And from all of us a big thank you to all of you, you especially Bill, who made this wonderful research available for the download. I have printed it out in color and bound it - wonderful

Or how about a flat yard or a bowl... I used to work in the Albina Yard and some of the things I would hear and then see in the shops later would curl your toes... 3^) Greg Martin

I just had an opportunity to view the PRRTHS website to see what that society along with the SAL/ACL and B&O did with my 50 + page handout on the woodsheathed cars owned and operated by FGE, WFE,

In a message dated 2/14/2008 9:01:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Jeff.A.Aley@... writes: I'm willing to extend my question to include George's question about meat. I see no need to be

Does anyone have a CBC type drawing for the "standard auto box car" post-USRA and pre-Dec 1926 AAR standard 40 and 50-ton, and 40 and 50-ft, and 10 or 12 ft door automobile steel underframe,

Anyone want to get rid of one of these kits? I need one for a science project, and yes, I know the length is incorrect. Please contact me off-list to work out the details. Ben Hom

I have several items ending today and the next few days that may be of interest http://stores.ebay.com/Espee-F-5 I'll be adding more items later today and tomorrow. Thanks for looking! Rob

Greetings list; Through a different link sent to me by a friend, I stumbled onto this site: http://www.columbusrailroads.com/index.htm Which has some interesting steam-era photos (including a

Hi A.T., I'm having a devil of a time tracking these cars down. The furfural cars are showing up in both the 1951 and 1954 IC freight car diagram books, but they're listed as originally being

Thanks Brian. They are converted from the Athearn bay window caboose. There are 2 slightly different styles with different window placement and end/pilot handrails and they probably date from the

According to a Wiki article, sugar cane bagasse and wheat chaff can also be used to make furfural. Along with corn cobs, these are relatively light density loads, like wood chips. Did these IC

Victor, The new HO caboose truck from Tahoe Model Works is correct for Wabash steel cabooses #2700-2769 and #2770-2849. Centralia Car Shops has also tooled this truck for their New Haven and

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