Ted Culotta wrote: Oh my... I've not acted upon this yet. Ted, do you know if there will a second printing? Dave Nelson

wrote: and matched in I think that UP 100100 was renumbered to UP 121999, probably in 1947 or 1948, and that it survived intact until at least 1953. Here are my reasons for thinking this: In his

I guess I should read the whole message before replying J Destination cards were always used at locations where they were used, if that makes any sense. Destination cards were just one system

True, and that's really the point of most of these messages; very little of the clutter was graffiti with recognizable names. The vast majority was quite cryptic; dates and number codes, and

Very true Bill. In addition to US HO circa 1955, I also model British Rail circa 1975 and chalk marks abounded on our freight stock: dates of loading, load type, siding number, destination, defects,

I am still kicking. Since about the week before Timonium last October, I have been operating at a very high pace and have managed to concentrate on little else but the basics of the business. As

I have been waiting for someone to comment on the chalk mark facts presented in the PFE book, but I guess no one will. Cars were marked with the date and/or time of day they were initially iced, so

Jerry, I have been watching this thread with a great deal of interest. I particularly enjoyed your post. Thanks for taking the time to write it. Also, please take time to share some of

Hi, As late as 1986 we were using chalk marks on the Susquehanna (Susie-Q, NYS&W).We used to tie on and pull our train out slowly and chalk the destinations for later placement down the road. These

--- In STMFC@..., jaley <jaley@...> wrote: I guess my real question > is whether we should use bright white bits of decal, or "off-white" bits > of decal to represent these cards. Also,

wrote: I've Andy, the cross you are discribing here was used commonly in in Kansas City by the Kansas City Terminal. It denoted the date the car arrived on the KCT, the railroad it came from,

When working for the Santa Fe, learned chalk marks on cars were put there by carmen not switchmen. They indicated who & when a car was inspected. Also hobos had their monikers. Alot of the hoggers

Clover House has these in various scales as well. Jim Eckman

On the roads that I worked for, Bad Ordered cars were not chalked. The received a BO form on each side of the car say exactly what was wrong. This card was removed at the rip track when repairs were

"Car knockers" would inspect arriving cars.If they spotted any cars needing repairs they would mark,"hold","Rip"."Reweigh"Turn"etc.They often used a check mark to indicate that they had inspected the

Are you sure that wasn't Herbie under the palm tree? Bozo Texino had a large brimmed hat and cigarette I do believe. Robert Federle

Fred Mitchell, Dallas, TX

Fellow Foamers- Thought that I would add my $2.45 worth of what I have experienced using and reading chalk marks and route cards in over 25 years on the Santa FE. This did not occur during the steam

And here he is again, http://www.safehaven.com/images/kirby/3925.gif along with his pal Bozo, http://channel.creative-capital.org/images/projects/daniel3-250w.jpg and

Andy, several of us have pondered the meaning of these marks in the past but haven't come up with an explanation. As you say, they were very common. Richard Hendrickson