www.theruralroute.com had been set up as a medium to create e-mail addresses. I had only given it a minimal bandwidth. That bandwidth was exceeded last night. The situation has been corrected and if

Tim: Try this: http://66.129.110.33/ . With the exception of the Pullman photo collection, you only get a list of boxes and folders, with fairly general notes about content. This might not be

Lee Singletary, on the L&N list, sent me the following information: "In my copy of a L&N Freight Car Record Book from 1955 7500-7999 were originally built as single sheathed cars with steel ends

Hi Guys, The Amarillo Railroad Museum is interested in producing the T&P 1700-1724 series mail storage boxcars. Doe snayone out there have or know of a painting diagram? I have most of the data

Brad, Not that easy to buy anything without any communication from your end. I'll pass, was in the mood but mood has changed from "Buy" to "Hold". Russ

Steve Haas writes: "I realize this has gotten quickly beyond the scope of the list. However, one reason the list exists is to uncover the truth about Steam Era Freight Cars. Hopefully that search for

Ross Strodtz commented: "This was S.O.P. on GN, even with locomotives. The first locomotives they bought new after 1960 were the SD45's. Everything prior was just re-builds." This statement is

Staffan, your scan of the photo came through just fine (though the original photo obviously leaves something to be desired) and establishes without doubt that, to my surprise, the cars were

wrote: 32 door, definitely a wood door. A 1940 diagram for the 31000 series has a note saying "Camel all steel 6'0" doors applied per A.F.E.57770, dated 10-11-39 and which is captioned "Equip 1320

32 door, definitely a wood door. A 1940 diagram for the 31000 series has a note saying "Camel all steel 6'0" doors applied per A.F.E.57770, dated 10-11-39 and which is captioned "Equip 1320 box cars

Clark Probst cepropst@... wrote: 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. Its

Richard, Well, again it appears that we obviously have a different perspective on the content of a one paragraph caption. Scott wrote: of of the information series

Thanks would really appreicate it Ray. to some Wisconsin I massacred

Staffan, I stand corrected: 55200 = 31462 55201-55399 = 31000-31499 55401-55450 = 31000-31499 X-175 = 31474 = 1962 X-184 = 31220 = 1966 X-185 = 31387 = 1966 These sheets do not cover company

Tim's question - do they have a catalog - reminds me that at one time I had a 3/16 inch thick mimeographed catalog of negatives from the Pennsylvania State Railroad museum. Unfortunately like some

His name is Don Manlick and he operates DM Decals out of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. I don't have his e-mail but will forward your message to some who does. -- Atty Raymond G. Meyer 110 E. Main St Port

Russ, You wrote: Another comment: Looked carefully at the equipment inventory and could find no sign that any of the 31000-31499 series had been converted into anything else. Stock cars 55200-55399

Richard, You wrote: Fact 1: Though Camel made doors, they did not make corrugated steel doors, only the hardware for them. GN (and other) diagram books refer to "Camel" doors because they had

Garth, do they have a catalog, or do you have to (can you?) browse the CSRM photo collection? I want to visit someday but I'd like to know how much time I'll have to allocate to find SP freight car

Richard, just speculating, but I'm betting that you never graded on a curve in your classroom? :-) P.S. I looked at the photo in Scott's book and although the caption was not the best one ever