Walt And my point was that per diem was not even money to pay down the interest on the bonds needed to buy new freight cars in the 1950's, much less total ownership costs. So while NYSW (not the O&W,

Bill Those 'notches' on either side of the spring pack remind me of Barber S-2. Maybe an earlier Barber? Tim

I really like the massive look of the trucks on this 65 foot Erie #15000 gondola, although I don't know what kind they are. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie15000cdb.jpg Tim O'Connor

Hi Richard - I'm curious - was there an AAR district shown for the Pacific coast of Canada (around Vancouver B.C. - just north of the border; just north of Bellingham Washington?) If yes, which

Steam era freight car discussion group. The time period covered will be from 1900-1960. Messages In This Digest (8 Messages) 1a. Re: ORER discrepancy From: George Hollwedel 1b. Re: ORER discrepancy

True, and I used some ECW Dalman's before Brian's came out. However, the ECW trucks are stryene and wear out with use. This can be fixed by delrin axle point caps. However, Tahoe trucks are better

The O&W did have some longhaul freights that ran between Scranton, PA and Maybrook, NY in less than 16 hours. But any car terminating on the O&W would have been on the property more than 24'. And I

I have not seen anyone mentioned it yet, so I'll remind members that Eastern Car Works offers 3 different types of 4-wheel, 70-ton HO trucks. I've used and can recommend their #9064 Bettendorf

I checked the 1953 ORER reprint and the Old Woman owned a total of 13 boxcars each with interior length of 36 feet. Also, I wonder about the speed of trains accross the Old and Weary, would they be

The Jan., 1953 ORER shows the NYO&W as having 146 cars suitable for interchange. For an over 400-mile Class One pike, this road must have had substantial per diem costs. No wonder that they went under

I think Steve's point was that the (bankrupt) O&W owed much, much more in per diem payments than it could ever hope to receive from its connections, given the paltry number of O&W cars that could

I would say "uo" was to be "up" as in above the actual number and not the railroad. And car makes sense in the sentence. George Simmons Dry Prong, LA

Is "uo" US? Is "cay" car? Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George Hollwedel 310 Loma Verde St Buda, TX

Andy and Jason, The Atlas truck is a very poor representation of the National C-1 70- ton truck. If you have Tony's SP Freight Cars, vol.1, Gondolas and Stock Cars, see page 218 for what the

And now, a break from the Freight Car Distribution Debate... I've been extremely remiss about posting articles of interest in The Keystone Modeler as it comes out - for those of you who

Charlie,   See next message.   Mont

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I phoned in an order to NWSL last week. Upon inquiry I learned that NWSL has been sold and that there is an ongoing "transition." Gene Green

and are Brian, Thanks for all of the great info. You summarized my thoughts on the 70-ton trucks quite well - available 50-ton trucks just don't quite capture the feel of the longer wheelbase, wider

In the Simmons-Boardman book "Freight Cars Rolling" by Lawrence Sagle ©1960, an entire chapter is devoted to the per diem issue... (Chapter 3, p61-70) The per diem rate is described as