<snip> Too cool! This image is labeled "NWX 263206 tank car in fuel service at Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI. Car was built in 1928, rebuilt in 1937. Photo by Clem Devine, 5-1980." The tank

Forwarded from George Stant, B&ORRHS Company Store Manager: The first run of our very successful N-43 Covered Hoppers has been sold out. Plans are being made for a second run with different

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /B&ORHS Class N-43 Covered Hopper 2nd Run.pdf

Ben, Bruce and Jim, Thanks to all for the X28a information. Based on what has been said, I think I will pass on this one. The tank cars are still a possibility, though I'd like to know more about

Tony Thompson wrote: John, what do you have on the PE tank cars? I'm finding photos of them which baffle me. Any help appreciated. Hi Tony, Hmmm - "baffle" is a great word to choose - it'll

Garth Groff asked: "[F&C] also list an X28A, which is tempting. I went through all my stuff looking for an article on these cars, but came up with nothing. Can anyone tell me how many were still in

Garth, Steve has some interesting ideas with respect to AC&F tank car nomenclature. I have not heard anything WRT a "type 2". Maybe "someone" misinterpreted "type 11" to be "type 2" in roman

I forgot to add, that Garth's comments regarding the PE boxes as SP clones with "their unusual outside-hung brake rigging", is absolutely correct. Among a couple of other things, the brake rigging

Hi Steve, As my old buddy, Tim Gilbert knows, I have a pretty fair collection of info on the Pacific Electric. If you're interested, I can probably dig up some roster information for you. Let me

Garth, I cannot speak to the tank cars; the X28A was discussed on the list sometime ago and I believe the consensus was the F&C kit repeats the same short comings as and earlier brass import. My

Friends, I just received F&C's current catalog sheet (with their buy two boxed cars, get two free, plus a bagged kit offer). New to their list are #s 7030 and 7031, "AC&F AAR Type 2" tank cars. I've

Allen, You are not wrong, you are dead on the money. If you want to help, help. If you don't want to help, then don't. To smugly accuse someone of being a parasite is obnoxious as all hell and

Folks, I want to thank everyone who responded to my questions about the cars. I appreicate the info and info on sources of more detailed info if I want to find it. I'm also sorry that my post

Some interesting car images from the C&NW Historical Society. Here's the index: http://www.cnwhs.org/memberphotos/index.php And here are aome specific shots that caught my

My records show I downloaded the Dec 06 issue o 12-8-06. Robert Federle ---- SUVCWORR@... wrote:

Ed Mines wrote: "My guess is the photo was taken early '50s, but how late? '52? '53? There's a 40 ft. B&O box with a very wide door & an L&N car with the "old reliable" slogan. Also a Southern PS1,

Hi Mont, Could you tell me where the General Mills plant was located? I'm always interested to learn where cars got assigned. Thanks. Dan

Dan, Yes, the Monon got these cars in 12-53. I know Athearn worked form photos on this project and these numbers can get pretty hard to see. By the way, 4413 was originally assigned to Genral

One problem w/ Google books is they don't yet accept that anything published by the federal government has no copyright. There are gobs of ICC, Army Corp of Engineers, and Bureau of Mines books in

Garth, It is there today and it was there last week when I downloaded it. First one on the list. Rich Orr