I've already decided that all of my YV stuff should go to Sacramento along with a large enough donation to get it properly indexed into their system. My reason for choosing Sacramento is the great job

Hi Russ, I agree with your point ... I have several GN diagram books and in preparing book I used information from original source materail like diagram books, AFE files, maintenance records, plans,

Didn't Staffan Ehnbom Just mention that the GNHS has a photo of one of these cars with a wood door? I just took a quick look at the Camel pages in the 1922 CBC, and find descriptions and drawings of

Yes, you are corrct - I have copies of several GN diagram books over the years ... and checked several of them to review consistency of the informatin. Also, I used more than the diagram books for

Staffan, Thank you. Will continue to add more drawings as I find those that look interesting. Russ

Scott, While there is always the concept of; "Any port in a storm", diagram books have their shortcomings. I will give you an example: For some time I have been trying to make up a list of the CB&Q

Tony, With it being so close I decided the DeGolyer would get a chance on anything they wanted when I'm gone. Also have a tentative plan on my slide collection. Hope those that are older are

Tony, Youse guys keep talking about archival fees is giving me different ideas about sharing. Russ

Scott Thompson wrote: Diagram books often contain simplified information, and yes, sometimes contain errors, especially when a later diagram is prepared for an older car. I would never trust

It is good - but it lacks some detail; in particular on the GN Series 31000 cars Scott Thompson chapter

Wow do we have a different opinion! Obviously I have a different perspective on Richard's critique of the caption(s) in my book. If it is not obvioius, the caption information was not intended to

Anybody know how to get a hold of a custom decal guy from Wisconsin I believe his name is something like Manlick, but I'm sure I massacred it. Thanks, Clark Propst

What irks me most is when collections are /donated/ to a museum or whathaveyou, and then they either charge massive fees, or don't allow access to the materials at all. I'm told this is the case with

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Like I said, folks, Richard and Staffan's GN freight car chapter is good. You can trust it. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Schuyler is right. The previous director at the DeGolyer was something of a d--head but he's retired, and there is an entire new regime, very helpful and

To: Russ Stodtz and other listers: Thanks for the info, Russ. Thanks again, Rich Nunn --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car"

True, but it's still more trustworthy than the captions in many "XYZ Freight Cars in Color" books! In this case, the cars certainly were NOT originally equipped with AB air brakes, nor did they

Russ, I very much enjoyed your makeing these drawings available. They were all new to me. Haven't had such a nice time since I was admitted to the drawing room of the GN (BN at that time) St. Cloud

More than I ever knew (let alone remember) about Trains; now that you mention it, I am pretty sure they did import a CB&Q wood waycar in HO. So far as I know, all their imports were in HO. Jace