I believe this is a Canadianism, not otherwise done in the US, and maybe only done in the port of Vancouver. If Rod Kirkham is on this list he could probabally tell us for sure, but as I recall BCE

I'm thrilled. This is the second time this has happened... First Ertl used one of my resin boxcars, displaying it as a "pre-production" model of their new kit (which turned out to be a different car,

Schuyler, these famous locomotive models are truly a curiosity, and there are those of us who are in great state of anticipation of seeing them soon completed, buffed up, shiny, running, and

I think that meens direct connection on BC Electric Lines only. I have seen photos of these cars and most had "BCE" and the number only, no other data that would be required. Richard Wilkens

Yahoogroups has indicated that they have a problem associated with changes to membership status. The effect of this problem is that changes to Email settings [ "Email/No Email" ] that have been

The BC Electric Railway entry in the ORER of October 1926 has the notation "Freight cars owned are not employed in Interstate Commerce" however, under the listing of freight and passenger

Rob, Thank you for the info. on the RI series 133000 to 133499 Class B-2 cars. Lester Breuer

just to add that the 105's were built in 100, 300, 400, 500 and 600 psi with no bottom outlets, top loading and unloading only. Jeff Coleman

Tim; I wondered about that, too, but the 104's seemed to be an expedient design, rather than permanent, and has a different commodity list from what was allowable in a 103 (riveted or welded 2% dome

The attached Yahoo book link below is to the Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, by United States. Dept. of Agriculture, published in 1910. The book shows a number of precooler

Brian Carlson wrote: For most cars, I have the day and location. For some cars, in cases where apparently it was discovered that they had already been renumbered but documentation was lost, it

Thanks Tony, I wasn't sure if you had dates for the renumbering. I'll have to keep this in mind for future SP cars. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Southern compared to what? CN? Yep! B&A? Yep! Pere Marquette? Yep! Northern Pacific? Yep! But to be serious, no, they'll be painted ERIE. They are, you see, UM-20s, the experimental test bed

Brian Carlson wrote: As I feared, Brian, the running boards are not logged in the car ledger, so I don't know. But your 8-57 date gets you right under the wire. The car was renumbered in the

Thanks Jim. Answers what I wanted to know. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Use of circle T ---------------- The circle T meant the B&O boxcar was fit for LCL service. Clean and mechanically sound. It could fit through the Parkersburg subdivision tunnels, hence could go

Mark Pierce wrote: The ACR rivets are now dead easy--there is an Archer rivet set exactly for that purpose. And they're black. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

I should have added that the Bettendorf cars were delivered with Westinghouse KC brakes and Ajax power hand brake. They are noted to have Barber Lateral Motion trucks. The AC&F cars apparently had

Lester; The 1927-built B-2 type cars in Rock Island series 13300-133999 were built with an early 3/4 Dreadnaught end, Murphy Radial roof and top hung Camel steel doors. Cars 133000-133499 were built

Does anyone know what type ends the upgraded design of RI, Class B-2, single-sheathed boxcars, built 1923 to 1927, like the photo of RI 133349 in Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual by Ted