I'll refine my original question just a bit. By the end of this time frame (1960), were there very many of the Dalman two-level trucks still around on these CGW cars? The CGW color guide suggests

First of all, "THANKS" to Tim, Tom, and Dennis for describing how lumberyards worked back in the 1950's. Second of all, a quick perusal of several UP Frt Conductor's books showed something

Tony, It turns out (with a bit more digging through my personal archives) that the data is NOT from Tim Gilbert, but instead from Dave Nelson. This explains why my attempts with the

Aley, Jeff A wrote: I realize that the alternative to the assumption is to ignore the data. But certainly among the roads in that ICC grouping are quite different situations as to bridge vs.

Tony, Yes it is a big assumption. I suggest a séance or use of a oujia board to contact Tim Gilbert and ask him why he made such an assumption, and what are the

Jim Dick wrote: Yes, I have copies of some SP memos about confiscating empty 50-ft. double-door cars throughout the system, and moving them to Oregon for lumber loading. It's evident in both

Aley, Jeff A wrote: Pretty giant assumption there, Jeff. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

- In STMFC@..., "Dave Nelson" <Lake_Muskoka@...> wrote: Now if we take this example as fact -- for discussion purposes only -what we have is a situation where the inbounds and outbound

The issuance of David Leider's fine history "Wisconsin Central in Illinois" has triggered some thinking about the traffic on the CB&Q that might be considered as an example of why Freight Car

Ron, The CGW 85000 and 89000 series box cars came with Dalman 2-Level trucks (available from Tahoe Model Works). However, the 87000 series cars were built with Coil-Elliptic trucks, where a leaf

I am planning on modeling some Rock Island "hide loading" box cars, maybe by summer,lol! I can just imagine the smell of these cars in the hot summer!! Rich Christie

One more question about these cars. The link to steamfreightcars.com shows one of these cars less than ten years after delivery. In the CGW Color Guide, several of these cars are shown near the end

Hi Everyone Here is some info on the distribution of box and auto cars for trains on the U.P. mainline between Laramie and Rawlins in 1938. The data are compiled from three Freight Conductors' Train

Greg said Tom, did you ever get carloads of 1x4 and 1x6x6' fence boards of California Incense Cedar in a box? I can still smell those SP boxes with the "pencil cedar" smell. Which brings back

cnw1045 wrote: I have too little data to say much about this that's factual. What I do have is the example of the terminal yard of Western Pacific in Oakland and the industries they served there and

Charles, It depends on what your switching layout represents. For example, I am thinking of some panoramic photos of the grain elevators at Duluth WI -- and (ignoring home road GN or NP cars) the

Brian, Yes, it appears they were. That is why I noted that the class P-25 had 50-ton trucks where all the rest had 70-ton trucks. As far as anyone can tell the "underframes were the same for all

I've been following the discussions of the G-N hypothesis with great interest. One thing that's occurred to me is that I tend to think of the G-N hypothesis (from the modelers point of view) as a

Ok. I quickly got through today's messages so if someone made this point I may have missed it. The N-G model is a model for the population of boxcars, it's a fleet model. It is not an attempt to

Yeah, That's what I'm thinking. I haven't seen Ron's photo yet, but I'll bet it was rough-sawn plank, either hardwood or softwood for scaffold plank or excavation sheathing. Seasoned lumber, whether