Troop or Main trains can, of course, take on either a passenger, freight or mixed consist. Kalmbach's Union Pacific Across Sherman Hill shows a troop train obviously filled only with troops. The train

Essentially, yes, and it was usually easier to retro-fit AB brakes on flat and house cars than on tank cars because there were substantial underframe cross-ties and side sills to which mountings for

I know of only a few photos showing MAIN trains on the Santa Fe where you can definitely see the rear end, but none of them shows a caboose. As Tony Thompson said of the SP, these trains were given a

On Aug 23, 2006, at 10:56 AM, Bruce Smith wrote: I think Bruce is right. Certainly employees from the war era on the SP talk about how MUCH priority the MAIN trains got, definitely nothing like

Not exactly. MAIN trains were considered as passenger movements by many (most?) railroads, and had varying degrees of priority assigned. No, it is not nearly as simple as that <G>. In fact, I

--- Clark Propst wrote: ====================== Thank you Clark. I've made the hotel reservation and have the registration ready to send out. Two from Morgantown plan to make the 9- hour journey

It very likely varied from road to road, and also on the same road depending on the crew district, and also the crew. If the train crew was called off the passenger extra board, then no caboose would

reboarded Ed, To the best of my knowledge, troop trains were handled (by the RR's) as freight trains, and usually as a lower priority train. Freight trains had cabooses, it's as simple as that. I

Would this type of "retro-fit" apply to other types of cars also??? I have Tichy flat I need to convert to an AB brake... Matt Sugerman, Ft. Worth, TX Posted by: "Richard

cars. conventional Most often freight pool crews were used and their caboose went with them. This could be a case of coming out of the away-from-home terminal on the troop train or going out of the

Eric, The event starts Thrusday afternoon. Sunday morning there is a breakfast, but that's it. Clark Propst

Hi All........The book, "The American Gas Station", is by Michael Karl Witzel and published by Barnes and Noble in 1999. It was one of their in store "specials" when I found it in one of their

Jared and Chuck: Here's what you need: OCLC 28927327 040 DLC 020 0801847230 (alk. paper) : $32.95 020 0801847249 (pbk. : alk. paper) 050 TL153 .J27 1994 082 338.4/762928/60973 100

Jared, There is a book titled "The Gas Station In America" The title including the series it is from is: The Gas Station in America (Creating the North American Landscape) that as I recall

Black is correct for cars before the late fifties, with Roman lettering. There was a period in the late fifties and the out-of-scope early sixties before the introduction of the familiar block

Guys - I have several questions for the New York Central experts out there! This pertains only to NYC container gondolas in Lot 755-G, which carried (5) large-size (8" taller) air activated

I have been on a few troop trains and never on a single one that had a caboose,but that doesn't mean it never happened.Armand Premo

Bruce Smith wrote: 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

Where can I look to find the relationships among some of the various oil companies--Kanotex, Skelly, Sovereign, and Derby are the ones I am mainly interested in. Jared Harper Athens, GA

I'm finishing the decals on Greg's car from the Cocoa Beach Clinic and was wondering where the end initials and numbers go, on the top rib, above the top rib, or someplace else. Brian J Carlson