Robert Gross wrote: "I looked online and on eBay for a copy of the RMJ that you speak of. Unfortunately, I came up empty handed." Robert, the July 1995 issue of Railmodel Journal is still

I'm having a little trouble following these freight car movement discussions because I have some simple - perhaps infantile - questions about how railroads make money: Let's say the AAA RR gets an

Richard: I looked online and on eBay for a copy of the RMJ that you speak of. Unfortunately, I came up empty handed. Would it be too much to ask of you to make a copy of your article and snail mail

ed_mines wrote: Ed, The rule to reload and route foreign car empties was never waived; instead, it was not enforced not only during the 1940's, but also in the 1950's. Thus, the rule could be

Tim O'Connor wrote: "I don't have my notes at work, and I don't know what it was based on, but I have long been under the impression (delusion?) that the D&RGW, GN, and CB&Q all had stock cars that

They're early L-section Andrews with one-piece sloping journal box retaining bars; later Andrews had short ones bolted to lubs cast onto the sideframes, rather than extending under the lower

At the Steam Era Frieght Car site there is a photo of a NP boxcar -- here: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/gallery/boxauto/np39731main.html that I have a couple of questions about. First, not being

Richard Hendrickson wrote: I don't have my notes at work, and I don't know what it was based on, but I have long been under the impression (delusion?) that the D&RGW, GN, and CB&Q all had stock cars

--- 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