No problem - I can recognize those cars because I added the reporting marks on the hatches at the time I did the swap. These were two cars released in 2009 or possibly 2008. One was a Texas Chief

Ron Merrick wrote: Ron, can you tell us which classes were involved? Some of the rest of us may need to do something similar. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

I'm modeling the MoPac in Kansas in the 1960-65 period. That means I need a lot of 40' boxcars, preferably with 6' doors, that followed the grain traffic. I personally observed the fact that these

I have been at the PRRT&HS Archives this week. I have been reading the emails on Freight car Distribution but I wanted to take some time and summarize my results for WM trains before I replied. I

Jeff, Diversions were a totally different subject. I had been hoping that Ross would chime in here, since he mentioned storage in transit, and I'm curious if this predates the Staggers Act of 1980

Jeff; I am glad we got a more expert opinion. I am now hoping that someone can direct us to some photos of the loading and unloading operations, so I can finally do the bakery on my layout! They

Mike Aufderheide wrote: At least as far as the Southern cars go, the Monon's designation of "A" cars was based on the double doors. But, whomever prepared the logs had no other visual references to

Dennis said that better than I could, and I would only add that I have seen correspondence that indicated the "what" in what contaminants were, in box cars, I suspect for those loads not bagged or

A while back James Dick of the NP Historical Society sent me copies of a bunch of 1920's era correspondence from the NP files (some of it concerned Soo Line cars and was of interest to me) concerning

Sherman? On the old main line -- before the Harriman cutoff was built? I'm puzzled -- the UP ran COSF, Overland, Fast Mail, COLA, Challenger, COStL, Portland Rose at least -- 7 daily passenger

I'm looking at the first train listing, it gives train # etc -- 566 (Laramie) to 683 (Rawlins) -- so this is a westbound correct? Tim O'

Elden, Thanks for expanding my knowledge about this. I really enjoy learning more about grain and flour operations. Regards, -Jeff Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 4:51 AM To:

frgreene290@... writes: Frank, The AAR mechanical designation was not required on cars in interchange until January 1, 1959. On and after that date all cars built new, rebuilt or

Tim O'Connor writes: Why? Well, I can understand the curiosity factor but, in my case, I don't really care why...except as an academic exercise. It might be analogous to the UP grey paint scheme on

Hi Tim The actual percentage of SP cars from the ORER in 1938 is 3.3%, not the 4% you assume. There are 1,308 non-UP box cars, which I believe is the relevant number, not your 2,400. This gives an

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