John, The Mid-Continent Public Library (Kansas City area - Missouri side) offers access to the complete collection of black and white Sanborn maps for the U.S. If you are not a

You have a good memory. I checked my 1991 Walther's Decal "Update" catalog and there it is. The description says "dark green car, yellow," The car could have faded to the bluish shown on the

One thing that hasn't been mentioned in this discussion is that in 1953/54 UTLX lost all their 6500 gal type V tankcars that they were disinclined to upgrade to AB brakes. It seems to me that these

I purchased some Tichy decals this summer, one set of which I have used. I too was disappointed with the thickness of the lettering. The set I used was for a "brand new paint job" DL&W boxcar which

Hi Guys, Does anyone have a link to Sanborn Maps for St. Louis? I have found a bunch of sites online that do not have compete sets, or restricted access. Thanks in advance for the help. John

Bruce: We can agree that the ARA Spec II cars were restricted from carrying certain cargoes, but I remain unconvinced that the more common refinery products (gasoline, kerosene, naptha) would

I would like to get in touch with Sid off line about lumber. This seems to be a good addition to the CNWHS Modeler story on lumber yards Ron Christensen

HI Bruce, That was where I was going with this. It isn't the "orientation" of the brake gear but whether it is a power brake with some type of force multiplier which makes roll-outs much more

Rob, It is myunderstanding that there was no ARA/AAR/ICC ruling or mandate to ban or upgradethe vertical shaft hand brake wheel hardware on freight cars. Therewas a January 1, 1937 requirement for

Rob, “Power hand brake” does not require that it be a horizontal shaft handbrake. ;) There were vertical shaft power handbrakes. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

Looking at that table, it appears that Soo Line 41800-42798 and 135800-135998, both series built 10-36, may be the last cars so equipped. These 1932 AAR cars equipped with vertical brake staffs do not

I guess the question is, was there an ARA/AAR rule change that mandated power hand brakes and when was it made effective for cars built new or cars that were rebuilt of shopped for repairs? I would

Dave, In part I based this on post #135723 by Elden Gatwood, as well as repeated references by others over the years on this list that ARA class II/ICC class 102 were restricted because of their

I agree with everything in your post. Do it myself. Decaling is not a "one and done" operation. Modlers have to teach themselves how to do it. There are no short cuts and one has to take ones time to

After thinking about this overnight, I realized there was an online source of info on the 1932 ARA box cars that calls out those cars with vertical staff hand brake wheels. Ed Hawkins has a

I have used Tichy decals and use them for printing some of my OBS-CALS decals using my artwork. Yeah, they do sorta resemble Braille on the sheet but they install nice and look good after setting and

Missed that email from Tichy. I have some Tichy PFE sets now in storage where the SP-UP medallion decals would not adhere. The black PFE lettering adhered OK with dio-sol. Ken Adams

>>Given a selection of boxcars suitable forgrain service would a railroad choose to provided their customers with theircars or cars from a foriegn road?<< Well . . . . . . That depends. If it is

Bruce: Do you have a reference? Both gasoline and kerosene are clearly allowed in Spec II cars in the 1920 ARA Specification for Tank Cars. Many "inflammable" liquids were still permitted in Spec II

Dave, There were some restrictions on MCB class II cars. They were not allowed to carry some cargos that MCB class III cars could (gasoline and kerosine, come to mind, iirc). Regards, Bruce Bruce