Tim, et al, It basically means railroads switching each other's customers, with variations on a theme. Here's an example: In 1916 the SD&AE built it's railroad parallel to the Santa Fe in San Diego,

Did I say Oregon Trunck??? " by the Oregon Trunk (now BNSF" Oh my Lord this local crew would have me drawn and quartered... I should have said the Oregon Electric (now BNSF)... Greg Martin

Clark Propst cepropst@... writes: Tim, This is the basic but it also was sometimes reserved to single receivers in a town. The agreement allowed more than one origin RR to access an industry

Guys, In regards to this subject, a lot of you seem to be focusing on era (pre-1945 vs post-1945) in order to determine the prevailing door width at the time. I would submit that it's as much a

shawn.beckert@... writes: Shawn, What year are you modeling? After WW2 the Pennys began rebuilding cars (X26 and X29 programs) with 7-foot doors leaving the 6-foot door behind. This is likely

Mike, The Wabash Railroad "Rules and Regulations for the Maintenance of Way and Structures" dated 01 Feb 1944 states: "When required to ride on freight or work trains, employes must place themselves

The sunshine mini-kit is a roof with riveted seam caps and unequally spaced hatches for certain ACF hoppers purchased by MKT, CE&I, Dewey Portland Cement. Mine has MKT decals. There may (or may not)

Clark, These were relatively uncommon. GM&O had several series as well as one series for M&STL and one series of SHPX cars. There may have been others but I've not come across photos or freight car

Ed, How common were the evenly spaced roof hatch versions? I thought this would make a good mini kit. That would save me from rearranging the hatches! Clark HAWK0621@... wrote:

Tim, I'm sure you'll receive better replys, but it allowed the shipper to pick his route. In other words, open his doors to every RR agent in town. Clark Tim O'Connor wrote:

--- Jim or Lisa Hayes <jim-and-lisa@...> wrote: I think one or two these were covered, but.... Wabash Auto car (By the way, the resin casting for the side sill under the door should be

Some Eastern roads, made the move to wider doors with new equipment (or rebuilds) after the war. Wider doors allowed the use of mechanical loading equipment (folk lifts etc) and so were popular with

What exactly is meant by this term? Does it mean that railroads can switch each other's customers, or does it mean that one railroad will switch an industry on behalf of another railroad? (Difference

Hey!!! That is more like it. Thanks Larry Jackman Jeff Aley - GCD PE wrote:

The most obvious difference is the use of seam caps over the gaps between the roof panels. This was common on both GATC and ACF cars -- some railroads bought them that way, and others bought them as

After you go to this web site. what do you do? No place to move on to. Thank you Larry Jackman Jeff Aley - GCD PE wrote:

This page will get you there: http://www.geocities.com/scotm2_50158/CGWDIR.htm Pete Ismail Colorado Springs, CO

Dave, that helps a lot. I'd say I need to obtain a lot more cars with 6' doors for a railroad of the 1950's! Thanks, Shawn