Also who might be carrying this item? Thanks in advance. Bill Pardie

They did travel on the Pennsylvania, although I don't know if they frequented the Middle Division. They were in interchange service and frequently traveled to New York and Chicago. There also are

Why are we overlooking the sales forces?Armand Premo

Hello Don, The short answer is very likely. I have a photo showing Pittsburgh yard in 1947 with what looks like a CP 8-hatch reefer way in the rear. These cars are pretty easy to spot even at a

Message 86579 spoke to these cars handling frozen fish into the New England states as well there are other messages including I believe a reference to the same service to a CA destinations. RMC had a

All, In Morning Sun Book, Rock Island Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment on page 34 there is a photo of a burning boxcar. I believe it is a XM-1 boxcar design based on pratt truss and end

What is the likelihood that CNR 8-Hatch Reefers would appear in some quantity in the PRR's Middle Division in the mid-50s or, for that matter, anywhere in Pennsylvania? The reason for the question is

benjaminfrank_hom wrote: Didn't say it was odd. Didn't say they were unique. They just didn't comply with the letter of the recommendation. Didn't paint lines above and below, either. I'll

Frank Greene wrote: "I wasn't sure whether this was a new requirement or the Southern decided to comply with an existing recommendation (i.e., they didn't use reporting marks, although the AAR had

Hello all, I am very pleased to announce that GHQ models has released N-scale Canadian 8-hatch refrigerator cars in N-scale; specifically a three car kit of Canadian National Railways (CNR)

guycwilber@... wrote: Thanks. I knew the Southern revised stencil drawings for the designations about that time and was working from memory. I wasn't sure whether this was a new requirement or

Sherman on the ca. 1901 Harriman line. Highest point on the transcon, but 234 feet lower than Old Sherman. There was a station there through the 1950s, now it is long gone. Mainline tracks 1 & 2

MIT - Traffic was initially billed to a transit station and had to be referenced as such on the bill of lading. There is a time limit on transit which I can't recall off the top but it would be

Yes, you are correct. Larry Ostresh

Larry, To my mind this is not that surprising. Your data provides another good confirmation of the N-G at the overall level, but as many have remarked here, there are reasons for local

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