Decided to produce rosters of Florida railroads. SAL is first, will be followed by ACL next (FEC never had a large roster, but will do if asked). If you find errors, please bring them to my

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Freight Car

As noted, the CGW 1923 All Steel A.R.A. cars didn't have Creco doors, they had 3 panel car builders' doors. On line photos of the as-delivered cars outside of the link provided appear to be hard to

On 3/29/2015 9:41 PM, pullmanboss@... [STMFC] wrote: I seem to remember that one of the CBC's had at least one or more drawings but I'm at the other house from my books.

Here is a photo of one of the Monon tank cars Mr Darnaby referred to in his post. From the Barriger collection. Regards...Jerry Albin

I've been following this thread with interest and have 2 Comments/ questions 1) Jim's original post said: I'm having trouble locating pics of the tank cars in crude oil service on the web. My

Jon Miller wrote : > Also I really, really would like an accurate [Santa Fe] Tk-L. ThatBettendorf? cast > underframe if done correctly is neat. I thinknow that 3-D is here and there are > some good

Tony, I wasn't saying "all tank cars lettered for any RR" - I put some wiggle words because I knew about the SP (and other RRs). I was descrbing the way most (only many?) RRs dealt with their tank

Garth Groff wrote That depended on the arrangement between the two. Yes. To clarify, the shipper could pay shipment charges (and of course include it in the price of the cargo). That

My friend of almost 50 years, Dick Kuelbs passed away on Saturday the 29th of March from complications connected to cancer. Dick had a lifetime passion for Freight Cars and his pictures are in

Bill Darnaby wrote: It is my understanding that the "not in commercial service"notation in the ORER was intended to prevent reloading offline, not to prevent any commercial use. A few small roads had

Jim, The SP, of course, served many oil refineries, particularly in California and in Texas (T&NO). I know of no refineries served directly by the WP, and for their fuel needs their

The Monon listed five tank cars in the ORER but with note D stating that they were not in commercial service. It was always my understanding that they shuttled back and forth between Lafayette Shops

I have at least one negative in my collection showing a Missouri-Kansas-Texas tank car, X116114, clearly stenciled "Edible Oil Only". Obviously in the non-revenue series, as other cars in the same

Also I really, really would like an accurate Tk-L. That Bettendorf? cast underframe if done correctly is neat. I think now that 3-D is here and there are some good drawings it might be

Jim Betz wrote: Your statements may be correct for many railroads (Santa Fe, certainly, assigned all or nearly all of its tank cars for company fuel or on-line water service). But in your search

Garth, I agree - there were/are exceptions to any "rule" about freight cars that has ever been presented as "fact" - including mine. And there certainly were some tank cars that were lettered for a

I agree. The only RR-owned tank cars I recall seeing in revenue service are some UP tank cars hauling molasses on the Great Western in Colorado, and some CB&Q high walkway tank cars (!) in the same

Jim, There are probably many exceptions to what you have cited about tank cars, though it seems to be generally true. However, the SP had a substantial fleet of revenue-service tank

On 3/29/2015 8:58 AM, jimbetz jimbetz@... [STMFC] wrote: This is most likely correct and a compelling argument for them not to be made, i.e. sales will be terrible. I'm