As I understand it, K brakes were banned in interchange on tank cars as of October 1, 1953 and had a final ban (returning cars)by January 1, 1954. Is there evidence that there was a large scale

On the UN PAC the main trains used cabooses for the train crew. The military had their people in the cars. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@...

On some railroads, a caboose was always tacked on to a troop train. Whether this was a practice on all roads is a question some might be able to answer. Tom ________________________________

ed_mines wrote: In 2003, Bob Greene, a columnist for one of the Chicago papers, wrote a book about the North Platte Canteen - "Once Upon A Town - The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen." The book

Ed, There are several possibilities - 1) The cars were so full of troops that the train crew needed the extra space. 2) The cars may have been destined to be dropped somewhere and the train crew

Thanks Bill! The photo I have shows no locks on the side, but it does look like its been recently shopped. The car has fresh paint and patch panels on the lower part of 5 out of 9

Last Friday night I taped a program on PBS about the canteen for WWII soldiers in North Platt, Nebraska; the soldiers got off the train when the locomotive took on coal and water and then reboarded 10

Go here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&ih=010&item=200018210064&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 cheers Stefan

and I believe the red and black lettering version is the one I am looking for. I understand that the all black lettering was post WWII. Jared Harper Athens, GA

and I believe the red and black lettering version is the one I am looking for. I understand that the all black lettering was post WWII. Jared Harper Athens, GA

and I believe the red and black lettering version is the one I am looking for. I understand that the all black lettering was post WWII. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Assembly of one of Sunshine's Skellysolve X-3's is underway. I'm thinking ahead to paint. According to the PDS and the photo contained, I'll paint the bottom part of the tank black and the

Well I spoke to soon. Looking through my brass pictures I find a 3 dome car from Sunset (brass of course) that's looks to be either 6K or 8K. Also found one from OMI that has a larger center dome

I have a two dome (PSC I think) and I believe it's 8K but I don't know of any 3 domes cars that are correct. There were some high walk cars done (in brass) but believe they were 10K. This would be

Has anyone offered an 8,000 gal. three compartment, three dome tank car in HO that would be appropriate for Kanotex cars in the 800 series? Jared Harper Athens, GA

Jared; Which version are you looking for? LL did them originally with red and black Kanotex lettering, and later with all black lettering. Both show up on ebay frequently, and I think my local

I am trying to locate information regarding the Zimmerman Trucking Company. In 1942-43 they were under contract to Santa Fe Trailways in Kansas. I have a picture of a Zimmerman tractor and trailer

Anyone know where I might locate a couple of LL P2K Kanotex cars? Jared Harper Athens, GA

N&W purchased five PS-1 40' boxcars with cushioned underframes for LCL service in 1954 and designated them Class B-8A. Here is a

scheme Absolutely not. They were delivered in the standard freight car red scheme with complete stencils. I have plenty of photos in case anybody doesn't believe this. deemed That's the point I was