John I believe the average "dwell time" for freight cars on the BRC in the 1950's was over 24 hours. So does this mean they would owe one day of per diem for each car, because that was their

Who was feeding NYO&W from the west at Scranton? Lackawanna?

John, thanks for posting that. I think by the mid-50's labor costs had escalated substantially in spite of dieselization, so the "net income" disappeared. I'm surprised really to see NYO&W had almost

--- In STMFC@..., "gary laakso" <vasa0vasa@...> wrote: "The 1927 Great Northern car diagrams show the 8000-8499 series as double sheathed with 8 trussrods; built by H&B; with

Actually, as a Terminal Switching Road and/or Intermediate Switching Road, performing those services for fixed fees, and not receiving part of the freight rate, the Belt Railway of Chicago would have

Get the facts straight Tim - its state highway 17, not 7. And the O&W did owe a ton of back taxes that the state stopped forgiving when they needed the ROW for the roadway.... :>) Seriously, from

Tim, You are absolutely correct. My choice of words ("Apparently not") was a poor one. I should have said something like..."Apparently NYO&W's share of revenue was not enough to offset its total

Guys, the revenue for a 145 mile carload was not THAT small. Even if it took them two days to get the car over the road, the $5 and change per diem was more than covered by the $50 or more in gross

Al Brown wrote: I would assume the same. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

Without having seen the picture, I infer that the "black" cars were extra-dirty, and the yellow(-orange) patches around the reporting marks were where they'd been cleaned for legibility? Al Brown,

Apparently not. Following is from Kalmbach's "The Historical Guide to North American Railroads"... "The NYO&W enjoyed a brief postwar surge of business, but NYO&W's division of the revenue wasn't

Denny, It is I who needs to apologize - I'd gotten so used to my "mjmcguirk@ . . ." email that I'd taken to leaving my last name off the signature block. Since we've moved to a new house that does

Didn't PFE wash their reefers every few trips? They got pretty sooty passing through Erie's Otisville Tunnel. I guess you have to see the picture. Ed

ed_mines wrote: Yes, and a yellowish cast is fine for well-weathered cars. But part of the sharp reaction by both Richard and me is that there have been model manufacturers, and individual

Greetings group; Apologies for any duplication to any other lists you may be on, but we would like to send along an update: The Northeastern Fallen Flags RPM Meet October, 11th, 2008 LH Taylor

The 1927 Great Northern car diagrams show the 8000-8499 series as double sheathed with 8 trussrods; built by H&B; with underframes built by Streator Car co in 1925 and that the cars were rebuilt by

Oh Marty, fame is so fleeting! Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George Hollwedel 310 Loma Verde St Buda, TX

you The original colors are well documented. I thought prototype modelers wanted to accurately model cars (and entire trains) as they appeared in service, not as built. Any group of cars might have a

Well, I am chagrined to be promptly informed that Marty is the redoubtable Marty McGuirk (sorry, Marty!), and the clue for me should have been the 'cv" in his <address>. Of course, IMHO, whatever

Marty, who are you? Do you have a last name? Respectfully- Denny Denny S. Anspach MD Okoboji, IA