Schuyler: 4" of reinforced concrete is all that was needed for the landing pads on the intermodal trailers at the Southern Pacific ramps. When you consider that some of the trailers grossed out

Tony, As has been suggested in the past would mailing (or UPS/FedEx) them be better. It's kind of a crap shoot anyway it's tried. UPS/FedEx are usually good about the 5 working days. I have

I'd been planning to bring a group of model freight cars to Cocoa but the recent news about airline security seems worrying. Has anyone heard anything specific about searches of carry-on luggage?

Several people have written in this thread something on the order of Well, actually I'd be pretty sure that the concrete dock is a little bit special as it has to be quite thick to withstand the

As a kid in the 60's, I carried papers for the local twice weekly, which had it's own printing press back then. Paperboys were suppose to enter via the back loading dock to get our papers, not the

Rich, This is a great site. I will have to look over it to see how to take the dates. It has for the Reading: RDG NS 7/99 7/2000 Does that mean they only used the reporting marks for that

A great NEW YEAR < on the tracks > to Everyone ! Marcelo Lordeiro www.mrcustom.com.br trens@... Tel.: +55 21 2273-2758

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Yes. I drove by it about two weeks ago and there were five or six boxcars spotted at the dock. Jim Lancaster

Is there a freight car list that specializes in post-Civil War to pre-WW1 coal rail operations? Al Kresse

A Barber Lateral Motion 50-Ton freight car truck is now available in HO scale from Tahoe Model Works. The Barber Lateral Motion Device used steel rollers and a roller seat between the springs and

Esteemed colleagues: I offer the following, hoping for the indulgence of the prosecutor, judge (no jury) and jailer Mr. Brock. Abdill, in This Was Railroading, pg 186, has a photo of the Beaver Hill

Paul: LA Times owned Publishers Paper Co. in Portland OR. This is where their newsprint came from by the trainload. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@...

Rob, If memory serves me correct, it is the Herald Examiner plant. I can check tonight as I have an SP "Spins List" booklet for that area at home from the 80s. Greg Martin

My newspaper, The Hartford Courant, gets paper via the old CV and sometimes at our siding on Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield line. Most of the paper comes via the old CV and is transloaded at

Tim, According to the NRHS website TRAX was first added in 4/54 by ART. http://www.nrhs.com/reporting_marks/aar_reporting_marks.htm Rich Orr

Joel, Marty remarked on the Central Vermont's newsprint operation. For several years I have been reading the Boston & Maine list, too (BM_RR). If you search the archives there, can't imagine you

I have just posted a copy of the brake arrangement drawing for the 50-ton, twin AAR Standard hopper car in the photo section. Unfortunately, I didn't copy the 70-ton version, but it should follow the

C. 1952   Was much newsprint produced in the US? Or had it's production moved to Canada? Paul Catapano [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

All of the photos I have show it running down the right side of the car. (The right side of the car is on the right when you're looking at the "B" end of the car.) Bob Karig