Hi Frank, I have these cars listed in a copy of a 1943 "Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment", under Canadian National Railways. Eric Gagnon Kingston, Ontario 11128 anyone

I'm glad this topic is being discussed. It's very important to those of us who are trying to develop accurate history. On many lists I've made many statements of what I believe to be true.

The flat ends got me to wondering if it's a Seaboard car, but on reflection I think not. SAL's flat-end 40' boxcars either were '32 ARA cars with tabbed side sills (a foot taller, too), or

Ah, Ha! I'd forgotten all about that photo; since I model 1947, it was of no interest to me. Now that I've been reminded of it, however, several things about it strike me as interesting. First

MDT 41825 was built as MDT 17825 in Sep 1923 and would ride the rails until scrapped in 1953 after a 30 year career. Not exactly a relic in Sep of 1947. Roger Hinman

Larry, The issue about the 31317? Look over the messages from the last week. The GN 31000-31300 series thread. It would have been a little plainer if it had been 31000-31499 which is the full 500

Mike, Agreed. But I think it needs to be said that you can not provide information if you are not asked. Some years ago someone authoring a book asked me for photos and some specific information.

A photo of the prototype car appears in "Classic Freight Cars vol. 7". It is some version of an X29/ara box car, with flat ends and bottom hung youngstown door, and no patch panels. All my

Russ- You're right about the BREX. Closer inspection of the entry indicates that the car number is 74782. FGEX 108999 had too many 9's (10899). Your suggestion for URTX instead of URTS is

Dennis, Thank you very much, as the roof detail jpg as it clearly answers my question. The door in Sunshine kit 78.3 is a bit to long and the hangars way to big, but now that I know the correct

The 11xxx block on CN was reserved for box-baggage cars (passenger service), which is why they didn't appear in the ORERs -- although 10xxx express reefers did. Go figure! Anyways, the 11069 was

Tom Madden writes: "Critiques are important to the integrity of the body of knowledge we're assembling, and no one should be shy about offering one when necessary." Absolutely. Anyone who makes a

I've found photos of CN boxcars numbered 11069 (1939 build date) and 11128 (1942? build date), but these aren't listed in my 1953 ORER. Does anyone know if these were renumbered at some point? Frank

In the absence of documentary evidence (which, of course, some list member may be able to supply), I'd agree with Bill. I have several photos of U. S. Army box cars, but all were either antiques

Larry, Thanks for the info. On CB&Q wheel reports were from the rear end but setout lists were supposed to be from the head end. Conductors had to do a lot of writing. My observations: X3569: Line

Well. In defending a thesis, you can't expect to be treated lightly. To bring this only very slightly towards topicality... what was this about? (Offlist answer'd be the best, I think...) Frank

today. > Here is the roster: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFPH/files/Soo_%22Sawtooth%22_Primer/Roster.txt> Dennis

Kurt Laughlin wrote: Sure. Academics are human too. I was speaking of the more typical NON-animus style of academic review, which itself can seem bruising to the non-initiated. Tony Thompson

This is the kit that models SOO series cars #40200-41798, built in 1928-29, with top supported Youngstown doors, Dreadnaught ends. with and it is not real sharp, but I am not sure the Sunshine