Richard is right in that these ends were a little different than those on other roads. I never found out why, as the general arrangement drawings on the DL&W simply refer to the ends as Dreadnaught.

Tony Thompson writes: "Santa Fe did not ALWAYS run overpowered trains on Tehachapi, but when they were going to do so, they would call the SP dispatcher to find out when the next SP drag was due out,

Chuck Soule wrote: Santa Fe did not ALWAYS run overpowered trains on Tehachapi, but when they were going to do so, they would call the SP dispatcher to find out when the next SP drag was due

I managed to end up with 5 extra pair of the B&O M-26 and CGW replacement 5 panel Superior doors. If anyone would like them or any please contact me off-list at: cepropst@q.com I’m sure those

This philosophic divergence persisted right into the SPSF Kodachrome era, when I lived in Bakersfield. The Santa Fe ran zippy trains over Tehachapi, and the SP ran huge drag freights with distributed

Hi all: I'm looking to obtain 3 Walthers (unopened) undecorated Troop Sleepers #932-4850. The WM purchased 10 of these cars from the government specifically to be used as cabooses, hence my need

The 2012 Central Ohio RPM is now a bit less than 2 weeks away. It is being held at Marion Union Station, Marion, Ohio from April 12-14. The meet will feature ALL of the usual RPM fun PLUS a meet

John,    Is it written in caps/lower case or cursive? Having gone thru 10,000 entries in a Yard book, sometimes there are clerical errors.   -- Allen Rueter StLouis

Unlikely. D&RGW and D&SL cabooses had ladders on the right. And I didn't read Andy's statement to mean that all SF waycars assigned in Colorado had ladders on the left, although there's some

Mike Brock wrote: Most railroads in the steam era used the minimum possible power on trains as an "efficiency" measure. There were, of course exceptions (the Santa Fe folks in the audience all

I was looking at RPC #1 last night where there is an article on cabooses built by the St. Louis Car Co. These were made for a geographically diverse group of railroads in the 1940's -- MP, C&O/PM, NYC

Jim Betz says: "You are making my points better than I can." Well...I'm glad I have achieved something today. However, let me point out that I am not disputing anything you are saying...except as

Arrrgh. Typos... That ORER entry really reads: The tank cars of this company are marked "Oriental Vegetable Oils Co., U.S.A., San Francisco, Cal." and "O.V.O.X." and numbered as follows: O.V.O.X.

--- In STMFC@..., "whstlpnk" <whstlpnk@...> wrote: Anyone know if Grace rostered a car 1021, what the "Pacific Coast" might be translated as, and if Grace cars were used for hauling

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What was so different about it? Looking at the photos in RPC 21, the end looks like a typical late-20s 4-4 Dreadnaught, same as on the later NYC boxes. What made the Lackawanna cars different was

Further... The original I'm working from has a bit of White Out on the "ONOX" reporting mark, making it look like it could be a poor attempt to clean it up into "OVOX." I see from the Cranstone

All- Came across an NP freight consist for 01-18-37 which includes the following: ONOX 1021 Oil Minneapolis, Minn., Freight House I've looked at Ian Cranstone's reporting marks compendium but can't

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