There seems to be a view that the PGE freight cars were a collection of old, decrepit clunkers in the 1950s. My understanding, however, is that there were at least some modern cars. The 4001-4075 box

Jim Betz wrote (in part): Jim, your general questions have simple answers, and I will try to be brief. Shippers told the local agent what cars they needed, and where they were going. That

< Mark Hemphill wrote: < And in the 1930s, Weyerhaeuser developed its own giant lumber warehouse, distribution, < planing, and millwork centers in Baltimore and Newark using its own coast-wise

During the war, ODT and the military worked closely with the AAR and the railroads to alleviate port congestion and keep the entire rail network fluid. They re-routed cars and established embargos to

A similar, documented commodity flow during the war was Alcohol from Canada and Pacific North West points to Richmond CA for export to the USSR under Lend-Lease. I wrote a blog post about it in 2012

Dave Evans, apparently dreaming about the future, says: "Something must have changed after the era of this list. (Sorry for the out of era content.) "I bought a Lindal Cedar home kit in 1990, and

Yes they did. I drew a lettering diagram of one that sat for years in St. Paul, when I worked for the MILW. don't know if I can find it. Brad Sent from Brad's iPod

Jim, You might start by learning the role of the Freight Agent. I am not a good person to tell you (I would merely parrot what others have written). A good source is Tony

Hello friends, � I'm back from the PNW (Portland 2015) and would like to discuss -again- the car service rules.� But not from the viewpoint of the rules themselves

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone had information on whether Kerr McGee (an Oklahoma oil company) had tank cars in the 1950's. If so, does anyone have information and/or photos of

Greg, Something must have changed after the era of this list. (Sorry for the out of era content.) I bought a Lindal Cedar home kit in 1990, and the plan review and building inspectors in Fairfax

Not to get too far afield, but to give a better sense of what we're looking at as far as the PGE of the 40's and 50's was concerned... Someone else has mentioned the Oregon Electric in this

I purchased some a few years ago on a whim to see how it compared to the likes of Microscale Red and Blue and found it to be about the same. Bill Welch

Absolutely, right into Dallas/FT Worth. Jim Singer gave away some Qcalendars a few years back with a shot of some re consignment cars headed toDenver and perhaps Texas. Greg Martin Eventually

I'm assuming for interchange, given that these cars were numbered PGER 3045-3099 & PGER 20500-24499 (PGER reporting marks were for international use), but these cars weren't acquired until

I'll narrow it down further. This line last appeared in the July 1960 ORER. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net

I stopped into a Blicks Art Supplies store today to buy several bottles of Testors paint and some solvent/thinner. I’m not >really< familiar with this paint, but used it on the last

I think I have posted this before, but this document (see the link below) is a packet of daily carload reports from Mineral, WA on the Milwaukee Road for the month of August 1935. Pretty much all of

---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : That may be so Garth, but once a PGE car went to, say, the CanadianNational, it might end up in Portland Maine on the Grand Trunk, or any number of

Given the Hill lines friendly CB&Q connection to Texas in Montana, wasthere significant GN and NP lumber traffic routed via CB&Q to Texas? gary laakso south of Mike Brock