I think Steve's point was that the (bankrupt) O&W owed much, much more in per diem payments than it could ever hope to receive from its connections, given the paltry number of O&W cars that could

I would say "uo" was to be "up" as in above the actual number and not the railroad. And car makes sense in the sentence. George Simmons Dry Prong, LA

Is "uo" US? Is "cay" car? Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George Hollwedel 310 Loma Verde St Buda, TX

Andy and Jason, The Atlas truck is a very poor representation of the National C-1 70- ton truck. If you have Tony's SP Freight Cars, vol.1, Gondolas and Stock Cars, see page 218 for what the

And now, a break from the Freight Car Distribution Debate... I've been extremely remiss about posting articles of interest in The Keystone Modeler as it comes out - for those of you who

Charlie,   See next message.   Mont

Ben,   See next message.   Mont

I phoned in an order to NWSL last week. Upon inquiry I learned that NWSL has been sold and that there is an ongoing "transition." Gene Green

and are Brian, Thanks for all of the great info. You summarized my thoughts on the 70-ton trucks quite well - available 50-ton trucks just don't quite capture the feel of the longer wheelbase, wider

In the Simmons-Boardman book "Freight Cars Rolling" by Lawrence Sagle ©1960, an entire chapter is devoted to the per diem issue... (Chapter 3, p61-70) The per diem rate is described as

Brian,            You make them, we WILL buy them! Next question???   Fred Freitas

Brian, I think you're on to something with the 70-ton trucks. I just built a Sunshine NYC gondola kit that needed 70-ton trucks with a 3-1-3 spring package. I used a pair of Atlas trucks from a Hart

Steve Per diem in the 1950's was the same for all box cars, and was quite low -- IIRC less than $3 a day. Unless the NYSW was a parking lot for offline cars, I doubt they suffered from per diem

I guess I should respond to the 70-ton truck requests. First of all some typical features of these trucks: Wheel base--5'-8" (versus 5'-6" for 40/50-ton trucks) Journal boxes--6X11' size, minimum 9

I have a few items for sale including some 1937 Red Caboose Union Pacific Boxcars, a few different Red Caboose flatcars, a few PRR X-29 boxcars by Red Caboose, a brass PSC 52' PFE Reefer, and a

Mont- What is RAILMODEL? Not sure I have seen that magazine.... ....maybe Railroad Model Craftsman??? Charlie Vlk

The Jan., 1953 ORER shows the NYO&W as having 146 cars suitable for interchange. For an over 400-mile Class One pike, this road must have had substantial per diem costs. No wonder that they went

has been"sold" to RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN.  In my case this will result in an extension of my existing subscription with RMC. their very ethical exit from the business. Yeah...lots better than what

Not sure what you mean by this. All per diem was netted every month between every pair of railroads and money was exchanged. Except for the extremely inprobable event that two railroads had equla

Posted by: "water.kresse@..." Coal and Freight Manifest classification yards were separated many times. -------------------- Never heard of that, except for storage near water