Bob Chaparro wrote: The cars still have their PE flat car numbers. If you look in Equipment Registers, these appear as flat cars, but PE did list them in some periods as tank cars--clearly

Here is an image of cars once used to transport spring water from San Bernardino, CA, to an Arrowhead water plant in Los Angeles. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048072.jpg I believe this is a Los

NP boxcars relegated to hide service received a simple stencil: HIDE LOADING ONLY in white, plain block letters about 5 inches in height. This stencil appears to be lacking from NP decal sets,

This may be a dumb answer, but wouldn't General American work? Or is there more to it than that? Rob Kirkham

Canada-US grain trade is a complex issue, and in recent times rather more heat than light has been shed around it due to issues of a political nature, which are out of scope for STMFC. However, some

Thanks everyone for the responses. Geez, what an arcane system - no wonder railroads went out of business. I realize that the ICC had a part to play in maintaining that byzantine system, but I

I like what Marty's saying here. I think one should focus on the "appearance" based on you area of the railroad you model. You should think of what types of industries your area/era represents and

While this was not CV, on 12/18/1950 there were ten CN box cars out of a total of fifty thee cars on Rutland train #9.All were loads.Armand Premo

Tim, new stock cars of any design were very rare after WW II. Almost all RRs that needed stock cars had a generous supply of obsolete box cars which could easily be converted into stock cars, and

Posted by: "Russell Strodtz" sheridan@... theloweryard Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:11 am (PST) Rupert, As to ORER's there were many tariffs that involved minimums and took into account the

I understand that Canada can only grow spring wheat. Because of their very cold winters. I worked for International Milling Co in Salina Ks. Most of the wheat grown in the good ol US of A is winter

--- 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