Rob, the NYC spec. 486 box cars began to be rebuilt with new roofs ca. 1940, and continued to receive new roofs through ca. 1950; some of the last cars to receive new roofs got diagonal panel, not

That would make a very interesting addition to a model railroad layout, a stock layover area in a large classification yard where foreign cars come in loaded, and leave empty, and home road stock cars

I'm glad the images come in handy for you Don. The cars are spotted at a building that was a brewery. If you scroll up on the larger image you can see the bricks spell out some brewing words. Of

Denny Yeah when it comes to the actual dates I am willing to be pretty approximate with them -- 50's and 60's. The important thing is that a car that is more than 2-3 years old shows evidence of

Hello Frank, As with my previous post, my reply applies to the Union Pacific. Based upon a sample of several hundred livestock shipments as noted on conductor's train lists, 36 hours was very much

I'm wondering what are the most obvious changes required to back date these cars to 1946? Do I need to change the roof? I'm reading plenty of older e-mails in the archives, but they tend to use

Hello all, I have yet to come across any sort of "rule" that governed this, I believe it was more of a convenience issue. On the Union Pacific, I can tell you that the tendency was to reload

Frank, According to Tony's RMC article and his blog, in 1949 it went to 48 months for most cars... which is what I forgot when I posted my origianl message. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL I assume

FRANK PEACOCK wrote: Yes, but the 36-hour release had to be signed for on the original waybill, so delays en route would not appear to be subject to this change, unless the shipper could be

Don Valentine wrote: We've been told in previous discussions that it was very COMMON to reload stock into the cars of the home road doing the resting, and send the foreign empties home. Either

I assume that the rules for Periodic Light-Weighing changed by 1957? But when? My 19/48 ORER says that 30 months was the longest interval for box cars, stock cars, etc. FHP (FHPeacock) To:

Wasn't it possible to get an extension? A "36 hour release"? In any case that was a long trip. FHP (FHPeacock) To: STMFC@... From: timboconnor@... Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011

Incompatible reweigh dates: Well, in my world of railroading imagination of any given moment, the reweigh dates may well be whatever suits me, if I even think about them! If the rare observer is

Hello Steve and Group, My knowledge of Canadian rolling stock used in interchange around the US is very limited. But the notes taken by James Burke in 1945 at Climax, Kansas, are interesting. There

Hi Eric,   Raw numbers of "less than 40-foot-long Canadian boxcars" from the 1955 ORER are as follows:   CN: 16,547 CP: 13,918 ON: 52 QC: 38 GTW: 23 QLP: 4   Total: 30,582 cars Total boxcar fleet

Tim, Dang, these things that happen some time in the future always mess me up, so yes, the 1953 car would be OK with both of the 1957 cars, but the 1952 car would be in need of reweighing. As for

CN did have some five-foot door stock cars, inherited from the Intercolonial/Canadian Government Railways. But they had a vertically-boarded door with three horizontal cross braces, as I recall. The

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcworkingonthenp@... He is our (NPRHA) archive specialist at the MHS he'll be your best help. regards Ed Ursem

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcworkingonthenp@... He is our (NPRHA) archive specialist at the MHS he'll be your best help. regards Ed Ursem

Laurance Ctc Jim Dick at jcworkingonthenp@... He is our (NPRHA) archive specialist at the MHS he'll be your best help. regards Ed Ursem