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Three years ago, I posted a question to the Steam Era Freight car group looking for more information on Hart Convertible ballast cars. The YV had 6 of these cars and they lasted until 1941 when they

Jack... I'm pleased to get your info on this model and the timing is just right to get it into the January edition which closes this weekend. Yahoo is giving me trouble this morning and I am

Tony, I really don't know the answer to your question, I can only presume it was a weight agreement. I was the Agent for the BRE,WFE & FGE and never got into the local freight offices business. IIRCC

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Tom and John, In addition to the roster John cited of 40' 10'-6" IH box cars having 4-4 Improved Dreadnaught Ends, I have compiled data for cars having R+3-4 Improved Dreadnaught Ends built from

> >I would like to announce the availability of the just shipped runs of RTR >Intermountain War Emergency box cars in HO RTR. Roads are: >ATSF >C&NW-Superior Door >GM&O >Wabash >If anyone

Bill, If you come to Prototype Rails, in Cocoa Beach, FL, you'll find the clinics are a third longer: a full hour! That should be sufficient for such a trivial topic, eh? :-) :-) Regards, -Jeff

For those that might be thinking of building an ACF 10,000 gal tank car with platform, I've uploaded a few photos of my Semet Solvay Intermountain car [ with added platform ] as shown on pg 18 of

Clark, my understanding is that meat reefers with swinging meat were weighed after being loaded and iced. This was because the carcasses varied so much. The weight of the car was known, as was the

Lenny (not signing his whole name) wrote: Was there a standard load, so many sacks? Do you know if there was a weight agreement, or a tariff category (for a carload of potatoes)? Tony

Clark, I would have to agree with Andy. The potatoes coming out of the Rutherford plant in Burlington were never weighed. Number of sacks times weight. On the rare occasion cars were iced there

Armand and Group, WOW! That is a lot of info and data to cram into a 45 minute long clinic. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Although I do have a preference for Northeastern coal roads,I indicated "Eastern " to include:B&O,C&O,N&W.Clinchfield,L&N,CRP,CNJ,Pennsy,Berwind,Virginian,and others as well.Armand Premo

Armand, That sounds pretty interesting. We'll keep that in mind for Prototype Rails 2012. Regards, -Jeff Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 2:12 PM To:

Clark Propst wrote: If the cargo is something like canned meat, where the weight of a carton is always the same, the shipper would have a "weight agreement" with their regional Weighing and

You technically missed the Virginian (pre-N&W)  . . . . which was formed by a bunch Northeastern coal brokers looking for cheaper coal. Where would there be a logical Freight Car format for the

Tom Baker inquires: "I have seen photos showing box cars having six panels on each side of the door and having a continuous side below the floor rather than the more ubiquitous tabs." GN built a

Armand Premo writes: I have a feeling that Armand means "Northeastern" coal roads. After all, both C&O and N&W operated into eastern Atlantic ports. Mike Brock

I've started on M&StL Freight cars YOU should model. I thought it'd be just on box cars, but I was surprised at how their coal hoppers got around. Clark Propst