In simple terms, a team track was a railroad owned spur that non rail served customers could ship or receive carload traffic. A private spur was just that private. Only the owner of that property

Good morning, The sill tabs at the bolsters (based on my observations) changed size about 1953 - 54. The earlier as Sam pointed out are closer to AAR specs. The later are much larger. This is

I'm sure someone will have more complete information regarding private spurs vs. team tracks, but in our town (Newark, CA) the SP engineering and maintenance departments certainly upheld that

Ed Hawkins wrote: I'm considering an article on this subject in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia. If not there, perhaps in Railmodel Journal. Ed, Thanks for the info on these cars and the early version

Only some of the UTLX "Van Dyke" tankcars were painted with Gramps lettering. There is a good listing of which ones were in the R/Robb "Narrow Gauge Pictorial" Vol. IV. Gramps started using the

This is one for all the narrow minded folks out there :>) Did the narrow gauge, frameless tank cars always have the Gramps name painted in the large gray letters on the sides? If they didn't

Elden, I have compiled rosters of various 10'-6" IH postwar AAR box cars built from 1948 and later with various versions of Improved Dreadnaught Ends (IDE) used after the 4/4 arrangement. Some of

Looking at the following message: = = = Fred Mullins wrote: It may not surprise you, Fred, that these were rebuilt from Class B-50-12. Those were USRA single-sheathed cars, of which SP received 1000

Hello STMFC List- I've been chewing on a bit of research for some time and I'm coming out of long time lurker status for guidance. I've been studying Sacramento's `R' Street corridor for a few

Hi Elden: I just sent you some post-group info to your ACE address. If you would like it sent to another, let me know. KL

I have a few extra pairs of HO trucks available. I have 5 pair of P2K B-1 National Trucks for $2.00 a pair, 2 pair of ECW Dalman 2-level trucks with Reboxx wheels for $2.00 a pair also. Please don't

Hi Mark, It has been a really long time. I have seen lots of stuff on these cars. There is a WM yahoo group that is probably your best bet for detailed info. CJ Riley --- mvlandsw

The December issue of The Keystone Modeler is online at http://www.prrths.com/Keystone%20Modeler/Keystone_Modeler.htm Here's What I'm Working On 1:48 Harbor Scene by Hugo Pallesen Model Review –

FYI: pat o'boyle, aka pacific limited, who wrote the article, also imported these cars in 5 versions back in the day. photos also appeared in his ads in mainline modeler in that time frame. woody

I would defer to Richard on his truck identification here. Yet B&O also had some proprietary truck designs that research is only starting to uncover. Examples would be the Washburn truck and

Marty McGuirk wrote: "So, you're saying the Bowser car is too low to represent the PRR rebuilt prototype? That may be good news for me, since I want to use these to model a Central Vermont blister

Amazing Ben(tongue in cheek), and no one had to buy a book! Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA

the way! rebuilt prototype? That may be good news for me, since I want to use these to model a Central Vermont blister side hopper -- and the CV cars were close in over dimensions (and in some

Fred Mullins wrote: I will send you the book reference and website off-list to avoid provoking the whiners on the list. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Tony, Thanks for the response. I guess I shoulld have figured that being a "a" sub class what they were rebuilt from. But I know very little about the SP. If someone could give me both a website