Jon, Neat little cabooses! The trucks should be ready in a couple of weeks. Do you know the full number series and built date for these? Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

Mark - Furfural (furanal or furan aldehyde) is a liquid product extracted from corn cobs. What was in the covered hoppers was the corn cobs themselves, not the liquid furfural. These were ground up

There were cars especially LCL cars that had what we called a "clock" in them. Couplings were to be made at 4 MPH or slower. The "clock" recorded the impact. They would break at 8 MPH. Beside the

I am sure there were plenty of claims settled because crews didn't read the placards or the special instructions. Greg Martin ========= But in a well designed hump yard with computer

Rob-- The publication was Railmodel, out of Toronto. I have the issue that you are looking for, and will try to scan and send the drawings. Steve Lucas. have a history of the about Vancouver

Mr. Laughlin, Is there a resourse for understanding how they shipped Ford Model T and Chevy 490s in auto-boxes out of Detroit/Flint/Pontiac Michigan area back in the early-1920s? . . . . .

of the As this may be of minor interest to most, I will be brief. Railmodel published 6 quarterly issues starting in January 1970 and was published out of Don Mills, Ontario (Toronto). The

Hey thanks for the tip Frank - I get by there all the time so will have a look myself! I wonder if anyone on this list can tell me roughly what the history of the magazine was - owner, target

Rob, I think I saw some Railroad Modellers at Central Hobbies in Vancouver the other day; if you want I can take a look and see if they have this one, next time I'm by. Frank Valoczy Vancouver,

I wonder if anyone on the list might happen to know where a copy of the October 1970 issue of Railroad Modeller could be located? According to Al Westerfield's Fowler kit instructions, it apparently

WARREN CALLOWAY wrote: miketurner@... wrote:

Lady & Gentlemen, Yes, young Ruth Turner is on the above list. The South Eastern RPM Meet 2008 will be held on March 28/29 at the old ex Southern depot in downtown Greensboro, NC. The specific room

Rob Gross writes: "Were the "Do Not Hump" signs a standard sign or did each railroad have their own font and style? Robert Gross --- . Rob, The shipper supplied the DO NOT HUMP

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