Thanks all for help and suggestions. In reference to Eric H's suggestion, I do have the B&O Summary of Equipment for my time period which I use to make sure my B&O fleet is correct. I am looking for

The SP H&TS website has something that can be printed out in color but it may be too modern for us. This is a topic I have only recently developed an interest in and have rounded up three more kits in

I believe that the Southern Pacific Historicsl Society magazine "Trainline" had an article on creating plaster board loads along with pbotos. This wss three or four years ago Bill Pardie Sent from my

Here are a couple. Contrary to your request, I included two without loads. 1940s N&W car drawings (no load) https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=rs&id=636 Jan. 1958 N&W (no load)

Bob and Bill, WP 50' flats from series 2401-2700 were converted with bulkheads of at least two different styles for wallboard service in 1951-53. The cars were renumbered

Can anyone point me to a photo source that has/might haveimages of plasterboard loads on flat cars, especially pre-1960? I've tried Railpictures.net and I'm struggling through

Fran, Why not pick up an official B&O Summaryof Equipment? The B&ORHS bunch has copies of 1956 and 1957 available. My1925 version has been very handy to cross reference with a 1926 ORER for my1926

There is a delay between tabulation and publication, so if I wanted B&O or whatever through September of a given year, what year/month should I request? Nelson Moyer Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017

The California State Railroad Museum has an expensive collection of ORERs. Give them a call with information on what issue of the ORER that you need for the B&O and they can most likely photocopy it

Michael, I have a picture (from Bob's Photos) of a GN boxcar, likely from this series, taken in 1951, and lettered for bulk cement service. Interestingly, none of the ORERs I have perused have any

A couple notes: The GN had a series of boxcars devoted to cement haulage during the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. These might be part of that--note what looks like outlets on the car

Tim, Thanks much. Yes, this is the predecessor to the USS Provo works, which were built during WWII. The government actually built the plant, but leased and later sold it to

SHPX indeed gave low numbers to multi-compartment cars: see RP CYC 10, pp 76-105. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Hi Garth! Google is your friend - Columbia Steel Company, aleader in California�s steel industry, became interested in the county�s iron-ore deposits because of the close proximity of

Friends, I just ran across this very interesting tank car photo in the Barriger Collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12225225754/sizes/o/ . I can read

Yes: Where can I get a copy of the Lepkey Catalog? Bill Welch

If it were me, I would get an October 1956 ORER, an as second choice would get the July 1956. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Bill, You are referring to the Andrew Merrilees Collection at the National Archives of Canada. Years ago I gave a clinic on the subject at the Naperville RPM and provided CDs containing a catalog of

I have been involved in research of Santa Fe livestock cars for my upcoming book, and I have found that ORERs can be used a guide, but not as a definitive source. In fact, I am still looking for the

I almost forgot about those! I bought the PRR and subsidiaries collection, which covers from 1902 up to the formation of CONRAIL, I believe. Its about 1.2 GB of information on 3 DVDs, but in PDF or