Richard The reduced value of the dollar (and increase in the price of imported kits/RTR) could be the encouragement needed to stimulate local model manufacturing industry. It also makes my next trip

The Santa Fe Painting and Lettering Guide details the Buy War Bonds on ATSF cars. There is a 1945 photo of BX-36 #149149. Another photo in the Santa Fe Modeler shows 148447, also a BX-36, with the

Yeah, Schuyler, but at the rate the dollar is going down the drain relative to almost anyone else's currency, $2.00 will soon be worth about what it was in the 1940s thanks to....well, I won't got

Uh, Tony, let's remember what $2.00 was then. It was a LOT more than $2.00 today. A LOT more. A couple hundred cars, thousands over a large railroad, that was Real Money then. Christmas Greetings,

--- In STMFC@..., "Michael Bishop" <goldrod_1@...> asked: Did any other railroads have cars with "Buy War Bonds" slogans? I have photos of a red, white & blue Swifts reefer which I think

Tony wrote: True, although it would be equivalent to around $25 per day today. YV brakeman Bob Lunoe told me that, when he worked on the YV in 1942, they would take a foreign box car in good

Paul Catapano wrote: I'm well aware that plenty of roads had practices like this. BUt remember, in the steam era most of us are interested in, it was $2 a day. You can do the math on the "large

Interstate Railroad, I'm told, would collect a group of MTY N&W hoppers, fill them at tipples on the Interstate's line, and haul them back off the property before the "Midnight" Per Diem deadline. I

In case no one listed them. Pacific Electric had cars painted for buying war bonds. eric ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes

Hi, I have a kit of a C&EI Buy War Bonds car (DesPlaines Hobbies special run S scale)Does anyone how long that scheme possibly lasted before repaint? Thanks, Bud Rindfleisch

Demurrage charges were assessed on the basis of the ICC 4 Demurrage tarriff nationally for all carriers. Deviation from these charges had to be authorized by publication of alternate demurrage charges

While not a War Bonds car, Accurail offers (or offered) their two-bay hopper lettered for the Interstate RR with a "Coal goes to War" slogan. The box label says "1945 WW II COMERATIVE [sic] CAR". Tom

In a message dated 12/24/2007 3:10:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, thompson@... writes: Jon Miller wrote: > Was not per diem paid by businesses if they kept the car longer > than the

I haven't found any photos of CB&Q freight cars decorated for War Bonds promotions, but there was a loco and an inspection engine decorated in the First World War to encourage the purchase of War

gathered While not a freight cars, I have seen a picture of a KCS locomotive with a buy war bonds painted on the tender. George Simmons Dry Prong, LA

I have read through the old posts about "Buy War Bonds" and I gathered that Santa Fe had boxcars, C&EI had boxcars and PRR had hoppers and boxcars lettered for this service. Did any other railroads

Not exactly true, Tony, although likely more common on small roads where car hire was a greater portion of expenses, and managing it was easier to do... For may years the South Shore (C.S.S.& S.B.)

On the Un Pac at Salina and Topeka KS it was a must to get interchange cars on to the interchange By 11:59 PM. One night we had so many cars for the Mo Pac that they all could not fit on the

and its move avoid greatly Often the clock would stop at 11:55pm for about 20 minutes if an interchange was being made where there were no "witnesses". Most conductors would show 11:55 or 11:59pm