For those who may be interested, the finding aid for the Pullman-Standard collection in the Pennsylvania state archives is at: http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg393.htm The archives have

Tim O'Connor wrote: Solving that mystery would require a security clearance, Tim <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Mike What about that ACL combine #666, travelling mysteriously back and forth between the Rocky Flats and the Savannah River nuclear facilities... Any record of that car on the Overland route? Tim

Al, You can get a good idea of the B end detail from my book, pages 277, 288, and 299. There's a USRA hopper at Steamtown and I took some underbody shots and also shots of the brake line, which runs

Al, I can't speak to 1938-9 right now, but when I prepared for my clinic and article [ will it ever appear? ] on the C&NW/UP/SP Fast Mail in 1953 I discovered that a rather significant number of

Is there a good source of drawing(s) for the underbody detail of the brake system for the USRA 55-ton Twin Hopper Cars . . . specifically the C&O 62000-63999 series. The GA drwg for C&O series

Aley, Jeff A wrote: I was never sure about that, with the time spent learning to work around the defects. Perhaps I value my time higher than you do yours <g>. Tony Thompson Editor,

Hmm. I got more value out of it than I paid for it. Regards, -Jeff Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:52 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: ADMIN: Re: [STMFC] Magazine Index Tim

Tim O'Connor wrote: This is sure true. I gradually learned ways to work around the idiot system they have. Moreover, it often doesn't work right anyhow-- author's names are sometimes

I've been notified by Kalmbach -- the back issues are NOT in PDF or other standard format. They're in some proprietary database form and require a special app to view them. I'm sure this is just

Well, almost everything has to be scanned, except for the last N years worth (where N is around 10) where everything was done online and in a form that is still easily readable and convertible to PDF.

One FILE per PAGE? Wow, that seems kinda silly... I'm glad to hear it will be PDF -- Google Desktop knows how to read PDF files, so I can transfer the DVD contents to my hard drive and it will create

Anyone recognize the make/importer of this tank car? It caught my eye because of the radial (circumferential) rivet

Baggage cars were used to transport newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and other specialized time sensitive loads. It was less expensive to ship by rail in bulk to distributed mailing points than to

Al Brown wrote: "[SAL 301] sure is a baggage car: see Tom Christensen's post. But, what in the world was it doing there?" Most likely an empty baggage car deadheading home in a freight train;

It sure is a baggage car: see Tom Christensen's post. But, what in the world was it doing there? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Tim, Looks more like Zamac than brass. Chuck Hladik

I asked them about this at Trainfest, and the plan is PDF files. It may be one file per page, but with 2 DVD-ROMs full of the complete issues (ads and all). They even considered selling a USB stick

Al, It looks like SAL 301 is listed as BAG, could it be a baggage car? Be nice to throw one into one of my 1930s SP Oregon freights. To all who thanked me on and off line you are more then welcome.

Al, SAL 301 is a 1911 built 70' baggage car. Tom Christensen  The only two SAL cars I noticed were a 15000-series box ('24 ARA SS, class B-5) and SAL 301, which is I have no idea what. Not