List, You might enjoy this shot of the NOPB Rwy sometime in the 1920's-1930's. The URL will most likely wrap around, but it's worth typing out. Other than the Wabash car in the foreground (honest!),

Tim When I put out that information regards the IC boxcars I was looking for confirmation about the series of cars in general since branchline was coming out with post war cars. The information was

Dave, All of what was put in the car would not always come out. Corn sweetener comes to mind. Molasses? Clark David Soderblom wrote:

All, Please pardon me for using my work e-mail to make this post. I'm glad to hear that Bill's informal meet went well. Several of us from the STMFC list have been talking of-line about doing a

Guy Wilber writes: I've been citing July, 1941 as the cutoff date for so many years I now can't remember where I got that information. But your documentation seems conclusive that 1/40 is the

I was surprised that the discussion of the differences between K and AB brakes did not also point out that the AB's mechanical design and construction was vastly superior to the K brake. The K

Ian, The Western Railway Museum in central California has quite a few freight cars, mostly Western Pacific, plus some older ones that passed through the hands of the U.S. Navy. I can give you a

From Bill Welch: Mechanical fans were located at both ends of the car but the drive ends were visible from only one side. On some early Santa Fe cars, both drive ends were visible from the same side

Hi Guys Can anyone tell me where to find out who's got what freight cars at the various Railroad Museums. Searches of the Web have come up with nothing. Many of the Museums websites only mention the

Bill Welch wrote Bill, a car could have fans, but not have external fan plates. So yes, the external evidence varied from system to system. As I have found out with PFE cars, the DATE matters too as

David Soderblom asks: You're right that cars carrying the same thing over and over weren't cleaned unless they required tank repairs of some sort. But many tank cars were operated on short term

List, The January, 1956 "Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment" shows the St. Louis Southwestern owning two express boxcars, SSW 3195-3196. These are listed as 50'6" cars, AAR Mech.

In a message dated 4/20/02 1:29:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, larrybemail@... writes: << Can anyone tell me when Arch Bar trucks were outlawed? >> The ARA's Mechanical Division first voted and

I am puzzled about the external evidence of fans on reefers. I some caes they seem to appear on only one side, but this is unclear since we rarely have photos of both sides. Then again early SFRD cars

YES, BUT CHRIS CAN'T ANSWER IT HERE! THE OFFICIAL STMFC CUTOFF DATE IS 1960. I SUGGEST YOU CONSULT (1) FREIGHTCARS LIST [OR ARCHIVE] (2) MFCL, THE MODERN FREIGHT CARS LIST OR (3) FREIGHTCARWORLD,

Ed & Richard, thanks for the help. It sounds like my IC kit is ok as long as I renumber it a little higher ... maybe between 31000-31249, to match all the features of the prototype. From the evidence

An obvious question: why were the tank cars cleaned? The need is obvious if it carries foods or if the commodity is changed, but in most cases of tank cars used by refineries I would think the car

Richard and Tim, Based on Richard's reply and the Bob Lorenz photo of IC 30780, here's what I think happened on this order of cars. Initial cars built in the order came with 4/4 ends with short top

Hello, I'm trying to contact Chuck Yungkurth whom I believe is a member of this list. Chuck, if you read this could you please contact me off list? I'm interested in obtaining your list of photos

Our informal gatheirng of prototype "types" was Saturday and we had about thirteen people and many models. I cannot spell his last name but Mike W. from the Baltimore area did a presentation on brass