Tim Several things come into play. We've all seen trust plates on various freight cars. In that case the bank owned the car. Many new cars from ACF, Pullman Standard, Greenville, etc were financed.

Dennis ? Is that really the same question ? RB's were around in the 1930'sfor wine, beer, chocolate, and other products. I don't know of any in railroad company service (were thereXI's?) but maybe

Ok, Mark, you have me stumped. What does depreciation of cars haveto do with any of this? Tim O' > Mark Landgraf wrote Monday, April 10, 2017 6:48 PM > I suspect the accountants may have driven the

---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : Say WHAT?? There was no such thing as an insulated box car (i.e. RBbunkerless reefer) ??? I have shots of wood sheathed steam era Hershey's RB's. The

---In STMFC@..., <vasa0vasa@...> wrote : Would such factories have their own power plant or would they have used the local grid? It could be a function of the age of machinery in the plant:

Tim has hit on the most important reason that railroads would care about how many of each car class remained on their rosters: Not per diem per se, but ACCOUNTING. Railroads employed legions of

Gary, I would think that cream would be locally sources and would arrive via a motor carrier and not on the rails. I also do not believe that cocoa beans would require insulated shipment. Most likely

From: Mark Landgraf Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 6:48 PM To: Tim O'Connor timboconnor@... [STMFC]; STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: ORERs

Well, my 1952 ORER says the GN USRA originals and clones had the same height to the eaves, running board and top of the brake staff, and the same cuft capacity (3098). The only difference is that I

Thanks, Tim O’! Gary Laakso south of Mike Brock

Tim O' wrote: Does Accurail offer its USRA DS box car with 7/8 ends?? I don't know if Accurail does, but Westerfield offers a 7/8 corrugated end that looks like it should fit their USRA DS kit. I'm

Say WHAT?? There was no such thing as an insulated box car (i.e. RBbunkerless reefer) ??? I have shots of wood sheathed steam era Hershey's RB's. The "L"refers to loading devices, which really came

Jeff, I would think heat in the summer melting the bars was more of an issue than shelf life. RBL cars did not yet exist. Reefers where used to keep the contents cool just from all the insulation.

Gary, I can't speak for Brown and Haley, but I've done a lot of research on Hollywood Brands Candy in Centralia, IL. They made the $100,000 bar and I think the Zero candy bar.�

Gary Cocoa beans did not need refrigeration or insulation. Hershey had insulated cars for its PRODUCTS, which did need insulation. Deliveries to the candy factory should include packaging (specialty

I suspect the accountants may have driven the periodic changes in the remaining cars in the fleet. While most of the cars that were coming off the road were fully depreciated, there was still the need

The Milwaukee tried to hit the factory with locomotives and freight cars more than a few times! Paul Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

We have a model of the factory on out layout. See PSMRE website. Sorry, its truck served! Bill S.

The Milwaukee Road served the Brown & Haley candy factory in Tacoma, WA, a substantial building of maybe 5 stories and there is a partial picture of it on page 43 of A Northwest Rail Pictorial II

So since the GN cars were not true USRA clones, does that make them prototypical foobies? :-) Tim O'Connor