Except the Alaska Railroad never ran to Juneau. In fact Juneau AK never had a railroad. To this day the city does not even have a highway to the outside world. The only way to get to Juneau is by air

I built and upgraded a Bowser Rock Island (RI) covered hopper kit. I built the Bowser covered hopper car in RI class LO, numbered 491. The Bowser covered hopper kit is an excellent match for its RI

Bachmann is releasing a model very similar to these NYC express cars. https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=258_324_1164_1228&products_id=8367

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 03:06 PM, nyc3001 . wrote: However, my curiosity was piqued by the "NYC" reefers.Phil, I didn't see your note til I'd posted my reply to Bruce's question. Good catch on the NYC

The NYC reefers shown were not true reefers but were more like express reefers without provision for icing. NYC serviced a huge milk shed in upstate New York and they had been built to carry milk cans

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 01:58 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: Holy smokes! A NYC reefer loaded with 5 tons of empty cans from Cleveland headed to Juneau, Alaska !! Presumably to be returned with a load of

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 12:57 PM, Bruce Smith wrote: I am familiar with M&E trains with this type of consist (and they, at least on the PRR, were technically passenger trains), and that would include

How do you guys expect them to get a return on their investment? They didn’t plunk down the dollars to let the tooling sit around and gather dust. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Let me see if I understand this correctly. Secondhand tooling that wasn't all that great the first time,foobie paint schemes AND reserve now with delivery 9 months out? Now that's a business model...

Looking more closely at the consist info, it looks like J-1c Hudson #5262 is on the point, which was very unusual for a freight train (since the Central's primary freight engines in this time period

Holy smokes! A NYC reefer loaded with 5 tons of empty cans from Cleveland headed to Juneau, Alaska !! Presumably to be returned with a load of canned salmon. :-) If I

Phil, I am familiar with M&E trains with this type of consist (and they, at least on the PRR, were technically passenger trains), and that would include the coach serving as a rider car for the

There are quite a few NYC freight consists from canadasouthern.com that include passenger cars. The below consists are taken from the Toledo and Lake divisions. Here's one with a NYC baggage (loaded

Could it have been a MIXED train? In which case, a Railway Express load could be forwarded in a baggage car. Amtrak handled Heinz products in express box cars out of Toledo OH in

Jack, I think this B&O M-26a box car in the Delano photo is wearing the original paint and lettering. Well, what’s left of the lettering. Attached is a cropped view of the car. I also adjusted

You are all trying to overthink this situation. A Baggage car in a passenger train goes B/O in route and must be set out. The Railroad will arrange to transfer the cargo if any to the quickest means

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 01:45 AM, Jack Mullen wrote: I've read that the B&O paint weathered badly, as did some other iron oxide based paints of that era. It's well known that rust changes color as

I have seen a photo of a Pennsy baggage car on a freight train on the Minnesota Western in the 1950's. It was hauling canned sweet corn for eastern markets. It had two baggage doors per side and not

When I was watching ACL Western Division freights back in the day, baggage-express cars would be in the consists from time to time. I've "assumed" they were hauling express that didn't make it onto

Ive noticed the practice in high priority freights on CN, Lackawanna, Reading, ATSF, SP and I believe UP. I want to say at least one of the northwestern roads and Prr but cannot recall. Mostly in