Where did you see the picture? If it's online a link would help. I don't have my reference material at work but that number sounds like it's one of the c 1928 cars built for the Central Vermont

Guys, For others wishing to see GTW #583699, a photo of it appeared in the 1931 Car Builders Cyclopedia on page 131. It was reprinted in the Train shed Cyclopedia #3 also. It appears to have a

At 07:46 PM 12/30/2008, Mike Aufderheide wrote: <snip> >Based on the Gilbert/Nelson idea of boxcar distribution it should be >possible to come up with a list of cars most likely to appear at a >given

Denis, The car # that I've seen a model of is 583699. I hope this helps clear up which class I'm refering to, and again Dick thanks for the scan of the car. Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

Larry, I'm a member of the STMFC group and have enjoyed your posts on the breakdown of car construction and quantities. I have a printout of a file I believe you posted of the 1950 ORER that I have

The brake regulators on the Santa Bx-44s were Royal Type F, and I have a Bx-44 photo that shows how they were installed which I'll send you off-list. Richard Hendrickson

wrote: Richard, He might mean the tall ca. 1930 cars that were drawn in Mainline Modeler fifteen or twnty years ago. A number series would be helpful. Dennis

Thanks Dick, Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

Rick, the HO scale resin kit was actually a Don Valentine conversion kit with new doors, etc. to kitbash an Accurail single sheathed box car. I have a photo which shows the end and I'll send you

Hello everyone, I'm looking for photos of the Royal Brake Regulator as used on some Santa Fe and Burlington boxcars. The cars in question are ATSF 138700- 139199, class Bx-44, and CBQ 17000-17799,

Hey all; On the SS 1 1/2 door automobile boxcar that GTW ran, what type of an end did this car have? I believe that a model of this class of cars were done as a resin kit in HO, but I'm doing in N

What has "making the case for self-tapping screws" got to do with the NMRA? PLEASE change the subject line. Roger Robar _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

There's an in-service B&W photo of a well-weathered CGW 705 in RMJ 12/03, p 12. The caption refers readers to the Morning Sun CGW color guide (which I don't have). There's an in-service B&W photo of

Hi, I've done at least some of the requisite pre-request-here web crawling at the usual suspect sites, but have failed to uncover some photos I'd like to see for the purposes of guidance on

Thank you! Anton Smolka wrote:

Yes, many of them lasted in revenue service through the 1960s and some into the '70s. A Texaco distributor would have received products either in TCX cars or in GATX cars. Texaco sold their tank

Jon, Prior to earlier this year, Standards had to be approved by the NMRA membership and RPs were approved by the BOD. Approving changes to Standards did take up to two years. However, RPs changes

Hi folks, The type 21 8,000gal tank cars; were they commonly seen in the 50's? if so, would a Texaco fuel distributor receive cars with GATX, UTLX or SHPX markings or would they use their own cars?

Did the size of the NP Monad applied to box cars change over the years? Brian Carlson

Jeff: Please contact me at bcarlson@... regarding Cocoa. Sorry if I misspelled your last name. Brian Carlson