My experience (slim and dated though it is) tells me that malt is much less durable than the unmalted barley. I know that at least in San Francisco the barley came to one or more commercial malt

My experience (slim and dated though it is) tells me that malt is much less durable than the unmalted barley. I know that at least in San Francisco the barley came to one or more commercial malt

Tony and Friends, Is there evidence that large breweries did their own malting on site? If that was the case, then we should be talking about bulk grain, mostly barley. Your

Steve Lucas wrote: My dictionary, admittedly American, defines "wooden" as meaning "made of or consisting of wood." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Um, Tony-- That deck would be a "wood" deck, not a "wooden" deck--wouldn't it?? (The use of the words "would, wood, wooden, wouldn't" were noticed after I wrote this. :) Steve Lucas.

Both is the correct answer. Sometimes in the same car! Just checked a couple billheads on ebay. 1939 from Froedtert Grain & Malting in Milwaukee on Nov 1 One car 1950 bushels Standard Malt plus

Having grown up with the family business through the 1940s and 50s (a retail bakery), our flour (all types), granulated sugar and salt were shipped in fabric bags, up to about 1950-51. Then came a

Eric, When was this flat car built? Does it pre-date most geared, horizontal wheel hand brakes? Do you know which hand brake was applied to this flat car? Perhaps that information can be found on

Cement was originally shipped in barrels. Many cement company’s logos wereround so they could be stamped on the top of the barrel. Cement was also sold bythe barrel well after they were replaced by

I think Jack, and Dennis before him, are correct. I would not advise creating a hand brake model from a patent drawing. While I have only looked at 729 patents, all of which I have on file here, I

Malt is made by germinating grain, and would be shipped like other grains. Bulk or bagged. Today it appears 50lbs is the norm for bagged malt. Cement (powder) was shipped in barrels, sacks/bags or

Also remember cement was shipped in bulk in boxcars. When Seattle City Light was building the Diablo and Ross Dam's on the Skagit River in Washington state the cement was produced at the cement plants

Tim O'Connor wrote: Good point, Tim. Fiber drums in particular were an important item of commerce in those days. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

I think Tony is correct. If fact I went back and looked that the prototype photo of WLE 45153. Holding my Accurail AAR Gondola up against that photo, I think this WLE gon is a standard AAR 41'

Bulk materials were also shipped in barrels -- wood, metal orpaper. But I agree with Tony malt was most likely shipped in bags -- Long transit times etc probably meant bags were the best/cheapest way

I'm pretty sure they are Accurail ends. The Dreadnaught ribs are correctly rendered on both sides. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Tony -- Any idea what Richard used to replace the stock Mantua ends? TIA Paolo roffo

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: True, though the "idea" is not just a suggestion, it is based on both shipping records and on photos of men loading cement sacks into box cars. There are very similar

Well, Schuyler- Jethro swam in the "cement pond" on the TV show Beverly Hillbillies. Surely you couldn't call that into question? I will henceforth stop calling you Shirley....... -Andy Carlson Ojai

Tony, as a materials guy, I am sure you are aware that concrete mixes were specified as so many bags of cement along with volumetric measures for the aggregate and sand, so that lends credence to the