For the modelers, there are number of great Paul Winters photos of box cars with doors open, on RIP or clean-out tracks, with the intact or remains of grain doors, waiting for them to be restored to

"Per diem was a fixed daily charge. I don't think railroads paid mileage on other railroads' cars. I think the only time railroads played per diem games was when cars were near interchanges, and then

"Ah, but Dennis, suppose I shipped a box car of $100 bills to the bank, and withdrew it again as pennies?"   Less the charge for transit - transit would be considered a priviledge.   Ross McLeod

This would make perfect sense since (cents?) the SAL purchased controlling interest in the MD&S in 1907, and MD&S remained under SAL control until being absorbed (into SAL) in 1958... only two years

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, the numbers seem to be all over the place. Rutland in 1950 had 1.96% of all cars handled were purly local traffic and a third of that seems to be LCL. Western Pacific in

If there is enough interest, I will produce resin castings of the whistle post and "no trespassing" signs (and others, if requested) in HO. They would consist of a cast duplicate of code 70 rail (for

Victor; I came across an "O" scale list that recommended Johnson and Johnson paper tape (for bandages). I bought some but have not as yet tried it. Also tissue set into fresh paint or oversprayed

I'm getting near the fringes of my knowledge, but I'll start, and someone who knows more can chime in and correct anything I've mis-interpreted. Milling in transit appears to pre-date the formation

It has nothing to do with the number of trains Larry. Tim Gilbert pointed out that the percentage of home road cars staying on-line greatly increased throughout the depression years, and so

Paul, what kind of paperwork is handled by the conductor who is delivering the empty car to the industry? Is this just called a Car Order? Or maybe an "Empty Waybill"? When an empty car is moved to

Victor, Some freight cars did indeed have canvas roofs that were painted several coats of paint. The June 2, 1928 issue of Railway Age (Page 70) had an ad for "Mule Hide" roofing which read

Dennis, Could you please expand upon this topic? For example, who is it that has his wheat milled in transit: the farmer, or some intermediate elevator? Is the

Tim, Your point? Dennis

Tim O'Connor wrote Yes, of course. I would expect therefore that there would have been fewer trains per day in 1938 than in 1949, which would raise my percentages. If you have data showing that the

Just pointing out that the car has been moved on the railroad before. I assume the car was dropped at Albert Lea MN by a westbound and now was on an east bound? Clark Propst

I can find only one photo in the Color Guide that shows one of these cars WITHOUT its original Dalman trucks. #W85320 shows up on pages 106 and 107, photographed in 1978 with roller bearing Ride

Jeff: Not so. Customer ordered a car/cars from the Car Distributor. Car Distributor issued an order to the yard for placing an empty/empties at a given industry. Car/cars were spotted. After

Ah, but Dennis, suppose I shipped a box car of $100 bills to the bank, and withdrew it again as pennies? :-) Tim "infungible" O'Connor

Tim, Tony Thompson can answer better than I can. But if I understood his clinic correctly, the Agent wrote the empty car order and waybill BEFORE the car was spotted for loading. So

"I've heard of storage in transit for grain, but milling in transit?? Wouldn't the transformation of bulk grain into bags of flour involve an entirely new tariff?"   It would always be that way, once