I just looked at the photo and I concur with Steve that the medallion appears to be solid red, not an outline. There is no date in the caption. Chet French Dixon, IL

Jon Miller wrote: 47) FWIW, Don Ball's railroad photograph collection is located in the University of Connecticut Library. http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/findaids/Ball/MSS20030093.html He didn't take

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, Aley, Jeff A <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote: I believe it's on p 74 of said book. CJ Riley   <I was unable to find the Don Ball, Jr. photo that you cited;

Steve, I was unable to find the Don Ball, Jr. photo that you cited; could you please double-check? I ask because I am the person who scanned [most of] the Don Ball, Jr. photo

3.4. Re: Rock Island aluminum box cars Posted by: "Anthony Thompson" thompson@... sigpress Tue Jul 6, 2010 9:40 pm (PDT) Decals? Romanticize? H-mmmm. Clear as mud. The Varney

there was Thought I had that book for a minute but turned out I have his "colorful railroads" published in '78! :-) -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI

Were there not some "higher average running speed" truck journal issues with using freight car journal ratings in passenger car usage? Al Kresse

The Varney herald has a solid red background, which does NOT match photos, in that the heralds in photos all look definitely to be outline only, not with a filled field. Tony

No Dennis

I have been away for a week or so. At one point, I was able to read some of this discussion. Tim pulled up an old (2003) email from Doc Denny and I was thinking he would find another in that stream

Ed Hawkins wrote: Amen. Varney is known to have done this in other cases, such as the car-length "wing" scheme for SP Overnights, which Varney knew had never been put on a car, but did the

Tom, I personally wouldn't trust the Varney decal sheet to be a guide for accurate colors for these cars because, at the very least, the red Rock Island medallion was inaccurate for the

Tom Maddens wrote: The Varney herald has a solid red background, which does NOT match photos, in that the heralds in photos all look definitely to be outline only, not with a filled

OK, I'm late, but Ed Mines wrote: Al and I look quite similar. I have a mustache but not a beard. Also I weight about twice as much as Al does, them plus some. Ed Right, other than those minor

There's an old Varney embossed paper sided kit (unbuilt) for this car on eBay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/Varney-HO-B-37-Rock-Island-Aluminum-40-Train-Box-Car-/260630911272 The herald and word

Did the car structure depend on a closed and latched door to handle dynamic (over-ther-road) loads? KL

Clark Propst wrote: They are called that in the railroad literature, e.g. Railway Age, and in Cycs. When they were first used on PFE cars, the PFE name was "sliding door," even though that's

Clark, One common type was termed Youngstown Sliding Flush Door. However, the term "Plug Door" was listed as a generic nomenclature in the Car Builders' Cyclopedia Dictionary of Car Terms as "A door

Don't "Plug" doors have a real name? Clark Propst

Plug doors could be easily removed from cars in Q transfer runs by opening the door enough so it was "unplugged"... the thru-girders of the viaducts between the Panhandle and Clyde were close enough