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Dennis wrote: You're right...I missed that important point. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

rail served just carload receive rail serving But that doesn't address Tom's question, which appears to boil down to, "Is any railroad owned siding a team track?" I would have to say… it

didn't Jack, If you reread the message carefully, you'll see that the two sidings in question were railroad owned, but were built to server private loading docks. I would assume the situation was the

didn't Jack, If you reread the message carefully, you'll see that the two sidings in question were railroad owned, but were built to server private loading docks. I would assume the situation was the

Mark, Ned Carey did an article in the Winter 2002 issue of the Blue Mountain Express on detailing Stewart fishbelly cars contact the WM historical society they should have extra copies. Russel

The Western Maryland Railway Historical Society has just published a book on WM Boxcars and Refrigerator Cars covering from 1905 to 1995 if anyone is interested. Russel Miller

Hi Everyone Here is an update on the demolition taking place in Laramie: The F7B, which was relatively intact last Sunday, is now rubble. For photos from last week, see John Combs'

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