The only D&H USRA cars with roof hatches, etc. that I know of were used in loco sand service. There is a photo in a Hudson Coal book on anthracite that shows one of their standard 36' double sheathed

Folks, A 1922 Virginian document describing braking tests with KDE dual air brakes and 120-ton loaded and empty gons references a testig procedure used by the Southern Pacific to test out

Come to think of it did he mean speeder not speedo?  I have seen him on a speeder completely covered in overalls. John F. Cizmar

Friends, I am pleased to announce that a new story has been posted to SN On-line, this time on maintenance-of-way equipment. It includes six photos. In addition, I have some small, but interesting

Chuck, do you know if any of the D&H single sheathed cars modified with bottom outlets (e.g. Tichy USRA kit) was ever used in anthracite service? I think the cars were assigned normally to bulk cement

I only actually saw anthracite coal loaded in a DL&W stock car once; it was probably during WW2. The car had the spaces between the slats boarded up and the car was lettered "for coal loading

While ever so slightly out of scope...although the issue is strongly associated with the RPM Meet Prototype Rails...I will note for those concerned that I have instructed the Hilton Hotel staff to be

Brian Carlson wrote: Denny has threathened us with this before. It's just his way of having the pool and hotel lobby to himself. Tom Madden

I do. My girlfriend is coming with me to Cocoa Beach (Buffalo in January vs. Florida, wasn't a tough choice) and I don't want her introduction to the other rivet counting fanatics to be Denny in a

I don't much care if Denny wears a Speedo, just as long as that's not ALL he wears below the waist! SGL

Here is a small group of good quality steam era photos. Miscellaneous rolling stock: http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/mrs.html Santa Fe rolling stock (not all

I want to two-rail one of the nice Lionel short Pullman Standard covered hoppers. They do a great CNJ version in red with the coastguard stripes. This has of course eight round hatch covers. The only

Gentlemen,   The latest edition of the Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler e-zine is available for download at http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/currentissue/sclmv2n4f.PDF   Hope you enjoy it.   John John

Thanks for that partial list Tony, that is more than I knew before. If you run across the rest of the names I would love to have them. I have a scan of p. 19 of White's reefer book because of the

Ouch! That is bad news, indeed! Gene Green

Thanks Don. It's nice to know at least one person knows how to read group descriptions. The "box cars" group was created at a time when Yahoo was very restrictive on storage space for photos,

Dr. Denny, If you are the same guy I saw in the motorcar video, you shouldn't wear a speedo.  Maybe the muscle shirts and stickon tatoos. John Cizmar

Jim, wonderful news! Paul S.

adrian hundhausen wrote: Among the lines absorbed by Armour by 1895 were Continental Fruit Express; the Goodell Line; Kansas City Fruit Express; Fruit Dealers Despatch; California Fruit Express;

I have posted photos, including underframes, of existing M-53, M-15NA, and M-15PD cars at www.flickr.com/photos/b_and_o_boxcars . The photos were taken at Parrish FL. The cars have since