I'm looking for a copy of the Railway Age article about the 20,000 gallon coal tar tank cars owned by Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. The reference in the 1946 Car Builders Cyclopedia is: Railway Age,

"Standard Tank Car Journeys" (1921?) lists several liquids used in the manufacture of explosives. They are: acetone, alcohol, ammonia, benzol, toluol, carbolic acid, nitric acid, glycerin and

Carl Marsico wrote: "On the topic of Steam Era cars photographed in the 60's, anyone have any information regarding this one? (AAMX 2002) Here's the

Hello all, Concentrated Sulfuric Acid is used in the process to absorb water given off in the reaction between Nitriic Acid and Glycerin. There would probably be some Sulfuric Acid cars going to the

On the topic of Steam Era cars photographed in the 60's, anyone have any information regarding this one? (AAMX 2002) Here's the link: http://railroad.union.rpi.edu/displayimage.php?i=19295

Ed, The Jim Sands photos, typically from Marshalltown IA in the late '60's sometimes prove useful. -John Hile

For clarification, the "outdated" was in reference to newly manufactured cars (with exceptions, e.g. flatcars) vs. cars in service. In response to the original "why is it that the feature

Folks, The vertical shaft hand brake, except for removeable wheels and shafts on drop-end gons, dissappeared from (replaced by the "new" gear and chain with horizontal shaft wheels) on new C&O hops

Nitro is a little pill you take when you have heart problems. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@... Boca Raton FL 33434 I was born with nothing and I have most of it left.

I believe Kurt is on the right track here. From the nice Hercules company history at http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Hercules-Inc-Company-History.html "The paper products division

Guyz, Lets be honest here, If one is a member of this, and other proto lists, they have passed the hobby stage. Proto RRing is a magnificent obsession; surpassed only by love of

I've found a bunch scattered throughout the site - though a lot of them are post-1960 photos of STMFCs. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the

Has anyone found steam era freight car at the fallen flags web site in files besides Erie and the ACF? In the Erie files any freight car credited to Dan Biernacki is "steam era". EL was formed in

John Carty wrote: Don't know what "nitro" is, but you can make the explosive by reacting nitric acid with glycerin. I don't know if that's the commercial process. Tony Thompson

The practice of building cars with vertical wheel (horizontal shaft) power hand brakes began well before WWII. Thus, I'm not sure that your claim that this feature distinguishing "modern" from

Carl Marsico wrote: "It depends when you make the cut-off from "steam" to "modern" If you go by the definitions set by STMFC and MFCL, the cut-off is 1960, and by that time, the "long vertical brake

"J. W." <ln_f7@...> wrote: "distinguishing steam-era freight cars from modern era " <snip> It depends when you make the cut-off from "steam" to "modern" If you go by the definitions

Hi Steam Era Friends, On a similar subject regarding gons, why is it that the feature distinguishing steam-era freight cars from modern era seems to be the long vertical brake wheel shafting as

Sorry for the previous blank post. Another iPhone accident. I'm looking for photos of the green, corrugated side Fruehauf Volume Vans that were operated by Railway Express. I have the right side

You are correct, no sane person would ship nitroglycerin by tank car. The components (nitro and glycerin) would ship that way, as both are essentially inert. John in making tank cars, same working