http://mopac51.tripod wrote: Charlie, The cars were originally built by Mount Vernon in 1929 as IC 162401-162650. In circa 1942 the cars were re# to 40250-40499 as part of a massive system

Amen to that. This was my first Naperville (brought the wife too and she liked it as well). We hope to be there again next year. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance

Hi Charlie, It looks like this conversion is outside of the scope of this group. My 1954 IC car diagram book doesn't show any of these cars converted into single door cars (34990-34999 with the left

I finally got my pictures from Naperville put together in the usual pBase gallery. This is most of the models on display. I was fighting low battery in my flash near the end and might have missed a

Hello Group, I am looking to develop a GN freight car roster for September 1949, and I am hoping someone on this list has either the last issue of 1949 or the first issue of 1950 and would be

October 1989 Railmodel Journal (on page 45) shows an IC SS DD boxcar converted into a single door car (IC 34899). Does anyone on the list know when IC started this program. I model circa 1954 and

you sure about that? :-)

try rhinman@... Roger Hinman

I was told by Joe that it would be the first weekend in October. There was a problem with the hotel and dates. Scott Kremer

Bruce and Ben-- Thanks for the quick and comprehensive info, gentlemen! I have a Bowser H21, a Bowser GLa, and a Westerfield GLa to build. The Westerfield GLa is by far the nicest work of the lot.

I'm looking to contact Roger Hinman offline. He had a wonderfully informative presentation on NYC Coal Cars and it seems to me that the C&O's and NYC's early-steel thru WW2 type hopper car purchases

TVI is an oddball designation, turning up only in the mid- to late-1960s (1966-1968 for sure). The definition is: Tank car equipped with insulated container having an inner and outer shell with a

Clark Propst wrote: Nope. By 1970 all the AAR Mechanical Designations for tank cars had been simplified to "T" for all cars. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Tanks for the quick responce Tony! He models 1972, so TVI may not have been invented yet during the time of this list? Clark Propst

Clark Propst wrote: My ORER copies from the 1940s and 1950s have no "TV" classification. The suffix "I", as you surmise, means "insulated." Might he mean "TW"? That's a tank with a wooden

I have a friend struggling with his tank car fleet (asked some questions on his behalf at N'ville) He asked me last night what TPI and TVI AAR codes mean. We guessed that TPI was a pressurized,

Their site has changed and it's hard to figure out how to get to the various items. Do you know if the "New Products Catalog" is on the site? -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in

Interesting. When I talked to Joe about next year he mentioned to me that he was looking at the first weekend in October. Pierre Oliver

Gary Roe wrote: I don't know for sure, and what Joe was mentioning in conversation was about DISCUSSIONS with the hotel, but he said he was working for making the date a week earlier in

OK. I give up. I tried to find your article. As alwys, Yahoo screws up and can't find the URL you gave. So I tried to fine the vile name you gave. Not in the list files Yahoo shows. Please send the