Hey Scott, that is a great shot. John, how bout the passenger type cut lever on the car!!! Was that typical for that series car?? I wonder what the small star signifies that's about the coupler? I was

Thanks for the link Scott--Wow! John John Golden Bloomington, IN

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4395?size=_original Scott Pitzer

www.westerfield.biz. more frequent basis than our mailings. If you would like to be on the list, let me know. - Al Westerfield Include me. harper-brown@... Thanks, Jared Harper

We now have the May 1925 ORER on DVD disk. See it on our web site www.westerfield.biz. We are generating an email list to send product announcements on a more frequent basis than our mailings. If

Ernie Valentine wrote: "A WP DS box, looks like USRA (or clone)." WP did not own any USRA DS boxcars. Your car was probably one of these: http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/boxcar.html Thanks to

This may have been already covered. If so my apologies. I just joined list.   The is a collection of  railroad and streetcar photos by Lyle Oberwise at the Milwaukee, WI Amtrak Depot (the wall by

James Dick wrote: I saw a note in the SP files at CSRM about drovers leaving a mess of trash in the cabooses they used. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

In a case like the above I always take note of who said what and adjust my credibility ratings accordingly. It makes my modeling life simpler every time the "BS" filter gets tuned a little finer. Ken

Most of what I have read in NP records pretty much falls in line with what others have posted. Regarding complaints of drovers, the two major complaints I have seen were complaints of drovers

Bill, As mentioned before, my memory is short lived, but I believe there was at least a second train, not just No. 97 during the peach season. The C&O and CC&O FAST FREIGHT or TIMED FREIGHT train

Dear Al: I cannot say for certain if the CC&O's Challengers were used specificaly for peach movements as I am uncertain if there were other produce trains aside from #97. I am just beginning to

Al, How old is this book and who is the publisher? C&O agents up north would consolidate these time tables for the various southeastern rwys interconnecting with the C&O (and later, C&O and B&O) and

Goforth's "When Steam Ran the Clinchfield", pp 69 and 85, shows Clinchfield Challengers with northbound reefer blocks operating as first-class Train 97, the "Florida Perishable". Both photos

The September 2008 issue of The Keystone Modeler, featuring "Class X37B, the Sunshine Kit" by Elden Gatwood is online at http://www.prrths.com/Keystone%20Modeler/Keystone_Modeler.htm Ben Hom

Bill, Did the Clinchfield actually use their Challanger's to pull their Peach Specials and such? I've seen pix of Clinchfield 4-6-6-4's pulling southbound C&O Fast Freights with reefers with a

Bill, Relative to time tables, the C&O/B&O time tables and advertisements for specific seasons with agents are available through Tom Dixon, via TLC Publishing. I only have Zerox copies. The C&O

The CB&Q had "Drovers Cars" which were built to the standard 30 Ft wood waycar plan (1906 is one year they were built). The old Trains, Inc. (later Signal House and LMB) CB&Q Wood Waycar was actually

As a part of the book I am researching on the Fruit Growers Express/ Western Fruit Express/Burlington Refrigerator Express reefer consortium, I would love to have photos of the various railroads

Dennis Storzek wrote: On the SP, a second standard caboose was often attached for the drovers' use. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,