Clark Propst replied: Aw, c'mon, Clark. Why not ship hides in tank cars? And hair would sure go IN all right. Reminds of the Larry Jackman story about sending the tank car to Memphis,

That's purty! Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Yes, Rich, but that stuff went out in box cars. Clark Propst

Did you ever find a photo of the cars lettered for the Virginian? Several people were after us to do them in that lettering, but could never supply a photo. I always suspected that while the Virginian

Actually, that's a former Soo Line milk car, although since they were built with collapsible bunkers, they could be used as express reefers also. There were ten cars, 2600 - 2609, IIRC. However, when

Dennis: modeling the Virginian, I'm very glad you did the Canton hopper. [yes, it's not quite correct for Virginian, and yes, the Virginian only had it in the original configuration for a few years.

Since I model 1948 I found the information very valuable.Doing some quick math the percentages of cars by type could be a valuable tool for manufacturers as well as hobbyist.I may have to do some

Clark, Don't forget the hides. You need to ship those off for processing into leather. Even hog hides. Also the hair was used in a number of produces ranging from brushes to fly tying

Here's an actual express reefer photo at St Ignace http://algomacentral.railfan.net/images/Oldies/soo_22606.jpg Tim O'Connor

Robert, verbal descriptions aren't much to go on, but it you could scan the photo and post it to the STMFC photo files, those of us with substantial collections of express reefer photos might be

In a message dated 1/25/2011 6:02:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: Anybody remember the Red Ball B&O wagon-top hopper? I still have one, untouched - if I didn't ebay

I recently obtained a photo of the small yard in St. Ignace, Michigan and in the foreground are two express reefers likely loaded or to be loaded with fish. No reporting marks or road names are

Bruce, D'oh! Somehow I was thinking the X29 and ARA cars were from the early thirties instead of the early TWENTIES. Mea culpa! I do realize that the car fleets

Jeff, Not to say that a lot of cars weren't wood sheathed but the two largest fleets of cars that fit that time frame are the NYC USRA steel box and PRR's X29, both obviously steel. I think that

...This makes the Accurail choice of the smallest class of hoppers on GN that had unique to it rebuild features all the more perplexing... Not perplexing at all, when you know the back story. It's a

Urine : )

Simming and model building are not exclusive. I still enjoy building Westerfield and Sunshine products. What I don't enjoy is spending the rest of the money necessary, including house space, to

Very interesting! Does anybody have easy access to the same data (in Railway Age) for, say '52 or '53? The '47 data is a bit too close to The War for my use. If someone can send me a scan, I'll be

PR is indeed probably too new...I didn't think through my response sufficiently. I believe the RA that you mentioned is correct Tom Wouldn't Progressive Railroading be far too recent for the

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:58:36 -0800, Dave Nelson wrote I've actually seen guys show up for an op session on a real layout and sit and play train sim all night. And I'm talking about guys that are