Everything changed from 38 to 49. Comparisons are almost meaningless, unless your intention is to contrast the two time periods. Yes Tim has pointed this out many times, there is no "would" about

Also: As Tim Gilbert would point out, the economic conditions in 38 and 49 are different, so comparing representation in the 38 to 49 books is slightly suspect. Larry does have a nice sample of one

Hi Everyone Here are a few details about the contents of the cars from Ferguson's Freight Conductors' Train Book, May 13 to June 21, 1938. He listed the railroad and car number for 1,938 cars, and

Mike: PM is Pere' Marquette Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY The PM is a puzzle. Could these be PRR? ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links

"As the saying goes, you 'eat the elephant one bite at a time'". Tom Madden Thanks for the very nice letter, Tom. It will help keep my spirits up as I chomp away at the elephant. Best wishes, Larry

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote: The PM is a puzzle. Could these be PRR? Hi Mike These puzzled me too, so I checked the car numbers against the ORER for January, 1938:

Quick look observations. Ferguson's book confirms the relatively larger number of SP box cars and unknown cars that my Fraley shows compared to their % of the national fleet. The WP number is a

Having done something similar to this with hand written Pullman records, I can assure you that you'll get into a groove and be able to interpret the handwriting of various individuals with increasing

All true Kurt, but if you pay attention to the advertising CSXT and other railroads are claiming great advances in fuel efficiency. Trucks for example have improved fuel efficiency over the last

Hi Folks Here is some more information about Ferguson's Freight Conductors' Train Book, May 13, 1938, to June 21, 1938. Ferguson listed the railroad and car number for 1,938 cars in his Train Book

Tim O'Connor says: Well...I didn't actually misplace a decimal point, I just left out "1000 gross miles". IOW, my $0.31/ton mile should have been $0.31/1000 ton miles...or $.00031 per ton mile.

Tim O'Connor writes: Nope. The curves in this case...pg 83 of N&W Giant of Steam...contain both drawbar pull [ tractive effort ] and drawbar HP. The data was generated during the tests in 1952 when

Trains Album of Photographs, Southern Railroads, shows one such container car on the RF&P. I have not noticed any other photos showing these PRR container cars off line. Did they leave PRR rails

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote: "I assume the train would be iced at Laramie although I don't know the tempature in Laramie which could be anything within 40° and 75°

JP3: Thanks, I have the NP station symbols, but at delivery to the NP these leaser cars were marked with the codes of the east coast shops where they were refurbished, rather than any NP station.

This is a couple of years old but it might reach him. * Howard Ameling, 1000 U.S. 98 North No. 441, Lakeland, FL 33809-0458, email <mailto:NKP4@...>Howard Ameling. Peter Bowers

Anson assembled a couple of Parri "kits" and did custom art for them. I have several sets with DL&W lettering in 1/48 scale. Gene Deimling

JP No JN or Jamestown, nor ST in this list. What is ST? AU NP Auburn WA BD NP Brainerd MN BG NP Billings MT BJ NP Bemidgi MN BM NP Bellingham WA BT NP Butte MT CE NP Cle Elum WA CO NP Como MN