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

Jim Dick wrote: I would doubt that they apply on the basis of the personal experience of those PFE people, for obvious reasons, but both the individuals I mentioned had worked for PFE

That's interesting, and a bit puzzling. Eastern Washington today is a thriving wine-producing region, but in the steam era there were hardly any wine grapes being grown there. So if that

In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote:> On Apr 2, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Anthony Thompson wrote: If offense was taken to the use of the word "assertion", I'll stand

A Chateau Martin car was photographed at Scribner, WA (near Marshall, near Spokane), the first car in an eastbound Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. freight train. The photo appears in "The Northwest's

I created a new folder titled Express Refrigerator Cars 1929 which has two pages showing express refrigerator cars under the control of the Railway Express Agency on March 1, 1929. Interesting that

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He has other channels, just found the AB brake set from someone other than W. Mark

Dug out the 1906 Car builder's Dictionary. There are several inside metal roofs shown, unfortunately without dimensions or material call-outs. The outside sheathing was supported by longitudinal

Bill, there is a B end view of a Ga-61 in my Santa Fe Open Top Cars book which will help to answer your question. I'll send you a scan off-list. Richard Hendrickson

A few direct references appear in re: ventilated boxcars. It seems to differentiate insulated fruit and vegetable cars from uninsulated fruit and vegetable cars. The insulated cars would be exempt

Jerry, Thank you. I didn't think the CGW would turn over its meat to the PRR and the NYC. The NKP was a wise choice back in the day. I recall reading about the NKP Berkshires zipping past NYC

Mark, Do you know for certain if he has other sources besides normal distribution channels? I am not interested in wasting time calling a shop only to get the answer, "Walthers doesn't have it". I

Tom, this is an easy one for me to answer. Back in the 1970's I had a friend that worked for the CGW in Chicago during the 1950's, and need- less to say, as a railroader he had many stories to tell.

I am working on a Santa Fe GA-61 War Emergency Gondola. In replicating the brake rigging does anyone know if the rod between the brake cylinder and the bell crank (beneath the brake wheel) ran at

Hello, Ben Did you find your caboose parts? Johns Hobby Shop in Mansfield OH might get them! 4195264426 Mark Morgan

Gene and Mark No, the Mather kit includes a vertically mounted brake wheel of a completely different size and style. The only HO scale Klasing brake wheel of the type used on these DSS&A box cars

Tony Wagner asked: "I hope someone out there can help me. I need to acquire 20 to 30 sets of decals for NYC hopper cars. I can get decals for 70 ton cars from Westerfield, but as far as 50-55 ton cars

Bruce Smith wrote: Well, PRR handled more of most everything . . . Bruce, do you know how the PRR percentage of total perishable loads would stack up in comparison to their percentage of other