I have been told by some older Santa Fe men (and this was thirty years ago) that the East bound Grand Canyon would pick up two or three REA reefers in Fullerton, Ca during the Strawberry season for

Tim O'Connor wrote: Good point. I'd guess it would depend on the local circumstances, for example how easy a pickup by a passenger train would be. Certainly no one is going to park a passenger

For unloading, that makes sense. What about loading? I've seen photos/videos of trains with many express reefers. Were they handled by local passenger trains like the cream/butter business, or by

Well...we've certainly spent enough time worrying about coal in the state of Washington. However, while the subject of coal anywhere is a legitimate subject, referencing other members in a negative

Gary: You want to get Railway Prototype Cyclopedia no.9. It had a 25 page article on the B&O wagon top cars. They are available here http://rpcycpub.com/ Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Would anyone who has this recently published book comment on coverage of steam era or transition era freight cars, operations and roads? I am interested in it but only if it has a decent amount of

Can anyone provide me with information pertaining to the various designs that the B&O had for the wagon top boxcars.  I am researching this to construct a model of a car that is sitting on the

Good choice for the doors and I'd use their ends also. I'm familiar with the kit (might still have an unbuilt one) and scratch built one using the new Gould (at the time) ends following a Bob Hundman

Richard: I have a very basic, first-generation Aztek that I've painted with for about ten years. I'm fine with it-- it does what I need it too, and with easy cleanup and minimum fuss. I very seldom

Richard: I too was content to let this pass, but since you took one more kick at this: My post was not incorrect (nor so car as I can tell were most of the others on list). Though irrelevant to the

Actually everything I wrote was correct. I just forgot to include the phrase "per miner" after the word coal. It's a bit more than half the US average, so not only are these small mines, they're low

Thanks tony: It's one of those questions that popped up while researching the Niagara Frontier (Buffalo) NY) Food terminal. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY From: STMFC@...

Excuse the intrusion on the list, but please copy me on replies off list, too. Thanks. SGL Perfection 2400 does a nice job, me off list with hear from you. E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor

Brian Carlson wrote: From what I know about PFE, the produce terminals were always used, not passenger depots. The role of REA is an interesting question, as they controlled express reefers for

I would like to post this reminder that I maintain an addenda and errata sheet for my book, Coal Cars: The First Three Hundred Years. The sheet is in pdf format and can be accessed at the following

I've just uploaded a map of the coal bearing areas of the United States into a folder by that name. The map is from the Energy Information Administration. It shows the sources of coal by type

To get away from coal for a moment. at larger terminals, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Cleveland, etc would express reefers of strawberries for instance be unloaded at the station or REA terminal, or would

I have a lot of slides and negatives of steam freight cars that I want to scan. My Epson Perfection 2400 does a nice job, but is slow. Since the moderator probably won't let this thread continue for

Thanks to Greg Martin, Jack Burgess, Kurt Laughlin, Rich Orr, and Tim O'Connor for their feedback on the Aztec airbrush, all of it very useful. I haven't made a decision yet, but I really

Richard, I see no reason to resort to ad hominems about "self appointed experts". I responded, and Jerry responded, to a gross generalization about the use and mining of coal in the "Pacific