Nobody has mentioned ordinary sand and gravel, which, after bit coal, was, IIRC, the second most common commodity shipped in open top cars... a fact that likely makes it the #1 mineral, as coal isn't

Will longitude and latitude help? Tom

they're at College Park. leaflets/26.html#aerial1 I have 1942-43 images of the towns on the Alma branch (just my era.) However, it is very difficult to make out any details. I was very disappointed.

Al Kresse wrote: Raceland Car Shops in the late-60s. > > Al, Actually the cars rebuilt at Raceland in the 1960's were the B&O classes W-7, W-8 and W-9 AAR off-set side triple hoppers. The W-7 were

Bernd I'll check if CNWHS still has them, we no longer list them. If the society doesn't have them I still think I can get some. contact me off list. Ron Christensen CNWHS

Elden,       Allen Tuten emailed me since I emailed you.  He is forwarding to me a article on the Central of Georgia car loading of Kaolin.  At this time I only know about the types of

Tim, I assume what you're thinking of is a flat etched stirrup step with etched "fold points" that could be easily fashioned to shape? If that's the case, it sounds like an ideal product for Alkem

You guys are right on all points. The current market is dominated by RTR, so let's work toward an RTR alt std twin, PS-3, etc, etc, etc. Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From:

Have you seen the MSRP for RTR Accurail models? No one pays MSRP for Intermountain anyway... Tim O'

Dave; That explains the roasted D&H twins!! I see them in photos on the PRR. The USGS stuff is very helpful, but what we are lacking is the detailed info on what you provided on the D&H.

Scott From what I understand, custom photo etched parts are only slightly more expensive than custom decals. If you did the artwork for the etch you might be able to run off 100 sets and sell enough

Hey, it's ready to run and has a *real wood* deck! But seriously, the Red Caboose SP flat was pretty pricey, too, although one might think the tooling costs would be somewhat less than for a house car

Looks like a nice model. I do have to express considerable surprise at a $30 price for 1 flatcar (n.b., I'm into V-Scale ("Virtual" Scale computer simulators) where I can buy 25 unique, highly

There's a wealth of information in the USGS MInerals Yearbook - there's current info online at http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/myb.html, but large libraries should have back issues from years

You have got that right Tim. I model B&O and WM and would still be doing a Snoopy dance if only that would have happened. In lieu of that, I wish somone would offer photo etched replacement ends we

No. The 200 Ft-V class cars were the Santa Fe's only AAR 70 ton flat cars, and those were actually war emergency cars delivered in 1944 (though the difference between the recommended practice and

Bob; That is interesting. Do you know where CoG sent their cars? Were there any specific concerns that went to CoG specifically for their kaolin? Was it used at all in glass-making, too?

Correct. I didn't mention it because Ed Hawkins had already pointed it out. Agreed. It's was the only AAR recommended-practice/war emergency design that hadn't already been modeled in

Howdy!        Lately, I have been building and lettering a string of Central of Georgia two and three bay covered hoppers.  They were used in Kaolin service that has many uses in both the paper