Bud Rindfleisch

The data for boxcars as of 12-31-1950 can be found in the Files section as a table of numbers and in the photos section as two bar charts for the top twenty owners and the next twenty owners. The

I am sure this has come up but can not find anything about it in the archives. I have a US Navy, made by Athern, boxcar and am wondering how correct it is? Did the Navy have any boxcars and if so

Mike Aufderheide wrote: Terrific list, Mike! A couple of comments: Um, I'm a little doubtful that car groups this far down the list all need to be done--except of course for modelers

All,   FWIW, the following lists of the most numerous box/auto/vent cars not modeled in resin or plastic: (1950 ORER #s)     ACL O16A, B, C 40ft rebuilt auto car. 2,500 cars, 3rd most numerous

I have this boxcar data for 1956 summarized also, I'll post tonight if it helps. I think it was in my Naperville handout also. Brian Carlson

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "Ben, as your boxcar compilation no doubt shows, this list changes dramatically if coal hoppers are excluded. B&O, C&O, L&N, and N&W move way down the list, Santa Fe,

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Exactly. The chart i referenced from my blog DOES have the hopper, ore and ballast cars removed. Here's that link

JP Barger wrote: Yes, I published such a chart years ago, and have reproduced it in a post on my blog. Here's the

Here is a reference to Pareto that JP mentioned...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution The Pareto distribution, named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, is a power law

Ben, as your boxcar compilation no doubt shows, this list changes dramatically if coal hoppers are excluded. B&O, C&O, L&N, and N&W move way down the list, Santa Fe, Milwaukee, and Southern

I wrote: "I also compiled a comparison of boxcar fleets for January 1950 and formatted it on a slide for my clinics - Brian Carlson used it last for his presentation at the last Greensburg meet. 

Elden, I think JP wanted the top 20 Railroads, not the top 20 per railroad <VBG> , although that data would be even more useful, and it is certainly the approach that you, I and others have taken

JP Barger asked: "Hi-- Tony Thompson's last message made me think that a 'pareto' list of the top twenty RR's total freight car ownership in 1950 would be most useful in thinking about what is under-

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE JP; You need a message title, so... For the PRR, closest date I have - July 1949; TOP 20: H21A, X29, GLA, GS, GLCA, X31A, X26, X25, G22, H21E, H25, G27,

Hi-- Tony Thompson's last message made me think that a 'pareto' list of the top twenty RR's total freight car ownership in 1950 would be most useful in thinking about what is under- and what is

What's all this UP sensitivity? It's an interesting and in some ways glamorous railroad, but stands around 14th or 15th in terms of size of freight car fleet, as of the early 1950s. Tony

Sure ;-) Actually, I'm a dues-paying member. Haven't been to the site for some time. Maybe I better re-explore. -Brian Chapman Evansdale, Iowa

I've been collecting 3D printing information as I trip across it. There are several processes out there, some of which do a very fine job of reproducing fine detail. Some years ago I was able to

Might I be bold enough to suggest the NEB& W site?.Armand Premo