Tim O'Connor wrote: You're right. The list is for smaller fleets. As the fleet gets bigger and bigger, you would need a longer and longer list of the type I posted. Well said <g>.

Mike Aufderheide wrote: Exactly. My list only tells you the RAILROADS to be represented. Additional info such as the Ostrich lists is need to identify which CARS to have. Of course, many, many

Claus - Thank you very much for making your index of Westerfield AC&F photos available! A.T. Kott

Brian,   I model 1947, but the 1950 ORER is a good stand-in.  Your 1957 data would be too far out for me.  I'm heartened to hear that someone else thought it was a good idea!  I'll get going on

Mike: That someone was me and I have the data for all the Large Steam RR's from the ICC Bluebook, and some selected (I.e. Ones that interested me) smaller railroads from the July 1957 ORER. I did

The car numbers in 1952 are as follows: 25000 - 25690 except for those listed below 1958 cft 581 cars 25142 2040 cft 1

Tony,   This is good information.  I wonder if we are able to put a finer point on it.  I had an idea that using Larry Ostrich's 1950 ORER spreadsheet, one could determine specific cars

"I used the Nelson Gilbert theory to distribute the boxcars as the basis for my fleet." Can someone enlighten me on this? I looked in the files section for something along this line and didn't

C&O SD box car at the Cadillac dealership in Tacoma... Dec 1956: http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/dt6n.asp?un=1&pg=1&krequest=TPL-8153 Note contrast in height to the adjacent Espee

Hi Al,   Actually, I enjoy the museum in Monticello FAR more than the one in St Louis. The St Louis guys may have more engines, but Monticello has more rolling stock, more of it is restored, and it's

A professional Geneologist passed this information on to me and I thought it might be of value to some on this list. The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC, pronounced nuck-muck)

Al Kresse writes: "What are the chances of finding a C&O or PM non-coal freight car west of the Mississippi River?" Not bad at all. On pg 101 of the Big Boy Portraits is an overhead shot of Laramie,

I have a few Ulrich GS gondolas set aside to upgrade into CN cars. The area I'm most interested in upgrading is the door opening chain and rods that are less than crude on the model. Has there been

Paul: While I don't have much to add about colours of cars, if you are modelling the early 20th century you might want to look at Clover House. http://www.cloverhouse.com/ They have a large PDF you

Paul,   I suggest you join the Earlyrail group.  In the past there has been extensive discussion on the early "line" cars including blue line cars.   Also there is much information on early freight

Hi, Let me preface my first posting to this forum by stating the obvious - I'm fairly new to model trains and even newer to prototype modeling. I'm interested in scratch building turn of the century

This may be the car that Tony refers to. http://www.atlasrr.com/Images/SpecialRuns/HOSR/PSC007.jpg It was a special run by Atlas for Peterson Supply, Portland, Oregon. Unfortunately now sold out,

and jacket plus a I have postage. also add a bit I believe query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000003) like to buy it from you. Al Campbell I can be reached at al@....

ATSF fan J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer asked about Wisconsin's "Museum at North Freedom" and at Greenbay".... For what it's worth, North Freedom (Mid-Continent Railway Museum) is a delightful place

Al, Not so bad at all, especially for a 40' boxcar in our era. Considering that the C&O served a lot of important industries in the midwest (not just auto plants), the chances of finding a C&O car in