In the Mar/Apr 2007 issue of the B&O Modeler http://borhs.org/ModelerMag/BO_Modeler_3_2007_MarApr.pdf There is an article on converting an Accurail reefer kit. In addition to the model shown there

Richard, How much for the bridge? Garth and I can put it on the old Nelson and Albemarle right of way !! Boy Howdy. Chuck Hladik ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the

"Modern Marvels' on the Discovery channel (or one of the other educational channels) is running their freight trains program tonight. I think this is the program showing a yellow SFRD reefer with a

Posted by: "ed_mines" Be careful about believing things just because they are written in books. Errors can be found in even the best researched and written books. In the news media, usually

Rather than make responses to all of the posts on this, I'll just summarize my reactions to them. I believe most of the home heating coal in New England was anthracite, which was preferred

Lime or limestone for blast furnaces. We're looking at taking some of that Shenadoah Valley product originating on our Waynesboro Branch going to Hurlin Steel at Charleston, WV. Was it hauled in

never see a foreign hopper being loaded on the on its main to Newport News. IIRC, these were also loaded at coal mines served by the C&O, not off line mines. Would NRBX be considered "foreign"?, Or

For what it is worth, during the years that I lived on a farmstead in northern Vermont, we heated the house primarily with anthracite from Pennsylvania (supplemented with gas [propane] and wood).

Scott; I have a couple of these, and one in mid-bash, but as a 105. You are correct; it is a 105 of (I think I am remembering correctly) late 50's manufacture, and most closely represents an AC&F

Brian asked: One question I've had in the back of my mind for awhile now is why both top and bottom operating lever were manufactured/and bottom The Type "D" coupler was adopted as standard by the

It's easy, Brian. Top-operated uncoupling mechanisms were used with Type D couplers, adopted in 1919, which were released by lifting the locking pin upward from the top. Bottom-operated rotary

John King wrote: The word "primary" is vital here. We are talking a very large proportion of limestone to lime, the lime being, as you say, only an adjustment. I do have and understand a copy

Thanks Guy. I assume that "recommended" is just that because I know some PRR X26 boxcars were retired in the 1960's still with Carmer levers. One question I've had in the back of my mind for awhile

In addition to power plants along waterways, I know that paper mills were users of steam coal, and probably this would have come to ports close to Maine or in Maine itself. At least it does nowadays.

Read the whole sentence Schuyler -- only < > served coal mines AND (a logical conjunction, you're familiar with it?) [could] deliver coal directly to NEW ENGLAND customers. DL&W did not run in any of

Tony, Correct for blast furnace production of iron. Both limestone and dolomite were used. Depended some on the qualities of the ore and the intended use of the slag. Mostly correct for open

John King wrote: For steelmaking, limestone is used, not lime--for those thinking of steel industry shipping. Anthony Thompson Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering University of California,

Garth, Jones and Laughlin had a quarry at a place called Blairton W. Va near Martinsburg which shipped 985 cars in August of 1951. This would have been both raw stone and lime. Millville, W. Va

May or may not be germane to recent topics, but some color slides I took in October 1960 at the Alpha Cement plant on the Delaware river north of Easton PA show some interesting hoppers. Alpha was a

Thanks, Chet, good to have a definitive answer, both for a Lobaugh 65' mill gondola, and some of my remaining RailCraft panelside hoppers (I sometimes think they reproduce in the dark at the back of