In addition to the SRHA, the B&O Railroad Historical Society also has a permanent archives building and significant document collections. A team of 12-15 volunteers inventories, scans and archives

Umm - perhaps I'm just dense or something, but I've looked back a bit to see if I can find the original discussion to which these posts refer, but I've been unsuccessful. Could one of you perhaps

I have to “second” all of Jerry’s and Tim’s comments! As the Southern Railway group’s (SRHA) Archives Director, I am asked quite often if I know what happened to particular photos or

I have jpegs scanned in 1998 and PDFs scanned in 1995 that all work just fine. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

One of the gravest issues with digital media is that the software for retrieving and viewing becomes outdated and new operating platforms do not support older programming. It takes much effort to

I firmly support what Tim and Dick have posted. For over 30 years I have cajoled people with Missouri Pacific information (slides, prints, egativers, paper items, etc.) to get them 'out of the

I'd say if Jack has a digital photo collection that he intends to go to the CSRM Library, why not donate it NOW? Then the rest of the world can have access and use it. Or maybe see something that

I think wide sharing is really is the best guarantee of -digital- preservation, at least for a generation. After I'd scanned a few thousand slides, I shared a large number of

I like your thinking jack!

Bruce, I agree with what you say; I misunderstood the intended meaning of the title of Charlie Duckworth's original post so thank you for the clarification. As for Steve's point about ACF's and GA's

The foundation for that NJI&I crane is still visible in South Bend, IN right here at the corner of Edward and McPherson Streets: https://goo.gl/maps/onHpE16Si4rQW5r57 The diamond that the NJI&I used

Another big challenge with the English language includes our use of different words for similar things. Here it is Class and Type. Chris quoted from a document in an earlier post. MCB, later ARA

Thanks Tim. I just now saw Eric's message above about this as well. If it was built in the interval 1903 - 1917 then it is an ARA Type II. If the ACF designation "11" reflects, built in 1911 then

Denis: maybe it’s on the site but I didn’t see it: any tentative clinic list? Thanks Frank

Chris ACF (?) numbered the designs of the underframe from the first year of production - That's what I understood, at least. So ACF Type-21 1921, ACF Type-27, 1927,

Chris, We've been down this road before. The F&C kit represents BOTH an AC&F type 11 and AAR/ARA type 2. Calling it an AC&F type 11 is FAR more descriptive than calling it an ARA type 2, since every

A small correction/clarification to this thread title; I think that the F&C kit is intended to represent a Type II, as in roman numeral "two", not a Type 11, as in "eleven". For those unfamiliar with

I didn't replace the rivets, like Bill did, but I did do a number of upgrades to the F&C kit. I did remove the rivet lines for the fradial courses on the bottom longitudinal course, as well as the

Jack Turn them into a massive NFT (non-fungible token). Everybody's doing it ! And then sell it for millions ! :-) If it's in The Cloud, then it's safe. Or so

I agree. I probably would have thrown it against the wall before getting that far. :-D I don't know why but frames remain very problematic with resin tank cars.