Matt Herson wrote: This sounds like a shipper-specified routing. And remember that SP had a very friendly relation with NP, so that connection would have been acceptable. Why the shipper

Have finally located the reference to a CMWX traveling on the NP. The citation is from Russ Strodtz from a posting on his Rail Freight Group. "For example I've got a copy of a bill in front of me

Tim and Gene, Thank You. I have found something that looks similar: http://www.molocotrains.com/freight-parts/ca-0302-freight-car-appliance-kit-ajax-universal-2.html Any suggestions? Mark

Is Champ still selling their decals? I placed an online order last month and did not get a reply. I wasn't sure if it was them or my lack of computer skills. Bill pardie [Non-text portions of this

East of the twin cities? The only major cities east of the twin cities are Milwaukee and Chicago, and one would think wine traffic to those destinations which originated south of the Bay Area

Brian: Matt Herson called it to my attention first, and since I've seen other bits of evidence from photos and wheel reports that in small numbers, but over many years, some of these ex-Pfaudler CMWX

Ben, I'm not in HO scale myself, but you might look for someone who has an Overland Scale Models HO LV caboose to "borrow" to make a mold of the three tiered steps. The HO model had the cast type

Tom, and Brian, you both are no doubt correct about some of the meat going to the NYC. The figures that I had seen from a presentation that Jim Singer did at Naperville a few years ago confirmed that

Roger Hinman wrote: The car numbers shown for WP are also bogus in 1929, and in fact the ORER for that year shows NO express reefers in either freight or passenger entries. Makes me wonder

I just did a quick comparison of the two lists and the only differences are cars for D&RG, MDT, one lot of SLSF and the WP. I was a bit astounded to see 50 MDT cars under control of the REA, but the

The price of Champ should be based on what Walthers got for their decal business...... ....from what I understand, they offered the whole works.... screens, plates, etc... to whoever would back a

Brian, As a young boy I recall standing on the platform of the new Marshalltown depot in the early to mid-Fifties waiting for Number 6 to take us north to Minneapolis. More than once a freight train

Greg Martin wrote: Which issue? I don't always read the entire issue, so may have missed it. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Tony, We did perhishabes fruits and vegetables, meat and livestock in TKM. I have yet to publish the lumber data, but I have those numbers as well. Greg Martin

Tom Olsen wrote: I couldn't agree more, Tom, but in conversations with Connie it is clear that they do not wish to have the business professionally valued, but are simply setting a very high

There was a Todd Sullivan article in the Sept. 90 MM on ACF 1948 design box cars. It talks about ACF using a "split panel" roof (as opposed to a rectangular or diagonal panel -- similar to the

List, I just placed an order for some NYC freight decals from Champion Decal Company. Connie has officially placed the company up for sale. If the company is not sold, she plans to shut down

Tom, Some of the CGW meat must have gone to the NYC (the question is probably how much, though). There's a photo spread in an issue of MRJ magazine of an NYC P70 PiggyPacker lifting a CGW beaded

Bill, Notice that the Chinchfield and C&O synchronized their Fast Freight numbers . . . even though one went east-west and the other north-south but both actually going northwest-southeast . . . to

I have been fortunate to scan several "Perishable Schedules" published by the ACL, SAL, and L&N and anticipate accessing several more including a group published by the Southern soon. I also have