Although more research can be done, here is some additional information on Southern 150555. It is from an order for cars 150000-151006. 725 36 ft, 30-ton steel center sill (SCS) box cars were

Back in 2010 I was able to borrow thru Inter Library Loan the USDA Library's copy of the October 1940 Nat'l Perishable Freight Committee's "Perishable Protect Tariff No.11" and its June 1942

Bookfinder.com has 9 listings for new books and a dozen for used. -- "Not only is it not right, it's not even wrong!" From Wolfgang Pauli, perpetrator of the Pauli Exclusion Principle

I wanted to share with the group that there is a Digital Copy of the 1946 Car Builders Cyclopedia and others available on ebay or direct from Vintage Literature. The price of the 2 Disk Set was 6.97

Thanks Tim, I forgot to mention that Richard Hendrickson did a kitbash article in RMC 02/85, which inspired me. The article so far has been the best source to date. The problem is in the photo

Ray Breyer wrote: And if Rapido is releasing some obscure NP car that 'only' counted 4,000 cars, why in the world won't a manufacturer look at a 20,000-plus built car that ran on multiple roads, well

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Don Valentine wrote: You must not look at the _Gazette_ very often, Narrow gaugers have been doing this detail for years. Tony Thompson =================== I

True of course, and I could have used better wording. I did mean that two M3s would load a 50-ton car to around its marked capacity, but "maxing out" does suggest that a limit is being reached, which

Don Valentine wrote: You must not look at the _Gazette_ very often, Narrow gaugers have been doing this detail for years. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Chuck, I think Don is correct. At the Colorado Railroad Museum (mostly Colorado narrow gauge) there are 1:1 cars that do have wood slats through a pair of truss rod turnbuckles, just as

Looking again at Bob Witt's Southern SU box car photo take a closer look at the turnbuckles. The two that can be seen have clearly been turned so that the openings in them face one another and someone

The boxes on top are labeled Picnic Twist, which apparently was a chewing tobacco based on a search online. Rich Gibson Billings, MT

Speculation, but it would seem reasonable that the S signified a steel underframe at a time when they were being introduced. The car builder is Lenoir Car Works in Lenoir City, Tennessee later merged

Rich I've looked and come up with only ancient email thread started by Earl Tuson over the S Helper Service box car models. This is all of the information I could find on any of the classes you

Jack, Folks, Assumptions get us all in trouble <G>. I would NOT assume that the armor train is eastbound. Yes, there are the clear exhausts of two steam locomotives visible, but those could be

Looking for information (photos, resources etc.) on what seems to be UP's forgotten classes of freight cars. Have not found hardly anything on: F-50-12, F-50-13 Flat Cars B-50-36, B-50-37 rebuilt Box

Yes, Jack. That is my understanding. And the F&C kit represents a laterrebuild/refresh of the early 1920s cars. Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX From:STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...]

Hi Dave, Yep: 100% tongue in cheek. I'd include the Southern as a 'second tier' popular road, behind only the ATSF, UP, SP and maybe a couple of modern roads. It's hugely popular, and given the large

Aren't the all of the Westerfield SU models the postwar steel-end versions? Post-WWi, that is. Jack Mullen

And with that many boxcars in service between 1916 and 1955, why don't we have a good plastic model of them again? Is it because of the Southern's gross green locomotives, zero public relations,