OH JOY! Looking forward to it. Chuck Peck

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Groups; I have been asked to present this info in a digital magazine, and will do so with help. It will also provide the means to attach many photos with

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Group; OK, I realize that I should have started with the following classes, since they preceded most of those I have already discussed, but some

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Dave; Yes, it is out there. Thankss for the interest! Elden

Hello again Elden I have down loaded your series on tank cars.Did you post a parts 1and 6 ? I'm greatly appreciative of your efforts to provide such a wealth of info. on this

Allow me to selectively expand on Elden's Point No. 2 found under his modeling notes---- Point 2: The major operators of tank car fleets were the major lessors of the cars you would most frequently

Dennis Storzek wrote: It's my understanding that some states prohibited bottom unloading of flammable cargo, but many states permitted it. Obviously in that case an individual consignee could do

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Groups; Sorry it didn't work exactly as planned, but convert to HTML, and you get most of a big table.... Elden Gatwood

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Groups; Here is the last summary of what I have put together to-date, and is a work-in-progress. This is a comparison of prototype to models. I

---In STMFC@..., <doug.harding@...> wrote : Some farmers even made their own fuel, ethanol is not a new phenomenon. =========== TRACTOR fuel? I always thought those corn squeezin's was for medicinal

Thanks to all for your help. I'm back on the road again..... Ken Adams Walnut Creek California

Can someone here gather all these great postings into a PDF? This is too good to lose. Chuck Peck

Al remember farmers did not switch to diesel engines in tractors in large numbers until the very late 50’s or even mid 60’s. Ie after the time of the STMFC list. The first farm tractors ran on

Elden, This is really a nice summary of tanks cars and I am making a document from your postings. About those postings this version of part 5 worked OK, but I can't seem to find part 4. Do you have

No, I went back through my mail and found no trace. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs throughit. Norman Maclean In a message dated 7/9/2015 6:54:35 A.M. Pacific

---In STMFC@..., <water.kresse@...> wrote : I will look for pumping sheds on the few small AFE drawings I have of the yard. It seems like somebody was always running a pipe under its four or five

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Groups; Apparently, the format I presented it caused pt 5 to get dumped, so hopefully this one works. Well, no it didn't work. Wait….wait….Ah HA!

Dennis, So the local gas stations could get its gasoline and the farmers their diesel for their tractors the same way. The East Lexington Yard, two miles from Lexington, had four oil or refinery

A bit more elaboration... Unloading through the dome was considered safer than using the bottom outlet. If something happened and the hose or coupling sprung a leak, there was the potential for the

I don't see Pt. 5 either and also would like it. - Bob Witt