Rock Island 93000 - 93048 were built by the RI in 1956 and were fishbelly sides. They had 17 stake pockets with one in the center. There were McLean Fogg strap anchors between the stake pockets.

Richard Townsendt wrote: Rich, the SP cars (Class F-70-3, built in 1942) did indeed have fishbelly sides. I used photos of these cars in my Vol. 3 on SP freight cars, and can send you scans

Rupert Gamlen wrote: I know this well and have in fact have "visited" these issues; but they no longer do or permit copying from these rather fragile volumes. Luckily the Xerox copies Kyle Wyatt

Rich, the Santa Fe 90900-91191 series were Ft-T and Ft-U class cars with fishbelly side and center sills and 70 tons nominal capacity built by General American in 1940-1941. The two classes were

There's a photo of MILW 49042 in MM 5/99, p 39. It's a Pullman PS-4, and indeed has fishbelly side sills. There's a photo of SP 79825 in TS CYC 17, p 197 (from the '43 CBC). This car, too, has

I'm looking to model a 60-foot flat car with fishbelly sides. Can anyone tell whether any of the following 60-footers from the Jan 59 ORER have such sides, and if there might be photos of any of them

Tony The Green Library of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, has a large collection of early issues, the earliest being under the original title of Sechrist's Hand Book and Railway

While I so very respectfully disagree with some of Al Westerfield's points in his posting regarding rail labour, he did a very good job of outlining the problems US railroads faced in WWI. Canadian

Steve, are the capacities listed on the site based on weight, volume, or common practice incorporating a bit of both? (Conceivably an animal load could "cube out" because they can't be packed as

The comments my message generated have been interesting and at times amusing, but except for a couple of points, I don't think I saw an answer to the question "Was this lack of regular schedules the

bob_karig wrote: Since it began in 1885, that's about as far back as is possible <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Chuck Yungkurth wrote: Going back how early, Chuck? I'd sure like to find more 19th century issues available somewhere convenient. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Tim O'Connor wrote: Two different retired PFE people told me, in separate interviews on different dates, that their avoidance of PRR for perishables arose from PRR's damage claims, which they

I have a copy of the May, 1934 ORER, but have never been able to locate one from 1936. I can make a few copies if desired. A.T. Kott

There's a complete set of ORERs, month by month going back to at least 1886, on microfiche at the Science, Industry & Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library. SIBL is located at the

While it may be a broad or incorrect use of the term "resin", the plastic plant where my mother worked (Sinclair-Koppers, makers of Dylite, a competitor to Styrofoam) used to - and perhaps still does

The Library at the Colorado Railroad Museum has one issue of the ORER for each year published. They will copy pages for 30 cents each plus postage.   Also have bound back issues of MR, RMC, Railway

Since this thread has finally drifted toward Bakelite, I would like to know more about rail shipment of the ingredients and products.  Bakelite is a trade name for a thermosetting phenolic resin, as

Elden, It turns out Eastman Chemical still makes the stuff: http://www.eastman.com/Brands/piccolastic/Pages/Overview.aspx We need a bit of discussion about the term resin, a generic term that

That's likely because fiberboard drums were seldom seen outside, since they didn't hold up any better in the rain than cardboard boxes did. As to size, anything was possible, from short little ones