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

Schuyler Larrabee says about the RP Cyc's: "They are much more valuable as research material, and are an impressive testament to the research that Pat and Ed have done to be able to write what they

Thanks! Al

No, but would like to... Storey Lindsay Celje, Slovenia

---In STMFC@..., <water.kresse@...> wrote : Hi folks, I have a yard drawing of the East Lexington, Virginia, yard calling out platforms with swing pipes for pumping out tank cars of home heating oil

If I may be allowed to add to what Schuyler has already said, the RP Cycs are THE best source of steam era freight car information for any topic they have covered. That is to say, Ed and Pat cover a

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Groups; Part 5 may have been stripped. Did any of you get it? Thanks, Elden Gatwood Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE

Hi folks, I have a yard drawing of the East Lexington, Virginia, yard calling out platforms with swing pipes for pumping out tank cars of home heating oil to tanks on concrete piers. Did they drop a

TheCNWHS Modeler is on line now, with articles on grain elevators, pulp wood cars,stock cars, the Deadwood station and M&StL switch engines. http://www.cnwhs.org/modeling.htm Ron Christensen

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Thanks! Looks like I missed a couple of issues. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> on behalf of STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List