Denny, Sounds like it might be an old Laconia or Mainline (now Ye Olde Huff n' Puff) kit. Don't know if it has a real PEP prototype. Certainly not a Mather car. PEP used to ship eggs out of the

Ted Larson wrote: There is much more specific info in Richard Hendrickson's chapter on GN freight cars, contained in Pat Dorin's _Great Northern Lines East_ which we published. Tony Thompson

That was so long ago and I was in grade school then, so the memories are faint and it is difficult to comment. Seems I read in the GNRHS magazine that there many trains on the St.Cloud-Twin Ports

Charlie Vlk wrote: "'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

I happened to pick up a copy of The Railroad Press, Issue 70, in a Borders Friday. I admit that I was snared by the (out of our era) photo of the EL Bicentennials on the cover, but what this list may

Denny Anspach wrote: As Richard has already pointed out, the prototype cars definitely had ice hatches (and of course bunkers). There were a lot of egg cars in the 1920-1930 period, so this was

Denny, right you are. I preach for the first time at the Ocheyedan UMC at 10:30 tomorrow morning. Extra points if I pronounce the name correctly. Would like to know more about the coal dealer,

David Smith wrote: What would the coal loading equipment have consisted of? Also, was this a widespread practice (eastern roads as well) or was it local to the grain states? Dave, In JK Nelson's

Clark Probst , who is only a near-miss-Minnesotan, writes- Now, as to Ole and Lena: THAT, I do understand- Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento

Richard identifies the N.A.D.X 6000 series- Yes. As I have commented to Richard off list (and before receiving this Digest), I suspect that in this very early kit, the original sides, probably

NADX series 6000-6399 (only a small number of cars in the series would have been assigned to PEP, of course). Built in 1927 at the Hegewisch, IL, plant of the Pressed Steel Car Co. PSC built many

Hudson Coal Co. , Northeastern Pa. used box cars for coal along with hoppers and even their ads in a promotional book on coal shows box cars being loaded with coal...WJK I can scan a photo of this

What would the coal loading equipment have consisted of? Also, was this a widespread practice (eastern roads as well) or was it local to the grain states? Thanks, Dave Smith

In my collection of "old things", I have a very neatly proportioned, neatly detailed, and neatly built yellow/oxide wood-model, wood-prototype house car from the 1950's, North American Despatch NADX

most packing houses had loading platforms anyway. woody grosdoff

Signature Press is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 4 of the series, Southern Pacific Freight Cars, by Anthony Thompson. Its subject is box cars, in the approximate time period of 1865 to

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,