Cooler there than inland. In the late 50’s/early 60’s many streets in Taft and Bakersfield had asphaltum. In the 110 degree weather, it would get a little soft. Some areas would be black and

The rural county I live in here in South Central Illinois still oils and chips many roads annually as do most of the small municipalities. The oil is dispensed from a truck that looks

Wasn't "asphaltum" also used sometimes to describe"car cement" (?) or other heavy roof or rustproofing compounds? I always think of the gooey stuff you slosh onto the roof of buildings,or

At least here in the West, many early paved roads were made with surface mined asphaltum. About 5 miles RR East from San Luis Obispo, CA, the SP and the Narrow Gauge Pacific Coast Railway shared

Rich Orr wrote: According to several web sources, asphaltum is merely the old name for asphalt. It was in use before the 20th century. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

I agree with Tony. A set of pipes go from the top of the tank car to the top of the heater/pump trailer. The product then goes into the pump, back out the top of the trailer, then to the tanker

There are two photos of the UTLX car at Marietta MN being unloaded into a road oil truck. The date is June 1954. I don’t think the photo has anything to do with asphalt. In the mid-west it was a

Not to muddy the waters more but what is the difference between asphalt concrete and asphaltum? Are they the same or is asphaltum the recycled asphalt concrete which is stripped from the road,

Peter Hall wrote: I don't agree at all. The background is much lighter (hazy?) and the hose to the dome top is dark. I see a continuous line of hose from the tank car to a fixture on the top of the

Mike Bauers wrote: Better check into this more extensively, Mike. The term "asphalt" definitely refers to the petroleum binder in paving. It is only "civilian" slang to call the paving "asphalt,"

As a youngster, I remember the dirt roads being "oiled" then a fine layer of crushed stone/rock and then rolled. Eventually, this was the base for the roads being paved. Many of the roads in my

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-16-16/X0971.jpg Plus the next two photos Schuyler

Les, and others, below is the contents of a message Gene Green posted to the MSTL group regarding the 63000 hoppers. The 63000 cars were different than the 65000 cars. The only photo I have of a 63000

Those are not Fox trucks under the StJ&GI boxcar. They look to be Cloud Pedestal trucks. I have just uploaded a 1904 magazine ad to our Files section showing Cloud and Kindle trucks. Brian

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Kindl and Cloud Trucks.jpg Uploaded by :

Hi Eric, What do you do about the fact that with one look at iyour Reading boxcar it is easy to see that two different sets of lettering were used, that from F&C being considerably more "white".

The location is the Harlem Transfer inthe Bronx. You can see the sign above thetransfer crane in this image that was posted

I think this is a RIP track. The NYC car, and the next one further on both appear to be missing a wheelset from the trucks nearest the camera. The fifth car down looks like a Flat car seriously

In the continuing saga of the "Dry-Flo" tank cars rebuilt into covered hopperish things, Roger and I are now assuming the lease ended in November 1939. The lease began November 13, 1936. The lease

Gee, no one reads Model Railroad Planning? I used that photo and a coupleothers to illustrate a point a few years ago. The reason Vern took that andanother photo was because he was the agent there and