--- Frank Greene wrote: Yes, until differential PD came into being (after the STMFC era). But home road cars paid no PD on their own lines, and that provided some incentive to prefer to load foreign

The Harriman stock cars, now available in HO from Red Caboose, had board roofs. (I doubt they were planks; drawings suggest T&G.) Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

CB&Q SM16 and derivative stock cars had planked roofs through the BN merger. With the sides of the car mostly open I guess a little roof leaking on the cargo was not a major concern for stock

Ben- Stock cars may vary from road to road more than most any other car type. Most, though, had a roof, two ends, two slides that had some slats, a floor, two four wheeled trucks; but all

be Ed, I don't know how easy this will be to read as I copied it from an Excel sheet. Clark Propst FAIRFAX MN M&StL SEAL BOOK ENTRIES FROM SAM SHERMAN DATE TRAIN NO. INTIALS

Clark: Railroads generally tried to get out of as much weighing as possible. In the steam era there were several Freight Bureaus (Western Weighing & Inspection Bureau, EWIB, SWIB, etc) that would

Charlie Vlk wrote: "Broadway Limited has never tried to pass off the PRR K7A as being correct for anything but PRR (having never referred to the car as anything except a K7A)..." Charlie, I'll

I know that box cars could be loaded to any destination rather than be returned to the home road during the box car shortage from the beginning of WWII to 1947 or '48. Did this include Canadian box

I'd like a little more knowledge of freight car weighing for my layout operations. If the RR had a scale in a town would they weigh all the outbound loads? Would grain be weighed? How 'bout hides,

The PRR K8 stock car had a longitudinally planked roof! regards, Andy Miller

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: "..... an ARA > standard stock car design was adopted in 1927 – two of them actually, > one of forty tons nominal capacity

What common freight cars had planked roofs in the mid '40s? I think the Fowler box cars from both Canadian roads still had them. C&NW's older single sheathed box cars too. Erie & NYC stock cars.

Ben is, of course, correct. It may be added, however, that an ARA standard stock car design was adopted in 1927 – two of them actually, one of forty tons nominal capacity and the other of fifty

Doug, Ben- Broadway Limited has never tried to pass off the PRR K7A as being correct for anything but PRR (having never referred to the car as anything except a K7A), and has worked with the PRRTHS

Thank you Richard (and Bruce). Rod Richard Hendrickson wrote:

Doug Harding asked: "Can anyone offer any information on an AAR stockcar design? Or point me to a source of AAR freight car designs/drawings. I have searched the group files and can find nothing

Can anyone offer any information on an AAR stockcar design? Or point me to a source of AAR freight car designs/drawings. I have searched the group files and can find nothing related to an AAR stockcar

Thought that now was the time for a little levity. And just how many head of cattle can be put into a forty foot car? Only 10, after that there's more feet. Chuck Hladik

Tony, I did a bit of research with the Cyc's at my disposal, checking the terminology used in the captions of the drawings presented for the AAR Standard Boxcar: 1940 "A.A.R 1937 design standard

Pullman Troop sleepers were eqipped with 33" wheels. Regards Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL