Jim Betz wrote: Look at a few prototype photos, Jim. Lots of placards used on placard boards, such as "UNLOAD OTHER SIDE" or "CANNED GOODS" or "AUTO PARTS" or "DO NOT HUMP" or all kinds of

Bob Chaparro wrote: The problem here is that there were two different boards, both of which COULD be called "tack" boards because things were tacked or stapled to them. One is a PLACARD board.

In that same batch is L021, apparently a photograph of a photograph. Beside the thumbtack are clearly visible fingerprints. Interesting little detail. Chuck Peck in FL

Nelson, Thank you for bringing this to my attention. You are correct, and the mailing address hasn’t changed. I apologize to the STMFC for the error in the address that should read: RP CYC

Bob all Car Builders Cyc. I have list only the term placard boards. The term "tack board" is I believe is railroad employee slang. Yesterday at the Railroad Modelers Retreat I was displaying

It reads "Tack Cards Here". Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-03-05-17 Schuyler

Hi, I've always heard them called "Tack Boards". There are many examples of terms used "on the ground" (i.e. by the crews) that were not used in official documents. At times it seems silly and

All continuing the GET hopper photos on the ErieLack archive site... part of the NPS Steamtown collection posted by Historian/Archivist Pat (Richard) McKnight; More shots of GET 35895 - a Government

Ed, I think you fat fingered your post office box in the announcement below. I' m assuming you're box number is still 451. I'll mail a check tomorrow. Nelson Moyer Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017

Thanks for the tip, Bill. I have several of these Tichy retainer valves with the wire already installed and ready to mount on the model. I'll check on the PSC part for upcoming upgrades! Eric

Really appreciate seeing this "First Look" Eric. I suggest using the Precision Scale Retainer Valve part #PSC31796 instead of the Tichy part. They come four to a packet and they are very fine jewel

Dennis, The WP continued to paint their tackboards black almost up until the end. Example: a number of house cars were rebuilt in 1979 with experimental color schemes. All

Tack Board Or Placard Board? What some labeled a tack board is identified as a placardboard in the Code of Federal Regulations and even in one of Tony T's blogs(with a photo):

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: As the ARA and then AAR recommended. cars frequently using heavy salt icing, such as meat cars, were supposed to be equipped to RETAIN the brine on board, not drip it all

Dennis Storzek wrote: As Richard Hendrickson enjoyed pointing out, and as is borne out by prototype photos, car clerks were evidently annoyed by the bossy directive to "Tack Cards Here," and many

Schuyler, thanks for the wild guess. Certainly better than anything I could have come up with. And a new factoid of info that I never knew about. Pat Wade

This is a wild guess, Pat, but some early reefers were cooled by overhead bins with ice in them. But unless this car had those AND end bunkers, that can’t be it. This one DOES have end bunkers,

---In STMFC@..., <doug.harding@...> wrote : Tack Cards Here Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org ================ The evolution of the tack board: Initially, the entire exterior of freight cars

I’ve posted a first look at the new Accurail HO scale 36-footbox car kits on the DesignBuildOp blog. These are a welcome addition for railroadsset between 1910 and 1950.