Tim O'Connor wrote: The lines were never a requirement but were a recommended practice, starting back in the WW I era. The AAR discontinued that recommendation very early in 1952 and many roads

Paul, I found this abstract of an article on a web site: Douglas-fir Christmas trees shipped in railroad box cars from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles, Calif., suffer varying degrees of

cars ending 04 thru Bieber 1947 4th quarter GN 38 ATSF 24 PFE 16 WP 16 DRGW 14 SP 12 IC 10 PRR, SFRD, SOU 9 CBQ , CNW 6 ART, MP, NP, SAL, UTLX 4 BO, FGE, MILW, NKP, NYC 3 CSVX, IGN, LAPX, LN, MDT,

Indeed, in 1954 new NYC cars were being delivered with the Roman style lettering and by 1955 many new cars and repaints were getting the extended Gothic lettering. It's interesting that NYC continued

Dave, I'll have to think about how to do that, the pages are about 14x17, much bigger than a common scanner, to thick for a drum scanner that I have access to at work. I could try just a corner.

on 11/23/09 10:00 PM, Paul Catapano at pc66ot@... wrote: Were Christmas Trees shipped in reefers? Were insulated boxcars around in enough numbers to be a reasonable alternative? (I model

Were Christmas Trees shipped in reefers? Were insulated boxcars around in enough numbers to be a reasonable alternative? (I model 1952) Did they, reefer loads of Christmas trees,  need to be iced,

Allen, can you post a scan or two in the files area so we can all see what the original looks like? Dave Nelson

They are usually used in a vibrator type machine or at least that's how I've seen them used. Jerry Glow

Rob, There are no types, you'll have to have an ORER handy, if you want to help with making a type table, just left me know. I sure a few people have some railroad's types memorized. -- Allen

Thanks Mike......I agree with you 100%....Bob Slavinski  ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 7:16:25 PM Subject: [STMFC] ADMIN:

I should perhaps note that the reason why the use of the name of a holiday on the STMFC is not permitted except when associated with steam era frt cars has nothing to do with any holiday but simply

Frank - Try Glenbow Archives:   NA-2849-22   Construction of Imperial Oil Calgary Refinery, Ogden, Alberta - 1923   First shipment of crude from Coutts, originating in Montana, United

Folks, I'm trying to figure out what type of hoppers this company used and painted for there company service. Did they have 2 bay or 3 bay hoppers and what color did they paint the cars yellow or

OK, Guys, As Tony Thompson says...the issue about being politically correct is WAY out of bounds for the STMFC. On the STMFC, any name of a United States holiday is completely permissable IF it is

For those of you who are thinking, "Great, but where the hell am I going to get walnut shells and what can I use to grind them into a uniform, small size?"....... They are sold in any fine Hobby Shop

Tim is correct that Coutts is in Alberta. It is on the Canadian Pacific side of the border with GN's route off of the "transcontinental" mainline from Shelby MT. It was - and still is - an active

John Stokes wrote: John, you are wandering WAY off list topic territory. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

It is really important to some people and not to others, which is one of those things great about America. You many be offended by something that I find amusing or inconsequential. Just remember in

A friend in SoCal was an ammo reloader and used walnut shell in a vibrator to clean his brass (probably not recommended for our brass) Jerry Glow