Thomas Baker wrote: Think dairy. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510)

Bruce, What's your rationale for painting the trucks on "new cars that have been built recently" FCC? Thanks, Lawrence Rast

Hmm, it is hard to imagine one of those GE cars lugging along an express refrigerator, but possible. I purchased a photo of a URTX refrigerator car leased to the MN&S. The photo was taken, I

I wrote: Apologies for blindly abbreviating Ben's name for this publication. Actually it was the "Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment," or ORPTE. Tony Thompson Editor,

Aley, Jeff A wrote: Yes. (or to be more specific, could be either, but usually it's the shipper.) A company which leases cars can use them as it chooses, but the most obvious reason to

Ben Hom wrote: Well, the ORPTER did not begin publication by the time the MN&S ceased passenger service. Prior to the startup of the ORPTER, many railroads DID list passenger equipment in the

Jason, Underframe - FCC Trucks - as Elden says in TKM each time he paints a car "From the �Instructions for Painting Freight Equipment Cars�, dated January 13, 1953, reproduced from the

Cyril Durrenberger asked: "At the site listed below there is a photo of MN&S express refrigerator 911 taken in 1940.  I do not find this listed in the ORER's.  Does anyone know anything about

Cyril Durrenberger wrote: in Minnesota... from 1919 to 1934 list box cars in number series 800 to 810.  They were not listed in 1939.  There are no reefers listed in the ORER's for the MN&S. 

Normally, a customer will lease cars for a number of years and use them for its needs only. FMC may only have a one time or 2 year contract to supply P&G and the minimum lease term is 10 years. FMC

Hi Folks, I have a question about private-owner cars (e.g. leased tank cars) and how they were operated circa 1950. Let us suppose that Food Machinery & Chemical (FMC) has a

I am doing some research on the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern in Minnesota. At the site listed below there is a photo of  MN&S express refrigerator  911 taken in 1940.  I do not find this

I am getting ready to have a PRR X-31 painted and need to know the color of the underframe and the trucks. According to the Sunshine Models documentation it states the trucks were black, but I have

David Snook wrote: "I am trying to find more information on Midland Valley open hoppers in the series 9000-9024. Have plans of these cars ever been published (the AAR design, not specifically the MV

Tim O'Connor wrote: Not an error, Tim. The column showing "No. of car" reflects the original NH class. Note two columns to the right that car numbers were 510475-510479; also note in Table 13-1,

Peter Ness wrote: Not exactly. The SP leased 50 of the cars for a few months, then bought 5 and returned the rest. I don't know why they chose to buy so few as 5. But photos and data are in my SP

Armand Premo writes: "I suspect that most members of this list are interested in prototype operation.The movement of trains with freight and passenger cars are rigidly controlled by schedules.Several

Hello Armand, In the first place, I think your questions are off-topic for this list, and there's another Yahoo list, the Ry-ops-industrialSIG list, that deals directly with these matters. But

The Southern Pacific bought 150 79'6" Clejan flat cars in 1957, and added 100 more 85' Clejan flats in 1959. SP acquired only 5 of the New Haven cars in 1961 (Note: error in Tony's SP Freight Cars

I suspect that most members of this list are interested in prototype operation.The movement of trains with freight and passenger cars are rigidly controlled by schedules.Several questions regarding