Don’t forget to tell everyone that J B King Esquire could be written with out ever having to lift the chalk off of the side. In other words it could written with just one stroke. There was also

wrote: RE: the modeling date...right you are Richard, forgive the omission. I'm in the process of narrowing it down to sometime between Jan '52 and June '53. From previous posts it seemed one would

Do you remember Kilroy? They drew his picture on every thing. Kilroy was here it said. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most of it

I've often seen a typical mark on steam era cars. It is a large "+" with numbers in 3 or 4 quadrants. I have speculated that this might have something to do with the dates that a car was

A figure of my speech, Larry, for explanatory purposes. Let's try it this way; the list shows the last car in the block for the J is UP100100. When walking his train, not counting cars, he comes

Depends on your modeling date. Mather started to replace Andrews with AAR trucks after WW II, but some C&IM cars still had Andrews trucks as late as ca. 1953-'54. I have photos showing

In the absence of more information or a photo of the car you're trying to model, you might as well just ask your ouija board. A Barber truck could have been any truck manufactured by the Standard Car

Most were white, but I recall seeing some that were a manila (light tan) color. And they usually stayed on the cars only for a few days (except on the Pennsy, where a car might take a couple of weeks

On one of my trips to China to chase steam I took a photo of one of the ubiquitous class C48 gons wherein the entire lower half of the car seemed covered with chalk marks. Very few, if any, of the

No this story does not hold water. If the head man knows the first 21 goes to the J why does he need a mark. If he counts the first 21 to make his mark then why not count the first 21 when he is

Good job, Jeff! Here is the updated summary

Further to the discussion of chalk marks, don't forget that car inspectors chalk marked cars for either bad order or R.I.P. track placement. As far as I know, most roads had a series of "Codes"

I remember my Grandfather talking about the initials his buddies would write on the cars as a sort of hello, WWII era. They may have signed off on inspections, journals etc., as well. John Cizmar

Boy, I really hate to open this can of worms, but here goes. What color do the destination cards appear to be in photos? I know, you said they are white. We also know the chalk marks are white, but

Wasn't WGH in Atlanta on the same weekend?: I hear they had record-breaking crowds there in spite of it being Super Bowl weekend. Maybe vendors had to decide which show to go to. Charlie Vlk

In a message dated 2/22/2007 5:18:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, rfederle@... writes: Are you sure that wasn't Herbie under the palm tree? Bozo Texino had a large brimmed hat and

Armand, you're right that chalk marks were seldom erased (and in some cases lasted for weeks or months before they were erased/obscured by weather and dirt). However, prototype photos often show

Paul I just meant they do not use chalk or graphite. Yes there must be a binder to hold the pigment together. I have used artist pencils to add color to running boards, highlight tank car bands and

erased and me that Chalking track numbers did lead to confusion; that's the reason for the printed routing cards. The impression I get from talking to old timers is that these were many times unique

Hey Yuze Gize, Just a couple of updated regarding the Kahn's Car Project from Cocoa Beach 2007. 1) The cars with 6-inch sills were car that were 12'-2" tall to the exterior eves. The cars with