In the mid-to-late 1940s, the UP's ORER entries listed two 34' St.J&GI box cars. They were gone by 1950. According to the late Terry Metcalfe's landmark UP freight car book, the initials of

Do the letters C, B and T actually stand for anything? Someone's name? Location of company? Gene Green

Tim, C&BT made double door cars with 4/4 ends and rectangular roofs, and with R-3/4 ends and diagonal panel roofs. I have both types in my stash. I believe all had the same double 8' doors. I haven't

I think C&BT produced single door cars 6, 7, 8 ft door openings 3 different ends -- 4/4 RP, R+3/4 RP, R+3/4 Taper 10 panel or 12 panel riveted RP or DP roofs for a total of 3 x 3 x 2 x 2

Clark Propst asked: "...do you know if there's a list of C&BT cars that have not been duplicated and correct road info for those cars?" The information has been posted on this list in dribs and

Bob Lyon (via Paul Catapano) wrote: "That X30 is a must-do for the Elmira Branch, as the American LaFrance plant was adjacent to Shannon Interlocking, where the branch joined the Erie main as it came

No need for a kitbash in HO. Crown Custom Imports imported the X30 in HO scale a few years back - see my review in TKM #37, August 2006 ;^) AFAIK, they still have cars, as there were some on their

Richard, Absolutely, a UP subsidiary! I'm not a UP maven, but I was told that in later years (like the 1950s) the only St.J&GI-marked car was a wooden caboose. Do you have any idea when the St.J&GI

Gentlemen,   I have a few books I'd like to sell so I can buy other books I'm interested in.  If you're interested, please contact me off-list at Golden1014@....   1. West Virginia Logging

Ben, do you know if there's a list of C&BT cars that have not been duplicated and correct road info for those cars? Thanks, Clark Propst

My friend Bob Lyon wrote to me about this thread: That X30 is a must-do for the Elmira Branch, as the American LaFrance plant was adjacent to Shannon Interlocking, where the branch joined the

I have several items listed on eBay that may be of interest http://stores.ebay.com/Espee-F-5 More stuff coming next week.... Thanks for looking! Rob Sarberenyi espeef5@...

David North wrote: "Santa Fe FE-26 class, 40" [sic] double door cars were equipped with Evans loaders during the 40s and they were removed during the 50s, as the cars were transferred to auto parts

Sunshine made and Fe-26 but unfortunately it was discontinued. Wish I'd gotten one when they were available. The riveted fishbelly side sill made it stand out. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon _____

Garth, the SJ&GI was a wholly-owned UP subsidiary and its equipment was listed under the UP in the ORERs (as was the equipment of the O- WR&N, OSL, and LA&SL). Richard Hendrickson

Armand Premo wrote: "So Ben from wheel reports, how about these for starters? TNO 58000 Class A-50-7 50 ft SS automobile boxcar built 1924, Murphy radial roof. Starting point would be the Funaro &

In the mid-1970's I remember gondolas in scrap service seemed to be in the worse shape in regards to trying to read the car initial/numbers. Old tankcars also feel into this problem too. I remember

Tim, A very cool photo. Thanks for sharing it with us. Did you notice that the car with the two men sitting on it is from the St. Joseph & Grand Island? That has to be even rarer than the UP

CISOROOT=/Savage&CISOPTR=1182&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=3600&DMHEIGHT=2600&D MX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&REC=20&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0 Looking at the locomotive road number plastered across the tender, I will have to

From the C.R. Savage collection at