Malcolm, I don't know of too many bulkhead flats with running boards ;^) (and side ladders are pretty rare on bulkhead flats too, now that I think about it) Regards Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

We are getting way off base, freight car wise, but in my experience in construction, "keel" was not chalk but more like crayons. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

I just uploaded a scan from the Machinist's Supply Company (Pittsburgh, PA) 1925 Hand-Book illustrating American Crayon Company No. 888 "Old Faithful Crayons for Railroads". They were 1 DIA x 4 LG

CJ's response reminded me of some thin HO castings I poured a few years ago. I had done patterns for some Canadian 52' Z-bar steel gondolas, both 3'6 IH and 4'0 IH with help from John Riddel. I wanted

And there is always a "lumpers" to be found as well... Load'um up in the company truck and go... Greg Martin

I am sorry I do not agree with you, A 9 MM will cut any body down to size. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most of it left

In a message dated 7/25/2007 2:57:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, cjriley42@... writes: I have spent 50 years in the construction business and have much experience with various "chalks"

If you want a more descriptive name, on the B&M they were called public delivery tracks. Malcolm Laughlin, Editor 617-489-4383 New England Rail Shipper Directories 19 Holden

Hello all, Not to be remedial but don't forget the freight houses that handled most of the small shipments. The types of packages that are now handled by the likes of FedEx and UPS. Most places

In a message dated 7/25/2007 2:57:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, cjriley42@... writes: I have spent 50 years in the construction business and have much experience with various "chalks"

occurred to me that this must have been quite an organizational excercise to get the correct local truck to the correct car and get the freight unloaded. I am speaking of large outfits, like

Note STMFPH is NOT STMFC - it is a different Yahoo Group established as an "overflow" area before Yahoo granted us more storage space. As such, you must join it as a separate group. Jerry

I do not understand why some of you want to make a major project out of a team track delivery. The RR places the car on the track. The agent's clerk calls the consignee tell him his shipment is in

I'm a bit surprised to see so many references to chalk and none to soapstone. I've seen any number of references in historic railroad rule books, special instructions or ETTs about making markings

Joe Binish wrote: From the maps and documents I've seen, most railroads and their customers had a pretty good idea where the team tracks nearest their business were located. The Western Pacific's

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While perusing a few mags that have photos of team tracks, It occurred to me that this must have been quite an organizational excercise to get the correct local truck to the correct car and get the

Chet French wrote: Chet, as Richard Hendrickson has already commented, sometimes you have no choice but to identify only the seller, or even as your own collection, if you have no other info.

Be careful about generalizing on resin color. I was in the casting business for many years and used several suppliers as I came up to speed. Alumilite is not the only yellow (buff?) resin. And , as I