Allen Rueter wrote: You're right. Obviously I didn't read the entirety of all entries <g>. You will have noted that Associated did not seem to get many good deals from Matson, as few of the

Phillips, III, J.A. wrote: When the Oregon Improvement Co. emerged from bankruptcy in 1897, it was in the form of a sale under foreclosure to a New Jersey concern organized for the purpose,

Was surfing the net and came across this informative page about modeling Mexican freight cars and some American cars that I guess would be visitors to

Steve Hedlund wrote: Speaking of coal in the Pacific Northwest, you have to include the "real" Pacific Coast Railroad up in the Puget Sound area. It's biggest business was hauling coal from its mines,

Okay, those who know much more about the NP than I do have convinced me that the NP was an exception, and that NP steam power was largely coal burning, even on the extreme western end of the

Tony, When I look at the list I see : FALLS OF CLYDE MARION CHILCOTT RODERICK DHU ROSECRANS SANTIAGO -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO ________________________________ To:

Richard Hendrickson ...Fact. I grant that NP steam locos burned lignite (flammable dirt that only barely qualifies as coal) in extreme eastern Washington. However, on all of the railroads that served

I don't wish to look like a fireman swatting at every ember he sees, but I have to respond to this.... By quoting "real", it is assumed you meen to differentiate this RR from a pretender "Pacific

Allen Rueter wrote: Other Associated histories list a couple of ships. This entire Matson list shows only one ship (that I found) sold to Associated in 1910. Like most oil companies, Associated

Speaking of coal in the Pacific Northwest, you have to include the "real" Pacific Coast Railroad up in the Puget Sound area. It's biggest business was hauling coal from its mines, such as at Black

Thanks, Tony, I was under the impression the official name had been changed. SGL E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) Database version:

Gene Green wrote: It took years for realization to set in that the fishbelly center sill on box cars was not doing a great deal. In the first decade of the 20th century, technical papers in

Because there were never and "double sheathed" gondolas, therefore no need to differentiate. Fishbelly center sills were more common on single sheathed boxcars than one would think. CN had a sizable

Gene, I always thought the usage reflected the idea that house cars can have an outer wall and an inner wall (or lining) which we call "double sheathed" but other house cars have only a single wall.

Tim, Looks like Associated Oil bought several tankers in the 190x http://www.usmm.org/matson.html, hmmm loosing freight car content better shut up. -- Allen Rueter StLouis

If box cars with exposed side trusses are correctly called single-sheathed (or incorrectly but descriptively called outside-braced) why don't we have "single-sheathed" gondolas? ;-) Seriously, as a

Yes, the time frame is that of the late steam/early diesel era, as I think I specified somewhere. And the Coos Bay mines (of which I was already aware) hardly produced enough coal to qualify as a

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Not except as slang. It's like saying Boston College is "now shortened to BC." The official name is still Case Western Reserve University. Tony Thompson

Allen Rueter wrote: Associated Oil produced at that time primarily in the Bakersfield-Kern field. And by 1910, majority control of the company was in the hands of the Southern Pacific. Tony

According to the North Bank Road, the SP&S used coal for other purposes in Wishram... :-) Your turn. Tim