Stumbled across this 2-part 1904 video in the Library of Congress of the Westinghouse Works in Western PA. There's a couple of interesting things about this; 1) it's taken from somewhere on a moving

Mike, I think that "mchy" is machinery. Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and eat a lot of cranberries. Chuck Hladik **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes

Greg Martin wrote: Fine. That's why I interviewed people rather than counting on finding paper. But remember, Greg, absence of paper likewise does not prove there WAS an agreement. Sorry,

Elden, I went to Larsen's Hobby yesterday for orner Bill's birthday sale / celebration. I found some ( maybe 3) Champ HN-58 White steam era roadname sets. They have 2 versions of the CHICAGO OUTER

I have some AAR manuals for sale. I have the AAR's "Rules Governing the Loading of Commodities on Open Top Cars" for 1942 and 1945. $55 each These are the full document, 420+ pages, not the smaller

What we commonly call Apex running boards were what Apex called "Tri-Lok" running boards, that being their trade name for the process by which the metal components were assembled. AFAIK Apex never

Hello- I am looking for an HO scale Apex Tri-Lok running board. I have found several sources for "Apex" running boards but nothing specifically "Apex Tri-Lok". Is it safe to assume that Apex

All, First of all if we look for paper to verify the use of foreign line cars in reloading or loading application we are not likely to find it. Marketing agreements and contract were private and

FWIW, I checked a 1950 Freight Traffic Red Book and copy of the Perishable Protective Tariff No. 13, effective June 15, 1944. Nothing obvious regarding cranberries, i.e. requests for rate

Roger Hinman wrote: Roger, both the PFE retired managers I interviewed mentioned that FGE had an "agreement" with PFE to share cars when practical. What that may have meant in specific cases, I

The bulk of the New England cranberry bogs are in former New Haven territory which was a FGE member; FGE had a fairly large pool of cars to draw on; I'm not aware of FGE contracts with either PFE,

Richard Hendrickson wrote: I can't speak for SFRD on this, but it's not true for PFE in peak harvest season--it was far more important to get the empties back to their own shippers, and westbound

I share Tony's skepticism about what he aptly terms "an interesting speculation." Obviously, many SFRD and PFE reefers went to New England with loads of western produce, and their owners would have

There's no way to respond to this request without knowing what time period Vic models, as well as more details about the decal sets he found. Morrell was perpetually in receivership and, owing to

GeneGreen's book on Reefers, published by Morning Sun, has few shots of wood sheathed Morrell cars. Joe Binish

Greg Martin wrote: This is an interesting speculation and it would be nice to find evidence. I personally doubt if it happened this way, as the WFE people were responsible to their own roads and

Jerry and all, To answer part of your question, the New Haven was part of Fruit Growers Express and I would expect that?the vast majority?of the crop was shipped in FGEX (or members equipment) if

puns? I thought it was berry good, Joe Clark (south of crazyland) Propst

Another way to use the MEK-diluted Barge is to apply it to one surface, let it dry (several minutes), place the parts together, and then dab with MEK. A secure bond will form in less than a minute

Oh, give him a break!? He was just trying to cran as many puns into one message as he could. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon