Tim O'Conner writes: I think it's worth some digging down and trying to find out WHY SP box cars were so much more common on the UP than random distribution would predict. Uhh, Tim have you looked at

Ron, are you modeling the CGW where you would need several of these car or do you just want one of two? If you needed 10 or 12 of them then, yes, I'd go for typical. If you only want 1 or 2 then I'd

Jeff; I don't know if it was common, but I have seen an awful lot of cars with powdered flour all over them, like a powdered doughnut almost. I once asked a guy that worked in a bakery (a BIG one),

Mike, Tim O'connor wrote this, not me. You'll have to ask him where it comes from. Larry Ostresh Laramie, Wyoming

Paul-- I'm afraid that this may turn into a tangential discussion, but here we go. Yard limits were an operating rules provision only, applying to main track per operating Rule 93. Definition from

Mike, the data Mark gave me is not a conductor book. It is a listing of the passenger and freight trains that passed Sherman on June 4 and 5, 1949. Their were 16 EB and 15 WB on the 4th, 17 EB and

Tim, why don't you just look at the 1951 book yourself and tell us what you find? Scanned pages and an Excel transcription are online at www.laramiedepot.org Why are the 1938 books

Denis, A gondola is good for a wood rack? How's that? Did I miss something? The cars I'm talking about are pulpwood cars... John Degnan Scaler164@...

Greg Martin wrote: The account I was given for the 1950s identified the bill of lading as filled out by the shipper, but the waybill prepared by the agent--often without complete rate info as

Mike Ok, you're wearing me down :-) I dismiss the 1938 books as irrelevant, but if you show a consistency from 1949-1956 then I think it's worth some digging down and trying to find out WHY SP box

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, I showed example of an Empty Car Bill in my article in the Dec. 2009 RMC. You can see that there. It is entirely different from a waybill and was used by many roads

Thanks Paul, this is very interesting stuff. Would be fun to try to incorporate into model operations. Tim O'Connor

Larry Ok, you have 120 trains, 7000 cars, 2400 box cars right? Or 20 box cars per train (on average)? Here's a simple, straightforward probability calculation -- Let's say 4 out of 100 box cars is

Tim And the WrightTRAK SAL lowside gon is good for that car and also includes MD&S lettering in the decal set. Denis Blake -------------------------------------------------- Sent: Thursday, April

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