I heard it was modeled after a GTW prototype too. However, I can't see most of the guys using this car as a stand-in for some other car with the high standards most of we folks have for freight car

Most Excellent Scott! People have so much trouble spelling and pronouncing my name I'm thinking of changing it to John Propst. Clark scott459 wrote:

Here are the Flax loads shipped out of Fairfax MN Clark 9/4/47 CBQ 31100 FLAX XM 29000-37749 OUT FARMERS GRAIN & STOCK 9/12/47 CBQ 36160 FLAX XM 29000-37749 OUT FARMERS GRAIN & STOCK 9/11/47 CN

RMJ says it's generic; it's so funky looking I'd rather know somebody really had some just like it. If Walthers really did an accurate model of SOMETHING, they ought to get the word out.

I'm including tank cars from a spread sheet I made from info Sam Sherman gave me from the Fairfax MN M&StL Agents car seal book. Clark 7/23/47 GATX 14620 DISTILLATE TM 13000-15699 KIECKER BROTHERS

If anyone is interested in maps showing where many crops are grown, there are several good ones at the US Dept of Agrilculture's web

Speaking of new Walther's cabooses, has anyone seen one of their advertised wood, center-cupola, C&O prototype caboose models? They were announced at the same time as the "Roundhouse-clone" models,

I have more caboose jpegs lined up to send Ted for his web site. Among them are DWP, GTW (center cupola) and WAB that are similar to the new Walthers car. I think Walthers did some nifty marketing

Has Jay scrapped the internet or made a change in ISO's? When I did a search, non of the links worked. Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

Speaking of flat car loads, anyone know of the rules [ in our period, of course ] for people riding the loads? I am aware that military personnel did ride in vehicles at times [ I'm assuming this

Hi: See my previous message. I too saw the same series of advertisements in MR as to a GTW caboose being an expected product. -- Stafford Swain 26 Kenneth Street Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T

Hi: It may well be a GTW caboose which a team of CNR/GTW/CV fans (including myself) covered in RMC a while back. -- Stafford Swain 26 Kenneth Street Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 0K8 (204)

Ian, You are correct sir, there are no tie down cables. The kit includes a spool of thread, but having tried thread before (look at the PRR flat with the pole load) I thought of using wire from the

The original posting was about a car in a picture of a flood that appeared to be 50' long. Behind it were several boxcars with windows in them that the poster evidently thought might have been early

Charles and Doug, Very informative posts Thank you very much, Clark

The Walthers caboose is a generic car that looks like a lot of cabooses. Hence the confusion. See the info in the lastest RMJ. Clark Mike Brock wrote:

Mike Brock asked: I noticed a new wood caboose in my hobby shop yesterday. A 30' Walthers caboose, cupola on the end, 3 windows ahead of it. Lettered variously, it looks like a photo of a CB&Q [ I'm

Friends, Jeff Koeller is attempting to contact Robert Oom, if anyone here would let Robert know it would be much appreciated. Jeff can be contacted at: rkjmk@... Regards & Thank You, Guy

MOFWCABOOSE@... writes: Could someone update me on this thread? I've been deleting the references to the CB&Q cars, since that isn't my area of interest, but I am very interested in the

I read they switched to polyester textiles, and became Klinger Pants. ba-dum-bump. Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Sterling, Massachusetts