--- benjaminfrank_hom wrote Thanks. That was the source of my confusion -- the GN and DRGW cars had Pratt trusses, and I mistakenly thought they followed the AAR spec. Yes, I think so too.

Further on Rupert’s questions and Russ’s response. The RER was actually a tariff subject to the same publication rules and regulation as other tariffs. Nearly all freight rate tariffs made

Clark, I don't know for a fact, but I would be very surprised if the US would be shipping grain to Canada, one of the world's major grain producers. Canada has been exporting grain for probably a

Are you talking about the scale inside the elevator structure? If I remember correctly they used a 'batch' type scale at the top of the internal grain leg. Thanks I forgot about those, Clark Propst

--- In STMFC@..., "rockroll50401" <cepropst@...> wrote: Clark, The elevators I worked in had certified scales and the scale tickets went to the railroad when shipping. P Scheuerman > >

Yes I have Bill Welch

ROAD NAME NUMBER CAR TYPE LOAD TO Manufr CN 475916 Box Paper Incline IM/Sylvan CN 414593 Box Lumber Builders/MC L Westfld CP 236378 Box Lumber Builders/MC L Tichy To put all these recent

Cattle prods were around in the late 40's. Stock truck drivers carried one for sure. We didn't have one. a 2x4 worked well on hogs. cattle usually followed the leader. However the 2x4 also worked. A

Rupert, As to ORER's there were many tariffs that involved minimums and took into account the capacity of a furnished car. The ORER was the only official publication that could be cited. As to the

Don Burn wrote: Based on photo evidence (I've got one or two pictures of CV trains) there was a noticeable percentage of CN cars on the CV in the 1950s -- especially on CV train 430 from Montreal

This would only be possible if the cars had some special equipment. General service cars were free runners and stenciling really meant nothing. You could get around this by classifying a car "XP" but

May have one. If I find it will share. I wonder if there is an accessible surviving copy of SCO-90. Malcolm Laughlin, Editor 617-489-4383 New England Rail

Tony, If we are talking about freight charges then it would mean it was prepaid. If the charges are for icing or pre-cooling then that would be an advance. I would not be surprised if the tariffs

Jack, You are doing just fine. Keep in mind that a waybill is not a freight bill. Normally the destination Agent had to make up a freight bill for every inbound car. While I can not recall ever

I know they had cattle prods in the late 40s as I saw them in use. Also you when loading sheep you use a judas goat. The sheep will follow it even to slaughter. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton

Chuck, Energized batons are effective for crowd control, absolutely. My question is more in line with the time frame of moving cattle in the 30's to 50's, well before shock bats, and

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

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

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

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