I've never seen a real car with that board size. Rob Kirkham -------------------------------------------------- Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:10 PM To: <STMFC@...> Subject: [STMFC]

I've never seen a real car with that board size. Rob Kirkham -------------------------------------------------- Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:10 PM To: <STMFC@...> Subject: [STMFC]

Eric, I have never compared the Wabash cars to the Fowler/Dominion design to see how close they are. The Wabash purchased a total of 3200 cars from AC&F and Haskell and Barker in 1912, and AC&F in

Any of the Canadian experts care to comment on the width of the boards on that wood door? They appear to be the same width as the side sheathing, which would make them 5-1/4" wide. The ARA did have a

I would have mentioned flour, either bulk or bagged, but since it's been pointed out that the car is at a brewery, most likely malted grain. Dennis

I am wondering whether anyone has come up with a good approach to removing the unprototypical roof protrusion under the running board laterals without damaging the running boards? Then, I assume some

Not to mention the livestock quarantining requirements in that time period. Rich Orr

Don, wasn't paper put around doors that like for loads like bulk flour? Ie loads that could not be contaiminated. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, you might like the detailed history book on Prohibition, "Last Call." It explains the dominant scam for those Canadian imports: waybill them as sealed freight cars or

Hi Hugh, Just a small, sad dash of reality to sprinkle on your optimism, unfortunately...and I'm sure others on this group can share similar horror stories, too; Having Technical and/or Modeling

Stuart, In WWII, the placard was "INFLAMMABLE" not "FLAMMABLE". Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL I am preparing a clinic for the February 18th SFRH&MS Mini-Meet at the San Bernardino Depot regarding

Here is a photo I took of a U.S. Army car in 1982. The stencil says the car was built in 1941. http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Hill-AFB-1982/20767779_kHsX6j#1647164023_kVCSK4t Don Strack

You should watch the PBS show on Prohibition. Very interesting. Some breweries continued to operate throughout in the US. Seattle was quite famous for its gentlemanly bootleggers and vast consumption

Thanks, I doubt that I'll modify the doors on these good looking cars. Oh well hopefully the newly purchased Westerfield wil release the NC&StL car again soon. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek

Hi everybody, I want to let you know that the final (?) clinic schedule for Prototype Rails 2012, in Cocoa Beach, FL, is online. It is Rev12 (even though the URL says rev08).

I am preparing a clinic for the February 18th SFRH&MS Mini-Meet at the San Bernardino Depot regarding the Chemical Warfare Service's San Bernardino Bomb Plant and the Rialto Back-Up Ammunition Storage

Tim, The UP began the rebuilding program for the S-40-10 Livestock Dispatch (with an "i" not an "e") in 1947 and continued in 1948. I think that the speed with which these trains (the DLS) got to

Based on several meetings with the president of Iron City brewery in Pittsburgh, back in the '60s, I learned many facilities (IC included) continued to brew, but extracted the alcohol, leaving legal

Denny's quote is a poetic rendition of "See Figure 1".

List, There may be cause for optimism. The TRL site shows three cars - a stock and two different box cars. The painted CP model has a steel door that is clearly narrower than the panels - so a 5'