I have a question regarding the choices of ends that come with the kit. I know about the dreadnaught end owners. Did anyne have the riveted plate end version? Rich Christie

I'm researching the CB&Q Class BH-1 horse cars that were converted from 60 ft. 9-1/2 in. baggage cars in 1915. The baggage cars were originally built in 1893 for the Burlington and Missouri River and

Please ask the gentlemen what foreign cars he remembers seeing, particularly any strays like from railroads back east.

I wonder if this should be Marfa, Texas, a West Texas town about 200 miles east of El Paso. I don't find a town of Marva anywhere. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

I think the DT&I cars have more ribs, i.e. they're spaced closer together. We discussed that C&O/NKP Hutchins roof a couple of weeks ago. I noticed a nice photo from avove showing one of these in

Mr. Harding; This is, without a doubt, the most interesting and knowledgeable account of any industry that I have read in many a year. Thank you, and please thank your nonagenarian interviewee for

Wow.... Talk about going that extra mile. Your work is much appreciated. Ken Olson

Tony thanks for the tip re livestock bills and cleaning of cars. My notes were simply what I heard on the phone. Unfortunately the timing of the call was such that I had just left a meeting that went

Nice interview and excellent material, Doug. Thanks for passing it on. Just one comment: Railroad was RESPONSIBLE that it be done, but did not have to do it themselves if shipper or stock pen

In the past month there has been discussion about livestock shipments via rail. Today I had an opportunity to visit via telephone with a 90 year old fellow from Belle Plaine, Iowa who spent his entire

Tim, The slides I gave to the German magazine were almost all of German stuff from the 1980s. There was a little bit of French, Spanish, Swiss and Austria. I'll bet nearly half was narrow gauge of

Kalmback wrote: "This item is a software product that you will need to install on your computer. It is very user friendly and will have a searchable database for all issue text" Jeff, you're

If you don't see needed Pre-USRA drawings there in Harrisburg contact us at the IRM Pullman Library. Apparently the 1917 US Standard drawings were printed out en mass for the different railroads and

Gene, I hope you don't mean freight car photos. If that's what they were, you may have given away a small fortune. Good job on that $700 for $5000 deal! That's why I am going to leave note cards for

Rich Burg wrote: with series. for Another slide of a WRX car recently sold on eBay, I was the buyer, and is still viewable [eBay Item # 130452038985]. This image was of WRX 9342 that may have been

If your'e going to make a trip to Harrisburg, be sure to go through the Standard Steel Co Hopper drawings, as there are GAs for the cars they built Roger Hinman [Non-text portions of this message

Steve - You're trying to untie the Gordian knot. To my knowledge no one has ever attempted to break down every car type by subsidiary for Pennsy, especially for a specific date. As you know I've

Hello Everyone, I've gone through my 1919 ORER and I have come up with a Pennsylvania Railroad data sheet which includes all of the car series in the Pennsylvania Railroad System (East and West

My oldest son, who lives across the street, is also a model railroader, also in HO, and we go to sales together usually in the company of that great keeper of the pocket book to whom I am married.

This thread is revealing. If one were interested in bidding on the item one ought to contact the seller for clarification, not this group. Why are we "pouncing" on this fellow for making a mistake?