The worst problem in my opinion was that the per diem that the railroads had pay to haul long distance shipments in the leased cars was so great that the lessees' lease cost was more than covered by

I agree with you, Tony. :-) I always understood the intention of the 'ban' was to curb such abuses, whereas advertisement of one's own products on one's own freight cars (covered hoppers, reefers, box

Kurt Laughlin wrote: As I stated back in 2002, this aspect was a very small part of the abuses which the ICC stepped in to correct. The free advertising was indeed ruled a rebate, but this is

Tim O'Connor wrote: Read Richard Hendrickson's clear summary. My 2002 comments about 1946 and thereafter were based on a misunderstanding of the rule. It is clear that "advertisement" was

In a message dated 3/25/2007 4:24:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, thompson@... writes: Tell us again, Greg, which railroad it was which styled itself the "Standard Railroad of the

Jim, as Tony Thompson has already posted, the ruling was made by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ICC ruling took effect early in 1934, after which billboard advertising could not be applied

It was part of Paul Larson's excellent "dollar car" scratchbuilding series of articles, the closest thing I ever had to a personal lesson in building from scratch and the opening of a wonderful world

Peter Weiglin wrote: Paul Larson, October 1953 MODEL RAILROADER, "Building an HO Swift Reefer" is the one I remember. Unfortunately, Paul is not now much older, having passed away in 1973. No, I

Richard, Tony and all, The point that seems to be overlooked here is that in the logical chronological order the PRR X29, X31/X32/X33, X37/X38 were cars produced with advancements ahead of the

Jim, here is what Tony Thompson posted on 6/6/2002 -- So there you have it. I suppose one should preface one's question with "What is the answer today?" since it seems likely to change tomorrow. Tim

Overland did a nice brass model and they pop up on Ebay periodically but expect to pay around $150 when you see one. Sunshine models also did one that I expect would be excellent but I have

Let me warn about what will seem obvious to some. SLRX was St. Louis Refrigerator (Xpress) SRLX was Swift Refrigerator Line (Xpress) The two can be confused; I have a dim memory of some decals that

Group, While watching a B&O video of movements in Ohio in the late 1950's I saw a Heinz vinegar car on a train. The car was moving west from Willard yard. It looked like something from the 1920's

Gee Bill, that was heinous. I think you should send everyone on the list two cartons of the Branchline product of their choice for reparations. Eric Petersson Mike Brock writes: "As far as Santa

Hi all.....Beware of the"purple" decals in the Sunshine kit. The stripe ran on me when I used a decal set. I now have a heavily weathered reefer....best Jim Williams Brian Leppert <b.leppert@...>

Tim O'Connor wrote: I am indeed the one who said "evidently," though that was before I had read and understood the details of the ICC ruling. Hopefully Tim understands "evidently." Tony

Jim Betz wrote: Jim (and Tim), it was an ICC ruling. Not AAR and not a court. Richard and I have both retrieved all the details from ICC documents, and he has laid it out clearly in the text of

Tim O'Connor wrote: Best read it yet again, Tim. This time note the word "Ham." "Black Hawk" is a brand name. If you can't distinguish that from a product, I give up trying to crack your

There's an in-service photo of WLE 79417 in MM 2/95 p 49. I'm not an expert on brake wheels, but the picture does show it. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.