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Re: Car movements

Malcolm A couple of questions relating to rates and ORER's. Were the per diem rates fixed solely by the individual railroad, by agreement or by regulatory imposition? I suspect the latter, thereby

By Rupert and Maureen <gamlenz@...> · #58643 ·

Re: AAR stockcar

As to how many had can be put in a car, see http://users2.ev1.net/~jssand/SFHMS/Sand/Stk/03.htm ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland

By Steve SANDIFER · #58642 ·

Re: Source of photo of C&O gondola 43089

Have you tried the C&O Historical Society web site?

By Bob Karig <karig@...> · #58641 ·

Re: Canadian box cars in the US

Don Burn wrote: Don, The closest hard data which may answer your question is an analysis of the last 88 boxcars on the Suncook Valley RR before it was embargoed and abandoned in December 1952. The

By Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #58636 ·

Re: box car shortage rules

To be more precise, for railroads it is the duty-paid status of the conveyance that determines the result, not the ownership of the carrier. Back in the day, customs duty had to be paid on things,

By Doug Rhodes · #58634 ·

Re: Canadian box cars in the US

Doug Rhodes wrote: Repeating myself from several old postings, the Canadian Bureau of Statistics gathered information about where Canadian originated rail shipments went and from the reports I have

By Dave Nelson <muskoka@...> · #58635 ·

Re: MDC 50' double door single sheethed

Thanks guys for your assistance. I will get in touch with the publisher. Robert Gross NH 0400 wrote: same by those like

By Robert Gross · #58632 ·

Re: AAR stockcar / missing part of first post

Seriously, there had to be a device used by drovers, crew members, etc., to "urge" cattle not to lay down in the cars. A stick with a point in the end sounds good, yet I would like to hear from

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #58631 ·

Re: AAR stockcar

Andy & list, Levitate cattle? Suprised you didn't know-------you clip a lead to the pantograph, run a cable back to the needed car, apply other end of lead to cattle's flank,

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #58629 ·

Re: AAR stockcar

Andy & list, Levitate cattle? Suprised you didn't know-------you clip a lead to the pantograph, run a cable back to the needed car, apply other end of lead to cattle's flank,

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #58633 ·

Re: Canadian box cars in the US

On the ratio Canadian box cars what was the ratio on the US subsidiaries, such as the Central Vermont, and the CP operations in New England? Was there a higher percentage on these roads? Don Burn

By Don Burn <burn@...> · #58630 ·

Source of photo of C&O gondola 43089

I have a photocopy of a wonderful shot of a 40 foot C&O gon # 43089, circa 1952 and would love to get a photo for my own collection. The owner of the photo used to make the copy does not not remember

By lnbill <bwelch@...> · #58628 ·

Re: AAR stockcar

Our favorite joke on the Un Pac at Salina Ks was The engine forman told his field man to ride two box cars down a track and tie them down. The field man came back and ask could he have two more as

By ljack70117@... · #58627 ·

Re: MDC 50' double door single sheethed

Thanks, Brian. I'd forgotten that there were two articles about those models and that they were published a year apart. 1996 now seems like a loooong time ago.... Richard Hendrickson

By Richard Hendrickson · #58626 ·

Re: The Texas Co and The Southwestern Refining Co.

Some years ago, I addressed a similar question regarding the possible use of a W&R 3 compartment AC&F Type 7 on my 1947 diorama. I found that the Texaco cars disappeared from the TCX entries in the

By Richard Hendrickson · #58625 ·

Re: Canadian box cars in the US

I'd like to expand a bit on Ed's perceptive remarks and question. My own experience and researches agree with his comment about the high proportion of home-road cars in Canada. The model for

By Doug Rhodes · #58624 ·

The Texas Co and The Southwestern Refining Co.

I have a W&R 10K 3 dome tank car I am trying to figure out what to do with. The Microscale sheet I have to decal this car has lettering for The Texas Company and also The Southwestern Refining Co. I

By Tom Lawler <tjlawler@...> · #58621 ·

Re: box car shortage rules

Malcolm Laughlin wrote: Yes, that's correct. FWIW, the vast majority of US:Canada:US routings were east/west crossing at Buffalo NY. Dave Nelson

By Dave Nelson <muskoka@...> · #58622 ·

Re: Canadian box cars in the US

Here are a couple more from a different spread sheet. Hope you can read them ok? They are for small towns west of the Twin Cities (part of them now!)These show where the lumber originated for

By rockroll50401 <cepropst@...> · #58620 ·

BOX CAR CLASSIFICATION.

Some random, and hoprfully useful, comments in regard to postings about box car classes. ------------------ Although A,B and C were nearly universal, others were railroad specific. For

By Malcolm Laughlin <mlaughlinnyc@...> · #58639 ·

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