Bruce Smith writes: "As I alluded to in an earlier message a large portion of the national fleet of tank cars was concentrated in a series of linear routes between the gulf coast oil fields and the

Tim O'Connor wrote " All participating lines in a given routing would have to have some prior agreement regarding the division of revenues for THAT particular tariff, and there were tens of

My apologies for taking so long to replay to all of these interesting posts. On top of an extemely busy week, the hard disk on my office computer crashed and I'm just now catching up. I’d like

My apologies for taking so long to replay to all of these interesting posts. On top of an extemely busy week, the hard disk on my office computer crashed and I'm just now catching up. I’d like

There are still a one or two folks at CF that started out working as "on call" laborers at the LCL operation in CF. Good place to get your foot in the door and get to know someone who could get you

Dang, there goes my searchlight car... Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George Hollwedel 310 Loma Verde St Buda, TX

" I planned to share some of Tim's LCL research (a whole other kettle of fish) in some way in that magazine. " ---------- Although I strongly disagree with Tim's conclusions on car fleet

Al Brown wrote: Well, at least the missile, its markings, and the launcher are accurate <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Malcolm Laughlin wrote: Good question. Earlier posters, who seemed to have SOME knowledge, just said "tax consequences." Someone still on the list may know more. But how an individual

What?!? You mean that Coast Guard guided-missile car shouldn't have arch-bar trucks??!? Say it ain't so! Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Thanks for the invaluable help with the information. I'll post a photo of the hopper when I'm done, probably tomorrow. Jon

My impression of most club layouts is that anachronism is a far worse distraction than reporting marks. At least with good staging the percent of reporting marks can be corrected, while the

----------------------- We should distinguish between tax authorities and customs rules in this discussion. AFAIK, customs violations were a civil violation that could result in payment of

Although we know there was a rule that Canadian cars could not be loaded between points in the US, and it was a customs violation to do so, and a rialroad could be fined for a violation, that doesn't

Dave A train club I belong to last month had a design "bake off" for a new layout. I'd submitted a design with a large amount of staging, enough for 1,000 freight cars (for a layout w/ a 500'

Dave Nelson wrote: Here I think Dave makes a vital point. The cars you see when you visit a layout multiple times should not be the same cars every time. Of course the most eye-catching cars are

Folks, Even though this discussion "appears" to go on fo ever, Dick Argo did a good presentation on what was freight car distribution in the C&O Parsons Yard, Columbus, Ohio, in the 1950s. A lot of

Greg Martin wrote: Ah, got it. Dan's post proves your viewpoint, while Larry's is just an exception. Interesting. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

It would be nice if this topic would get integrated into the mainstream Model Railroad Hobby..... Having been in both the manufacturing and distribution end of the Industry, there is WAY too much

Jim Betz says: "Having said that - I personally do not think it makes a big difference whether you take the national percentages and try to match them for your layout. I -do- think it is important to