While GN had a large fleet of double

While we're talking about what we'd like, I¹d like to get an answer from RPI about my inability to log into the site, but John has ignored three of my emails so far. -- Brian Ehni From: dti_nut

I received one of Southern low side gons from the SRHA yesterday. This is first close-up examination I have been able to make of a model done by "rapid prototyping." The results are very nice overall.

I just wish I could get the owner of the webiste to update the site - it's been a long time since he's done so, and I set hima CD full of materials to add. New job has kept him way to bus=y I

Rob Kirkham wrote: "I can cut and paste the links so they work, and I can do searches and obtain lists of documents. But I cannot get any photos to display. Is there a trick to this?" Yes. Once you

Anyone who knows; Could anyone tell me what the stock numbers are for the BLI H-2A hoppers that have the revised couple boxes/couplers; specifically the PRR units? Also, who published the upgrade

I can cut and paste the links so they work, and I can do searches and obtain lists of documents. But I cannot get any photos to display. Is there a trick to this? Rob Kirkham

Fritz and all; This was a kit that was supposed to have been issued by Mr. Heiden (not the same Mr. Heiden as the one who often participates in this list) but has not. I am not sure the reasons why,

Walter Kierzkowski wrote: "The Military loads w[i]ll not load..." http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F?func=file&file_name=find-b- clas72&local_base\=CLAS72 Walt, some Internet 101: cut and paste both

Similarly, on the same site is a set of instructions on constructing a DT&I 9100-series gondola which mentions starting with a resin G31D gondola kit, but doesn't bother to mention who was supposed to

<Elden.J.Gatwood@...> wrote: equally or figure. Hate to burst your bubble, but the tooling that makes the DA kit very likely spit out more kits in the first hour of production than the entire