company's interpretation.) The coils were generally limited to 40,000 pounds for hot rolled material and for finished material and specialty steels usually coils were limited to 10-20,000

If someone has a copy of Bill's handout and a scanner, maybe they would be willing to scan it to a pdf? Paul R. Greenwald PRRT&HS # 1802 Philadlephia Chapter #2009 NMRA #129229

Ben You were close, go to www.cohs.org/supplemental/index.htm and scroll down to April 2007 at the bottom of the screen. Albert Spor

Kurt; I can't remember the inside diamater of a coil, but it varied. A common size ID for some of the smaller ones was 9". The outside diameter also varied, but on the coil cars of the time,

What is the typical ID of a coil? (Real, not necessarily a model company's interpretation.) I can make my own model coils if I make a few assumptions: Width can be anything but for a model a good

In PA, all mines on the Cherry Tree & Dixonville were jointly served by PRR and NYC. The CT&D was jointly owned by the PRR & NYC.? Per ETT they operated it on an alternating year basis.? Even

Tim, Yes, primarily coal, but the Virginian also served a considerable number of other industries. Take a look in your ORER, and you will note that they had a small selection of general freight cars,

Bill, If you are lurking on the list, how does $7.00 each, post paid sound? This info is certainly worth the price to me at least. Being retired and partially disabled keeps me from too

B&O had two major types of gondola containers, LCL and flow type. - B&O had 50 O-27a gondolas (USRA clones) fitted up for LCL service. These containers spanned the entire car. The B&O clearance

Hello Ben Could I ask if someone has that handout if "I could buy a copy of their handout". Really, if someone knows how to get a hold of something with the measurements of some of th e FGEX cars,

Don't forget the N&W tried to lease the VA in 1926 and the ICC denied the application.

What is the new Athearn truck under their PS 2893? It's definitely not an ASF, and it looks like it could be a 70 ton truck. Tim O'Connor

Unlikely or not, there was (is) a yard there and no coal mine or other reason to have a yard there. So if not coal, what did they interchange there? I thought VGN was primarily a coal hauler. Tim

Ben, I don't know. I haven't been a COHS member for many, many years. [I read there magazine in the library where I work.] Have you considered emailing or calling their headquarters? They have a nice

Garth Groff wrote: "The April 2007 issue C&O HISTORY, THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO HISTORICAL MAGAZINE is almost entirely devoted to the C&O's part of Fruit Growers Express history. In addition to a general

Obviously there were jointly served mines in Appalachia. I have no idea about the number of these, however. Mike Brock ========= All of the mines on the NF&G were jointly served by C&O and

Don Worthy <don_worthy@...> wrote: "...I've had bad luck trying to find articles in RMJ and in MRC. Some have wanted as much for a old mag. as some books cost...." The February 2005 issue of RMJ

It does remind us that oral history is often inaccurate, as I know from interviewing railroad officials--their memory for specific facts was atrocious. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Turner Classic Movies plays this film from time to time. Not much freight car action in it but it's the only Hollywood film I know of that was made with the cooperation of Pennsy. Featured are

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