Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, I am fairly certain this is a ex-URTX reefer similar to this one that still has hinged doors. http://tinyurl.com/3a33n72 These have been discussed in the past on the list

Al, Thanks for the feedback. The information in my January 1942 ORER provides the same data for the HPAX series 900-1049 (60 cars) and for the 7 cars in series PPCX 1050-1064, PPCX 1058, and PPCX

In the 1/43 ORER, the only HPAX cars are 1000-1060: L 37'3", IL 30'5" between ice tanks, IW 7'9", IH 7'2", door height 5'8", door width 4'8", cu ft 1691, 60 cars in series. -- FWIW, HTH -- -- Al

- Another note about feeder cattle: I am not sure what was going on in 1954-55, but the Chicago Great Western sent 150 single-sheathed, radial-roofed box cars to Darby Car Company in Kansas City for

If anyone has a 1943, 1944 or 1945 ORER, could you provide the following measurements as they are listed for the reefers in the Mather series that includes cars HPAX-1056 and HPAX-1065? External

Tony it may indeed be Marfa, again I was on a cell phone, and not being from Texas, did not recognize the name of the town. My notes have been forwarded to the fellow, he may correct my error. He was

For whatever reason, I have not yet interested myself in the hand brakes applied to the various USRA cars, whether actually built or not, except for the composite, drop-bottom gondolas because I

Gene, I agree with your assessment on the Perfection brake ratchet for the gondolas. I've gone back and looked more closely at my USRA hopper photos, and some of the hoppers are equipped with Miner

Thanks Richard!

Scott, this was a welded roof with two narrow rectangular panels between each seam cap. And the photos I have of new or nearly new cars all show the roofs as having been painted. Richard

I was looking at a picture of a ribside car and the caption says it has a "type 2 Murphy Double Panel Welded roof. Would this be the rectangle or diagonal roof they used? Also did they paint this

Nelson-- A John Nehrich article in the July, 1984 Mainline Modeler titled "Strengthened Underfrmes" goes into a bit of detail about retrofitting steel underframes to wood passenger

Looking at Larry's conductor book images, I have to wonder: What was the purpose of recording this information? Was this used as a timecard for the crew? Did it have any utility after the crew left

Bob, In the case of USRA composite, drop-bottom gondolas the hand brake applied was the "Perfection" Brake Ratchett from Railway Devices Co., St. Louis. You can find illustrations of this brake in

Hello All The recent discussion of baggage cars on freight trains prompted me to estimate how common they were on the Union Pacific mainline between Laramie and Rawlins, Wyoming. The data below are

Thanks Tony, saves me from building a foobie.   Rich Christie

I know the photo date is late, but the photographer notes the original built date as 10-1931, so I was wondering if this double sheathed car (perhaps originally an ice reefer) rang any bells as to its

Doug Polinder wrote: Ahem. That would be on the T&NO, not SP until after the time span of this list. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

Rich Christie wrote: The SP Class G-50-15 used the plate end. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Well Marfa is close, but the big ranch house for "Giant" was built at Valentine about 30 miles further west. The mexican worker village was also filmed in Valentine. More OT -- Valentine had stock