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Re: WWII War bond cars

Also a PRR X-29 was produced by Middle Division/Atlas O with Buy War Bonds lettering above the reporting marks. Merlyn Lauber

By Merlyn Lauber · #68625 ·

Re: WWII War bond cars

Several Railroads had "Buy War bonds" on their cars, although not preelant as the Santa Fe, C&EI and PRR. In addition PRR and Interstate had Coal goes to War on their hopper. Swift had three Buy

By Larry Smith · #68611 ·

Re: CB&Q Rolling Stock

Armand "Everywhere West" was first applied in 1937. Regards Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ

By Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@...> · #68610 ·

CB&Q Rolling Stock

When was the slogan" Everywhere West" first applied to CB&Q rolling stock? Armand Premo

By armprem · #68609 ·

Re: Per Diem

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Actually, I know quite well, Schuyler, as when I was doing the PFE book I had the thought to convert all car costs to "current" dollars. This is of course not

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #68608 ·

Dollar value

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

By Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@...> · #68607 ·

Re: WWII War bond cars

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

By Steve SANDIFER · #68606 ·

Re: Per Diem

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

By Richard Hendrickson · #68605 ·

Re: Per Diem

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,

By Schuyler Larrabee · #68604 ·

Re: WWII War bond cars

By Schuyler Larrabee · #68603 ·

Re: WWII War bond cars

--- 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

By ed_mines · #68602 ·

Re: Per Diem

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

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #68601 ·

Re: Per Diem

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

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #68600 ·

Per Diem

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

By Paul Catapano · #68599 ·

Re: WWII War bond cars

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

By eabracher@... · #68616 ·

Re: WWII Buy War Bonds cars

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

By Bud Rindfleisch · #68597 ·

Re: Per Diem

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

By Bill McCoy · #68596 ·

Re: WWII War bond cars

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

By Tom Madden <tgmadden@...> · #68595 ·

Re: Per Diem

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

By MDelvec952 · #68598 ·

Re: WWII War bond cars

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

By Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@...> · #68594 ·

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