C&O ARA-based ventilator: http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1944-Columbus-Georgia/i-5hNczzm/A David Thompson

Interesting patch job on a PFE something-or-other here: http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/Nov-1949-Cache-Jct-and-Logan/i-J7JTz3j/A David Thompson

Just got mine in the mail yesterday. Nice article. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: "Bruce F. Smith" <smithbf@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Wednesday, January 15,

Don, 2014 - on the news stands NOW Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL https://www5.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."

Well said, Marty. This problem seems somewhat worse than it was twenty years ago plus we're now getting the forgetful and inconsiderate folks who can't or won't turn off their cell phones. Bob

Tyrant is not the descriptor I would use; SOB is more apropos. 8>) Jared Harper Athens, GA ---In STMFC@..., <brockm@...> wrote: From the Prototype Rails Lost and Found: 1. One visor. It is equipped

What year January RMC is that article in? I'm hoping it is available. Thank you Don W

People's gas also was part owner of the short line Chicago and IllinoisWestern. The period in question is outside of my era but has anyone checked thecars against the C&IW roster or one of the other

Almost forgot to mention, look at the corner grabs on the roofs as well. All but two appear to be little more than a 24 in. grab mounted at a 45 degree angle across the corner. The first

I noted that IC box car as well and am wondering if they were just slipshod with maintenance or what? But I was more surprised by the color variation bewteen the New York Central and the West

through the ventilated door. > It ain't just the Westerfield cars that are covered. It is a five page article beating anything any of the competition has had in some time. The Wright Trak cars

I was unable to attend Cocoa this year but it is a phenomenon I've noticed atvarious NMRA and RPM events I've attended over the years. And while I certainlydo not make, and have never made, any claims

Could the fact that red paint would not show the results of initial rust have anything to do with the change from black? Did not a number of railraods change their hopper car color from black to

Its from the wonderful Emil Albrecht collection that Richard Brennan waskind enough to share with us, thanks, much!

Now you did it... I'll spend a couple hours lost on shorpy again... I love these photos. The resolution and quality of the plate glass negs is very impressive. The thing that always jumps out at me

The car peeking up over the "Biedler" sign on the side of the C&A car in the foreground? About the only single sheathed car I see, which I find a bit surprising. Schuyler From:

Folks, I picked this message up from Brian Moore of another list I belongto. He writes: "It saddens me to report the news that a member of our Group, Bill McKean, died at home inSioux Falls, South

As mentioned elsewhere... Don Strack has placed a major cache of steam-era (1944-1949) photos taken by Emil Albrecht on his SmugMug

Ray In the 1918 Railway Mechanical Engineer volume 92 on page 462 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013032779#view=1up;seq=486 is a photo of the first USRA 55 ton hopper to be

Lot of interesting stuff here. The damaged roof on the IC car on the left. No grab or step on the left side of boxcars. Ant then those boxlike things on the caboose roofs with the slot on the upper