If you review a lot of the literature I believe you will find that the term “granger” roads was applied to railroads that had most of their trackage in that area of IL, MO, KA, NE, IA, WI, MN, SD,

For an easy to model bulk loading facility that beats anything I've seen yet. Malcolm Laughlin, Editor 617-489-4383 New England Rail Shipper Directories 19 Holden Road,

Hi Folks Here are the breakdowns of double sheathed, single sheathed and steel box/auto/ventilator cars, April 1949 and July 1950, for the SLSF, L&N, and SEABOARD railroads, from ORERs and other

And the P&E, TStL&W, LE&W, L&M, Alton, CMO, FtDD&S, A&N, BCR&N, and any other of the hundred plus smaller Midwestern roads that were absorbed into larger systems before the Depression? Ray

Quess this is just another reason for consulting an ORER.Armand Premo

Malcolm, How very true. The first hurdle in this process is at the point where a Clerk or Operator does a physical check of the cars in a train. Many were unable to even make good associations as to

You are forgetting the CGW. They retained very few DS cars after 1930 or so, perhaps a few. Tom Baker bakert@... ________________________________

Tim O'Connor wrote: So a railroad that served areas where the Grange was the strongest can be called a "Granger" railroad. I think of the Milwaukee as the quintessential Granger. I agree with Tim,

Hi, How about the CGW, C&S, IC, TP&W, M&StL and GM&O gn3397 <heninger@...> wrote: Mr. Ostresh, As I understand it, the term "granger railroad" rather generically refers to a

Mr. Ostresh, As I understand it, the term "granger railroad" rather generically refers to a railroad that serves a primarily agricultural traffic base. The term comes from the Grange movement of the

It's just a nickname for Pete's sake! The Grange was a large and powerful social/political organization throughout most of the United States but especially strong wherever agriculture was predominant

Could be wrong but I had always understood granger railroads were those located generally in the middle to upper Midwest between the Mississippi River and the Continental Divide. Mike Fortney

Hi Folks The recent discussion about the use of double sheathed cars for carrying grain, and Richard Hendrickson's observation that "all the granger RRs got double sheathed instead of single sheathed

Thanks Larry.I'll check with John to see what he has.Regards,Armand premo

Chuck If you don't even buy the kits, the dreams of the perfect railroad aren't as vivid, Catalogues are no substitute. Buying the kits and reading the essays of Mr Westerfield is a prime way of

HABS/HAER has a set of drawings for the naval gun forge at Bethlehem, PA which includes an assembly drawing for a gun tube. Google American Memory and search PA-186-C. There are a number of other

Very interesting, I have one question!!!!! How do they ever get along with out cell phones?????? Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most

Nay, nay. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about caliber as measurement of length: Relationship of caliber in bore and length of gun The length of the barrel (especially for larger guns) is often

Gentlemen, We're setting up the second edition of The Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler magazine http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/currentissue/sclmodeler2007-1.pdf and I'm calling for photos of your models to