I think (although I'm not 100% positive) that tank cars continued to be built in the 1940's with single footboards. I'm at work and can't check my source materials right now... Certainly many tank

Sorry, I goofed and added a . to the end of the url. Just delete the . and it works fine.Now check this link: http://www.acronymfinder.com/stateabbreviations.asp To: stmfc@...:

Check this link: http://www.acronymfinder.com/stateabbreviations.asp. On questions such as this one, a quick search on Google will most often turn up the answer faster and with less back and forth

I had some discussions with Stan Grace, the last owner of Grace Tank Car Lines, a family-owned Chicago-based lessor of tank cars and used equipment dealer founded by his grandfather in the early

Forgive me if this question was answered before, but what were some common prototypes for the aforementioned model? I went through several dozen previous posts in the archives; there's

Iowa was Ia. As to the Pabst car, it's presence shows why the law we commonly call the "billboard reefer ban" was enacted. Shippers did not like putting their product in cars that "advertised"

Mal, Fascinating stuff and it goes to show how really understanding an industry can add to the interest! Somehow though, I doubt that wood for such uses would have been shipped spanning 3 flat

Dennis, You might try looking for an older dictionary. Collegiate and larger dictionaries often had this information. The best place to look would be a university library in the general stacks, not

--- In _STMFC@... (mailto:STMFC@...) , "Charles Morrill" <badlands@..b> asked: New At one time Ford had a plant in Edgewater, NJ which was located on the Hudson River.

Also, older locations that might be seen in period documents: T.H. Territory of Hawaii T.A. Territory of Alaska P.I. Territory of the Philippines /Commonwealth of the Philippines (Philippine

--- In STMFC@..., "Charles Morrill" <badlands@...> asked: New At one time Ford had a plant in Edgewater, NJ which was located on the Hudson River. Maybe they used those logs as

old state abbreviations http://havenworks.com/us/states/abbreviations/ -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO

Dennis Storzek wrote: That brings up an interesting point, does anyone have a link to a list of the state abbreviations that were commonly used before the two capital letter codes were adopted? When

Andy Carlson wrote: You must be forgetting NY. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

In a message dated 9/28/2008 10:03:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, eric@... writes: Dennis Storzek wrote: That brings up an interesting point, does anyone have a link to a list of the

Wow...I need to watch where my fingers go on that keyboard. Sorry about the spelling. Robert Federle ---- rfederle@... wrote:

Clearances would be the biggest issue. As long as a set uf "Bunk" pivot and the other adjacent "bunk" wouldd slide slightly should negotiate turns OK. Robert Federle ---- Don Worthy

CJ, Ben, Yeah, I'll buy that. I just spent some time comparing them, and although they looked totally different to me, I can now see the WM features. Neat photo of a loco in

Thanks, Richard. I noticed the lack of class designation, making research a little tougher. Cj

These cars were originally leased from Pullman and had no UP class designation, but when the UP later purchased they they became classes B-50-34 and B-50-35. There's a builder's photo of one in