One wonders what the Ford Motor Co. was going to do with such logs in New Jersey? In 1929? Charlie

While checking out the ice platform at monroe, I decided to browse the other 400+ railroad pictures. Mostly tunnel construction along the GN - amazing photos and a gold mine if you were modeling that

Look in the ORER in the Connection and Junction Points lists. KL

Pennsylvania was also Penna. New York N.Y. New Jersey N.J. Delaware Del. Montana Mont. Some of the shorter ones, like Ohio, were not abbreviated.

Office official abreviations are relatively recent, certainly well past the steam era. There were no official 2 letter state abbreviations in the era of our interest. That brings up an interesting

Don't know if the loads were for trestle bends or not. HOWEVER, with a load that stretches across 3 flat cars (2nd load also), this consist would be restricted to track with big radius curves.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/pickett&CISOPTR=1302&CISOBOX=1&REC=16 http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/pickett&CISOPTR=1411&CISOBOX=1&R

Paul Krueger wrote: http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/dt6n.asp?krequest=series+contains+D35016 > Nice find, Paul. The second shot shows heating coils inside the tank, a detail we

Yeah, I remember the postal designations being implemented -- late '60s, early '70s? Well past the steam era as Andy says. But back to the freight cars. My only Official Guide (8/36) doesn't show a

I need to remind myself from time to time that our current Post Office official abreviations are relatively recent, certainly well past the steam era. There were no official 2 letter state

I have prepared a list of RTR boxcars that I am offering for discounted sale, many are 50% off MSRP. New stock includes the Atlas '32 ARA boxcars, including undecs. If interested, contact me

Ron, the description says "Monroe, ca. 1931" meaning Monroe, circa 1931. I've often seen Wn. used to abbreviate Washington and I trust what is on the photo more than what is on the web page. Here is

Probably used for tallow, not soap.

Here are two shots of a tank car used for transporting soap, evidently documenting a broken valve. The shots date from 1948. One is a view into the

Nice Pics, but that is not Monroe, Washington. Web Page says Monroe, Ca, (California), but label on Pic says Monroe, Wn, (Wisconson). Ron Smith Carman, UPRR

FGEX, BREX, and WFEX cars were pooled. No more surprising to see FGEX cars on the GN than WFEX or BREX cars in Florida, which also commonly happened. See Bill Welch's essays for more detail. Al

Paul, Great images! Semi-surprised to see FGE cars way out west. Why such a coarse (200 dpi) scanning rate? Hopefully, they are also doing Archival Quality scanning at 400-600 dpi and in TIFF

Here is a picture taken from the icing platform at a lettuce farm in Monroe, WA. Can't see much of the car sides, but there is clearly a Pabst car mixed in there. Incoming

I just received the I-GN version of the Atlas car, nice model. For someone in the throws of working on a prototype layout and working full time I was gave to see these come out. For years I avoided

In a message dated 9/27/2008 10:50:07 AM Central Daylight Time, rpsmith@... writes: Nice Pics, but that is not Monroe, Washington. Web Page says Monroe, Ca, (California)Nice