A lot of railroads did not care about the signs. They even humped cars they were not supposed to. I worked in Conway when the NS took over and watched them hump loaded auto racks with costly

Were the "Do Not Hump" signs a standard sign or did each railriad have their own font and style? Robert

In 1950 & 1951 the IC converted three triple bay coal hoppers from series 81000-81744 to covered hoppers numbered 81750-81752 for shipment of furfural (in this case, finely ground corn cobs probably

Malcolm, Another reason why hump yards could switch more cars per hour than a flat (actually very slightly downhill in my case) yard is that you could hump a 120-plus car cut in one take while flat

I'm not sure where the "do not hump" rule was written. But yes, any official could have nailed the yardmaster and switchcrew for humping a DNH car. Especially if freight was damaged or nearby

Gentlemen, I'm looking for decals to finish an HO scale Red Caboose meat reefer. Does anybody have the Rath reefer set? I think it might be HR-51. If so, and if you can let them go, please contact me

caboose Brian, you've got my interest already. When will the trucks become available? I have a few BRC cabooses just waiting for them to

Someone came out with these in the past year I think. Does anyone know the name of the supplier? I plan on going to the Ann Arbor, Michgian train show this weekend and would like to pick some up if

Posted by: "Robert" > I believe the rulebook says "do not hump" means do not let car roll free. That was a UP rule and not a general railroad rule. Was that actually in the book of

freight cars. I don't recall the specific "violations", but I won't forget the look on my wife's face when I pointed them out... The errors in the movie "Rudy" were just as bad...even though a

just a head's up... For those of you who pre-ordered our special run twelve pack of Stewart 2 bay N&W pe fishbelly hoppers, they arrived today from Bowser and will begin shipping tomorrow! For

Jim, Replacing all your trucks sounds like a great idea to me (VBG). My new caboose truck is appropriate for both the NE-5 and NE-6 New Haven cabooses. There is no web site--yet. Brian

Friends, At the risk of tooting my own horn, the story of the Sacramento Northern's interchange freight cars can be found at: http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/freight.html . Also of interest are

Jim Harr wrote: Unlikely. Jack White's book provides documentation of piggyback before 1850. Sometimes people who make such claims mean "modern TOFC," in which case you can define "modern" to

I can't imagine any objection to including the freight equipment owned by electric/interurban railways, especially since the freight cars of several such railways were in interchange service and

I believe the rulebook says "do not hump" means do not let car roll free. Regardless of the retarder quality. (At least when I worked the UP's East Yard hump 18 years in the future, '78-'84)

Jim, Thanks for that great tip; though Chicago isn't quite "a ride on the 'lectric" away from S. C., I'll definitely keep an eye out for this one. Though I would guess that the freight equipment of

Does this mean I need to swap out all the trucks under my Atlas models of the NH NE-6s I have? Does Tahoe Model Works have a web site? Thanks, Jim Fellows

Frank and list; Apologies for the very delayed (and lengthy) reply, but I was just this past weekend leafing through my copy of 'The Insull Chicago Interurbans' by Gordon Lloyd (Morning Sun, 1996).

This Property is Condemned was released on video this past summer, and I bought one for about $10.? Worth seeing, and it tells a realistic tale of a railroad beancounter evaluating yards and