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

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

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

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

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

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

Tim Gilbert wrote "In the early 1950's, the AAR established SCS-90 which simplified the return routing so that DL&W would get all CIL empty cars from the NYO&W in Scranton, and route them home via

Actually, the July 1995 article in Railmodel Journal covered only these cars without end doors. One year later, in the July 1996 issue of the same magazine, was the article about end door versions,

Posted by: "Kurt Laughlin" Let's say the AAA RR gets an order to ship a boxcar full of shlurm from some point on their road to a point 1500 miles away on the CCC RR. To get there it must travel 500

Fred, These were called "cattle prods". The ones I am familiar with (law enforcement use) are battery powered and will certainly MOOOVE you. Chuck Hladik

ed_mines asked: Ed, No. Tim

Thanks for your answers Clark and Tim. The purpose of my original question was to find out if Canadian box cars were found in the US in proportion to their total compared to the US total during the

I made a mistake in nomenclature. I am asking about house car roofs with "boards" on the roof. Many of these boards visible in pictures have lost paint and are different shades of grey. It really

In a message dated 12/19/2006 10:47:38 A.M. Central Standard Time, RUTLANDRS@... writes: Thought that now was the time for a little levity. And just how many head of cattle can be put

How do you levitate cattle? Tis the season for levitating reindeer! regards, Andy Miller

Russell Strodtz wrote: Was this always true? I have seen PFE shipments on SP waybills that clearly show loads outbound to the East, originating on SP, which are marked to be paid by the shipper

Russ wrote: This comment reminded me that I have a number of Yosemite Valley Railroad forms (pre-1945) which are entitled "Freight Bill For Prepaid Charges". The form has spaces for information on

Tim, I don't have info on the car routings. But, would guess that only the lumber products came from Canada. The cement could have come from either the Twin Ports of Duluth, Superior, only a couple

Posted by: "Kurt Laughlin" There is a similar principle with airlines called cabotage which holds that a foreign airline cannot transport passengers between two US locations - they can only take

Tony, Close but no cigar. Prepaid movements are a newer way of doing business and in the steam era collect would be the most common form of payment. The fact that three roads are handling the car