Does anyone know what trucks the above had when new? I have photo's just can't find them tonight. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY prrk41361@...

Fast forward to about 7:30 into this Milwaukee Road video -- very illuminating! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-_u21pg2_M Tim O'Connor

Larry Ostrech writes: "Mark Amfahr's data showed that 30 - 33 freight trains per day crossed Sherman Hill in 1949." Actually, so that members aren't confused, there is only one known frt conductor

Tim O'Connor, commenting on the 1938 data [ I think ] notes: But, Tim, all of the 1938, 1949, 1951, and 1956 books show SP box cars on the UP to be present MUCH more than projected by G-N. Mike

Aley, Jeff A wrote: Paul Koehler answered this clearly. I can add this: the empty car bill was filled out by the yard forces that SENT it to be loaded, in response (as you say) to an order

Jim Betz asks: Well, we need to keep in mind that the objective of the STMFC includes the sharing of information about North American, standard gauge railroad freight cars in the period 1900-1960

Tim O'Connor wrote: They sure did on reefers in the period of this list. I think by 1950 the mileage on tank cars was all gone, though. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

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 the waybill, with

Tim writes: Now all four cars get shoved up to the shipper's dock. The shipper asked for four cars, and has his loads all prepared at their doors. The ORDER of the four cars is random -- the railroad

Thanks, Dave, You've taken this the next step and applied the thread to the model railroad world. It has set me thinking on how to include the necessary car swapping into my own layout. And I'll

I do indeed see a couple more Dalmans that I hadn't seen before. But look at car 87043 on p. 25. This group was built with coil-elliptic trucks, not Dalmans, but the B-end truck (left in the photo)

Tim,   The Monon logs do distinguish between XM ('B') and XA, XAP, XAR, XMR ('A') cars, though not all correctly.  I haven't looked into it but I wonder if the car had double doors it was labled

Elden, Was this common? I thought flour was shipped in barrels or sacks, and not loose, in bulk, in boxcars. Regards, -Jeff Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:38 PM To:

Dennis, Thanks! One more question: I thought that Milling In Transit was somehow similar to "Diversion" in which a car might start its journey headed for New York City, and be

Not knowing anything about tariffs I'm going to assume that the cost would have been for paper and copper? :-) -- Jon Miller

Tim: First you need to know is the industry located within the switching limits of a city or out on the road. If in a city you didn't have a conductor but a switch Forman. With in yard limits

Tim O'Connor said "You say your data show "dominance" of SP cars -- but isn't it just 201 or so SP cars in 34 random trains over a period of a month? Now, that might show "dominance" but it might

Tim: No problem, if before hand you had negotiated a rate with the railroad tariff bureau for the shipment of $100.00 dollar bills with a stop privilege for the conversation to pennies. Your rate

"Lumber definitely could be diverted before it reached its final destination. And diversions could go in any direction, as long as someone paid for it (the diversion, that is)." Lumber cars could be

Hi Tim You said "It has nothing to do with the number of trains Larry". My comment about fewer trains raising my percentages was in the context of increasing my sample percentages. Mark Amfahr's