Ok... trying again... Thanks for the replies everyone. Just to clear up a couple of things. There were certainly industry sidings on 'R' Street that wandered off onto private property; the two

There are also at least a few individuals on this list who are not model railroaders, but who are searching for information about freight cars to support academic research and/or railroad

--- In STMFC@..., "Justin Kahn" <harumd@...> wrote: .... > Just to deal with steam era freight cars, I have availed myself of this list > a number of times, because I would like to

book there is << Tony There are many books that I wouldn’t have read if I hadn't seen them referred to on this list and recommending a book isn’t the same as telling someone to buy a copy. Most

I'm not sure about the legal issues, but the Pennsylvania Railroad in its CT-1000 "List of Stations and Sidings" books - identified each siding by the names of the companies on those sidings;

As most of us realize, list members like Jace Kahn and Dan Stinson could hardly be accused of "parasitism," as they ask questions which are not only focused and intelligent, but ordinarily reveal that

appreciate relatively-limited living modeling, Thanks, Jace, for describing the position I suspect many of us find ourselves in. Like you, I don't model most of these railroads as my primary focus. I

Ed Hawkins wrote: I mean lettering about 20 inches tall, to the left of the car door(s). It looks relatively slender to this typographer's eye, so I'm not sure about "thinner to thicker." Tony

Tony, I don't have an exact date when the change was made from the thinner billboard "C&EI" stencils to the thicker block stencils, but the earliest cars new cars having block stencils were some 50'

I have somewhat mixed feelings about Peter's position: on the one hand I have spent a rather substantial part of my train budget on books and periodicals (and I cannot complain about the price,

Does anyone have a date when the C&EI block lettering to the left of boxcar doors was introduced? Trying to date a photo. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

ugh.. sorry about this post... the 'Rich-Text Editor' ate my original content... I'll try again later. Tom Campbell Elk Grove CA

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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'