Tim O'Connor wrote: Two different retired PFE people told me, in separate interviews on different dates, that their avoidance of PRR for perishables arose from PRR's damage claims, which they

I have a copy of the May, 1934 ORER, but have never been able to locate one from 1936. I can make a few copies if desired. A.T. Kott

There's a complete set of ORERs, month by month going back to at least 1886, on microfiche at the Science, Industry & Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library. SIBL is located at the

While it may be a broad or incorrect use of the term "resin", the plastic plant where my mother worked (Sinclair-Koppers, makers of Dylite, a competitor to Styrofoam) used to - and perhaps still does

The Library at the Colorado Railroad Museum has one issue of the ORER for each year published. They will copy pages for 30 cents each plus postage.   Also have bound back issues of MR, RMC, Railway

Since this thread has finally drifted toward Bakelite, I would like to know more about rail shipment of the ingredients and products.  Bakelite is a trade name for a thermosetting phenolic resin, as

Elden, It turns out Eastman Chemical still makes the stuff: http://www.eastman.com/Brands/piccolastic/Pages/Overview.aspx We need a bit of discussion about the term resin, a generic term that

That's likely because fiberboard drums were seldom seen outside, since they didn't hold up any better in the rain than cardboard boxes did. As to size, anything was possible, from short little ones

Dennis; The only resin operation I was familiar with was the old Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp that was taken over in the mid-70's by Hercules. They made PICCOLASTIC among others, lots of it

Tim; No, I did not think you were being dismissive, as I too, have a hard time wrapping my arms around that one. And we are provided no context for that statement; per week? Per month? And to say

I remember those fiberboard drums, a very common item. Were they about the same size as metal drums? (55 gallons, I think?) I think dozens of HO scale models exist of ribbed metal drums, but I can't

Are you sure it was lime, and not lye? Lye (caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide) is sometimes used as a decontaminant. I think both need to be stored away from air or water exposure. Tim O'Connor

Elden I was not at all dismissive of the number of PRR trains. But a little table napkin math, 2900 trains for say 5,000 miles of railroad, would be almost 60 train originations for every 100 miles

Tim and all; I think it was wishful thinking that they were all scheduled, but I would not be too quick to dismiss the number of trains. The Mon Division alone ran dozens. All the ex-PRR guys I've

I have seen a photo of horses being unloaded from stock cars in Rosslyn, Virginia (Arlington), across the Potomac River from the Georgetown area of Washington, DC. Again, it was Army horses. As I

See also http://atsfrr.net/resources/Sandifer/Clinics/Stk/03.htm for the various loads in stock cars. The recently discussed N&W film had about a 3 second clip of bricks being loaded into a stock

Good evening, Ron Hoess and I both gave talks at RPM East in Malvern, PA this past weekend (March 26 to 28) on railroad research for prototype modeling. We've been talking after the event and have

Hi Kenny, I can add that I've seen photos of US Army horses being unloaded from rows of RF&P and PRR stock cars on the RF&P at one of the Virginia military bases. Best regards, James

Not cleaning of stock cars but were they ever used for horse transportation. I know the Pennsy had horse cars but they were used more for race horses. Kenny, Tony answered for SP - I've also seen

John Riddell wrote: Thank you, John. The U.S. regulations were a combination of ICC requirements and AAR consensus agreements, and were certainly comparable as to cleaning, etc. The U.S.