Actually, the Rock Island only rebuilt 800 of their 2500 USRA double sheathed cars with steel sides. Many of them remained double sheathed wood well into the 50's, receiving AB brakes, as required.

Bill, In 1957 the Ontario Northland (ONT) owned 1,000 40' steel boxcars, series 90000-90999. Newsprint was a major product shipped by the ONR to city newspapers including many northeastern U.S.

Have a photo of a TH&B box car (insulated?) being switched into the Luden's (cough drops) plant at Reading, PA in 1960 if that helps. Also, one of the Morning Sun books on the Reading Co. shows a

Don Burn wrote: "No it is not accurate for any of those roads." True, but some corrections need to be made to the following comments to set the record straight. "The EJ&E rebuilds had 10 panel

I have a slide of a yellow/black TH&B car in Kansas in 1970, in a Rock Island freight. Ron Merrick

Bob Chaparro asked: "The Atlas HO scale USRA steel rebuilt boxcar due in March 2011 (http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/hosteelrebuilt1.htm) will be offered for the following roads: Ann Arbor, Canadian

No it is not accurate for any of those roads. The EJ&E rebuilds had 10 panel sides not 8, and the C&NW was taller with a blank panel added to the ends. The DT&I had rebuilds but they had Murphy Dry

The Atlas HO scale USRA steel rebuilt boxcar due in March 2011 (http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/hosteelrebuilt1.htm) will be offered for the following roads: Ann Arbor, Canadian National, Chicago &

Thanks Richard. There were a lot of them and they didn't last too much longer after WWII.

In a message dated 11/28/2010 1:05:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, TGREGMRTN@... writes: Folks, John's Announcement reminds us that we are focusing on a basis of first come first serve for

I have a slide of a TH&B yellow/black box car in Ft. Dodge, Iowa, photographed back in 1955. That's not 1957, but it comes very close to the time period and suggests such cars were also around in

Bryan Busséy wrote: "Wasn't TH&B a New York Central subsidiary at that time?" Mostly. NYC and other subsidiaries controlled 73%; Canadian Pacific 27%. Ben Hom

Bill McCoy asked: "I know CP and CN cars came to the states in the 50's but did cars belonging to other Canadian carriers (PGE, TH&B, NAR, etc.)come south of the border in 1957?" They most certainly

Wasn't TH&B a New York Central subsidiary at that time? __ bb [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Yup. Please see message #60611. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I picked this from the Portland RPM list and though it should be shared. You'll recognized some of the names and now their works.. Enjoy Greg Martin ____________________________________ From:

I know CP and CN cars came to the states in the 50's but did cars belonging to other Canadian carriers (PGE, TH&B, NAR, etc.)come south of the border in 1957? Thanks. Bill McCoy Jax, FL

Tom, Put yourself in the place of a publisher for a moment. Imagine you are a pretty fair expert on the Pennsy and you collect Lionel stuff. YOu arrange with persons whom you believe to be experts

G.S.M.P.&M. is the standard abbreviation on UP for General Superintendent, Motive Power & Machinery, the top guy in the mechanical department. Today, the job title is Chief Mechanical Officer. Any

I have found one. Thank you to all who offered me theirs. Aaron