Tom Olsen writes: And, I assume George will have them for sale at Prototype Rails/Cocoa Beach. Mike Brock

Tom Olsen> wrote: Thanks, Tom. I will certainly consider an on-line purchase if there aren't sales at Cocoa Beach. But that venue seems like a serious opportunity to have an awful lot of

Lester, Check out this link. i believe it may answer your second question... http://www.atsfrr.net/resources/Sandifer/Clinics/Stk/Mod/Lind.htm Bill Keene Irvine, CA [Non-text portions of this

All, In looking for a prototype for a styrene/plastic stock car by Lindberg in the Stock Car Cyclopedia, Vol. 1 by Hundman there was reference to a Vol. 2. Can someone tell me if Vol. 2 was ever

Can anyone supply me with the numbering of the BAOX tank cars that was applied to the Standard Tank Car 6 course tank. Many thanks, Pierre Oliver

Tony, Here is the link to the Southern Railway Historical Association "Grab" which gives the lowdown on this book. It has a sample of the first few

Denny Anspach: Gee, Denny, don't get carried away! Spen and I volunteer at the Colorado RR Museum library on Wednesdays, and we certainly don't want him to get (as my grandmother used to say) "the

Denny: From Richard back in July. Bill, the bad news is that Spencer Kellogg sold its tank car fleet to General American in the World War II period and, though it leased the cars back under SKX

Spen Kellogg lives here in Boulder.  I will see if I can find an e-mail address for him.   chuck yungkurth

Great information, Richard and Louis. I did look again in my 1943 ORER and there it was, but under K instead of S. Sometimes it takes a genius to point out the direction towards common

Frank Greene wrote: If it's as good as Volume 1, on 40-foot cars, it's a masterpiece. Will copies of Volume II be available or sale at Cocoa Beach, perchance? Bet you'd sell a stack of

For those who have last minute Christmas shopping still to do, "Southern Railway Equipment Drawings and Photographs, Volume II, Book 1, 50 ft. All-Steel Box Cars, 1938 - 1963" is now available from

Denny, the reason you can't find SKX in the ORERs is that those cars are listed under General American, who took them over in the 1930s and operated them for Spencer Kellogg. There were 145 SKX

I just got the January 1943 ORER reprint from the NMRA.  The SKX cars are on page 956 -- 156 cars (updated April 1942).  The series with 231 lists 219 to 231 inclusive. Lou Whiteley Lawrencville,

The October 1948 ORER lists cars numbered from 5 to 364 totaling seven cars in the General American section with the SKX reporting marks.  They're listed with a 30 ton capacity.  I guess that gives

Hi Richard, Richard Townsend wrote: Several folks have already replied on this topic, but I'll try to address the portion of your question that reads: If not, other than by going through each

I am working on a SC&F cast resin Standard Car Co. 6 course tank car to be lettered for the Spencer Kellogg & Sons vegetable oil refiners in Buffalo. Can anyone tell me about this company? My

Hi, Thanks everyone for your more than helpful responses - I would never have guessed that so much imformation would be coming my way! Several folks sent me images off-list, thank you for those as

Stan (not signing his name) wrote: Nope. There were banana docks in both LA and San Francisco, and in any case N'Awlins is closer to California than the East Coast (and was America's biggest

Steve, sorry for the slight delay in responding to your question about USRA Hopper Cars. By now you probably know this, but the R&LHS has a publication (Railroad History No. 128, Spring 1973) that