Steve, I hope Staffan will join in here, but I can share some information that I have. I have a copy of an article from Railway Age, Vol. 117, No. 6, dated August 5, 1944, entitled "Great

Group, This has been addressed on other lists, but not here. The Model Railroad Magazine Index has been taken down off the Model Railroader website. It is a shame, too, as I found it a very

Here's a little more information (at least on the East Coast) about gons. I model the NYS&W in 1949. There was a large Ford assembly plant in Edgewater(the siding inside this plant has been reported

Larry, Appreciate your reply; I'd figured as much. Given the size of the P&LE collection, it's great that even 3% of those images are online, but we can always hope that digitizing is an ongoing

Dave, Yes, I viewed hard copy photos here in Pittsburgh that aren't online. From the Pitt Archives web site at: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/images/pittsburgh/plerr.html The complete P&LE

In a conversation back in April of this year under the heading "GN USRA DS Box Cars" Staffan Ehnbom made the following comments on the under frame painting on the subject cars: "For a 1950 model

GM!? The Wabash was dedicated to the Ford Motor Company. <G> As an aside, it would be interesting to see who the frame suppliers were for Ford. But it seems I have seen evidence of frames headed west

--- In STMFC@..., Larry Kline <lndkline@...> wrote: "There are three B&W photos of newly rebuilt car 83400 in the University of Pittsburgh Archives P&LE collection ..." Larry, I went

Send inquiry to the Colorado Railroad Museum Library at www.info.crrm.org. They have copies of all issued. Chuck Yungkurth boulder CO ________________________________ To: STMFC@...;

Larry Kline writes: "I have posted two CJ Riley color photos (with his permission) of one of these cars in the files section." Yep. "They are in a folder called *PMcK&Y-P&LE reblt USRA

There are three B&W photos of newly rebuilt car 83400 in the University of Pittsburgh Archives P&LE collection including a roof shot where the roof panels appear to be unpainted galvanized steel and

Folks, I'm looking for a bio from Volume 10 of Who's Who in Railroading (1940), published our friends, Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. Might anyone have that in their collection? Regards Bruce Bruce

Paul, that was the Alton car as built. Clark Propst

Guys; There were a large number of PRR G31D converted to auto frame service, as well as the G27 mentioned earlier. There are some great photos of leased PRR G31D with WAB reporting marks, in the

Thank You, Richard! We are busy with our daughter's wedding, which means my spending must slow down. Mark Morgan PS at work now Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Mark, not all of the P/L schemes were bogus, but all of the ones you list were. Richard Hendrickson

I appreciate all the answers and realize that the AC&F book should be on my shopping list. One more question, were all of the paint schemes bogus? My roster has: Union 76 U.O.C.X.

-- In STMFC@..., LOUIS WHITELEY <octoraro1@...> wrote: Earlier than your time period, but the October 1948 ORER lists Wabash gondolas fitted for frame loading: 16 cars in the series

Tnanks for your replies so far. As to the PM, I would think them a direct competitor with the Wabash for that traffic.] The Lafayette-Louisvile, Wab/Monon routing is interesting as my fictional

Steve, With all this "chatter" someone said one of these cars had a Superior door. Can you confirm and do you have a photo? Really just need to know which Superior door. i.e. 7 panel, all equal,