Clark, the Ahnapee & Western Railway that I model had an evaporated milk plant on its line at Sturgeon Bay, Wisc, which received coal in carloads for a steam/light plant. Using the waybill records

Thanks guys, very interesting. I guess I do need to clarify what type of industry I'm talking about. I my case a meat packing plant. There were hundreds of similar sized companies that made their own

Clark, The discussion has been mainly focused on the cinders, but I want to take a stab at the first part. 2 different data points give similar answers. Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L) built a

And then, a quick anecdote as told by the last surviving electric-era motorman on the Illinois Terminal. As a newly hired brakeman during WWII, he was charged with keeping the coal bin in his caboose

Greetings all, I saw several years ago an on-line article on how to model a Ethyl Corp. (iirc) tank car from a IHC old-time tank car, which I know is now out-of-production, but the article also

water.kresse@... wrote: In the North/Northeast, I'm sure a good portion of it was used for traction control on roads in the wintertime. I know my grandfather kept a bucketful of ash (wood)

Dave, cars that received new roofs during World War II got wood running boards and kept them unless they required replacement later; however, though there are photos of cars with new roofs and

Richard, or anyone knowledgeable of the NYC, would all of NYC's re-roofed Spec 468 cars also have received replacement steel running boards as BLI says in their catalog? While a reasonable assumption,

Catalogs are generated by marketing people not experts on freight cars and BLI would not be the first manufacturer to put incorrect numbers and road names on a model. This is a model many of us have

Richard, Do you have a date for when these roofs were first fitted? I'm guessing 1940 would be too early for them? Dave complains about a lack of models for 1944, 1940 seems to be much

Bill Pardie asks: UP began painting cabooses yellow in July, 1947, and the process continued through the end of 1948. Reference Union Pacific Freight Cars 1936-51 by Terry Metcalfe. Mike Brock

From page 248 0f Strack and Ehernberger's most excellent book "Cabooses of the Union Pacific Railroad": "In June 1947, instructions were issued to change UP's cabooses from freight car red....to

Rich, AFAIK, the bulk of the information on this project has been supplied by a very knowledgeable STMFC member whose membership status in the NYCHS is not known to me. In addition, at least 2

Rich Orr wrote: Yes, page 33. I just tried the download. Lotta products! Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

One curiosity for me about the billboard refrigerator cars was an experience I had riding the South Shore from Chicago to South Bend some time between 1977 and 1979. We were on South Shore tracks but

Todd Horton wrote: It's explained at some length in the book, but the real thrust of the decision was to prohibit the rebates and other undesirable (not to say illegal) aspects of the car

Guy Wilber wrote: I've never seen documentation of the subsequent relaxation of these rules after WW II. Do you have any info, Guy? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

John Degnan wrote: John, as you can see in the Hendrickson-Kaminski book we published, there really is no "start" -- there were colorful and extravagant lettering schemes well back into the

What caused them to prohibit  advertising on railroad cars?  Todd Horton ________________________________ To: "STMFC@..." <STMFC@...> Sent: Sun, May 16, 2010 1:49:20

Does anyone know what year Union Pacific shifted from boxcar red to armour yellow in their caboose paint scheme? Thamks on advance for any help: Bill Pardie