Dave, Not sure I can answer the 1st part directly, but the 1944 series weighed 76,300 lbs, the AC&F kitchen cars weighed 77,500 lbs. I don't find a weight on the second series of sleepers, but it

Decals, No. F&C better, I don't know. Same car. I don't know. I studied the Rail Shops car some years ago and at that time there was a picture of the pre-'40s car however it appears they

Since my Westerfield ORER collection brackets the dates the 1001-1009 appear, is there any indication that the 1002-1009 were the same type boxcar as the 1001 (which had full Charteau Martin paint and

Jon- Contact me off-list if you have photos or drawings of the lettering for the cars you want.... Thank you, Charlie Vlk I have been waiting for the correct (for my era) lettering to be

Bill Welchl wrote: Yes, that makes good sense. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Tony Given the language in the 1922 Annual Report and in other years I believe that the facilities they mention are ones they owned or leased, or ones owned by FGE's owners. Rich's information that

Bill Welch wrote: I don't know FGE practice, but PFE contracted with a wide variety of ice companies and local railroads to provide icing wherever they needed it. Could FGE have made an

I have been waiting for the correct (for my era) lettering to be available for this car for years. I doubt it ever will be available. I'm not sure if there are decals or not. -- Jon Miller For

Bob Chaparro wrote: PFE maintained for many years a significant business in cut flowers, shipped in express refrigerators, from the west coast to all other parts of the country. Another case: I

Prior to greenhouses allowing year round growing in the colder climates, car loads were shipped from the deep south, the southwest and the west coast. Holidays were the time to catch these shipments

Anyone know what the typical loaded weight of a WWIII Pullman built troop sleeper was? Or the axle capacity on the Allied trucks they rode on? Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!

Steve, The year 1947 was the end of transition period for running boards when the last ones made of wood were applied to new cars. Not only did this apply to the carbon black covered hoppers, the

I've been communicationg with a manufacturer recently about the delicate HO stirrups on their freight cars. He is of the opinion that there is no alternative and still keep them to scale size. It

According to the 1952 Directory of Industries and Facilities of the DL&W, there was an emergency icing facility in Elmira on the eastbound side of the Lackawanna for "protection of commodities

Steve, Thanks for the information. The picture is a little less hazy. I have realized that I have taken a couple of generic statements from Ted's tankcar book and Sunshine's x-3 information and

Are decals available for a pre-1940's car? Or, would it be better just to get the F&C version? (Is it the same car?) Akron, Ohio manufactures a lot of auto tires, and while I don't know if the W&LE

Tim-- My "up close and personal" experience with these cars likely does not replicate well in HO scale. Were I modelling a more recent time, the HO yardmen switching these cars would wear the white

Ed-- Thanks for the breakdown on these cars. As I used the kit's early AB brake reservoir, I'm committed to modelling one of CABX 21-106 with a "stemwinder" hand brake. Unless I pull out that

I attended a local historical meeting at which the speaker discussed his family's rose growing business. This was a very large operation and shipped rose stock all over the country. He mentioned

Bill, The 1945 PRR CT1000 (list of stations and billable locations) shows a FGE facility at MP 72.7 with a private siding on the Elmira Branch and an ice house at MP 73.0. This would be miles from