Frank Bongiovanni wrote: "Haven't found this in the archives, and my black letter on white paper sources are unclear. I'm doing some research on high capacity gondolas (Gene Huddleston has convinced

Haven't found this in the archives, and my black letter on white paper sources are unclear. I'm doing some research on high capacity gondolas (Gene Huddleston has convinced me not to call them

Yes. Richard Hendrickson

Jeff, Thanks, only I'm modeling in N, and am going to use a Rocco PS car as the basis of the kitbash.. Rick

Hi Richard, Am I correct in my belief that the UP A-50-19 can be modeled using the old C&BT shops kit? As I recall, they had a 40' 10'6 IH w/ double doors, panel roof, and 4/4 early IDE.

Hey Dick, I'm modeling early winter 1950. I'm modeling the 3rd district of the Valley Division primartly in the Richmond area. I model in N scale, so the Trix model does me no good. I would welcome

Tim , My adress is Rdietrichson@... Thanks Rick

Cliff Prather wrote: Excellent catch, Cliff. The distinctive arch bridge in front of the Union Ice facility is probably conclusive. That photo is Watsonville, and most lettuce crates looked

The photo may have been taken at Salinas, Calif. There are several photos of the Union Ice facility on pages 58 and 59 in Southern Pacicic's Coast Line Pictorial. The shot were taken in 1962 and

Al Brown wrote: Yes, it's the same photo, page 113. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Snubbers are discussed at some length in the PFE book, both as to why they were used and how they worked, including photos of some prototype hardware (pages 118, 119 and 165, for those who would like

Rick, I meant to send you two pictures directly. Send me your email address again so I can send them to you. Tim O'

G-50-9. I have in-service photos I can send you off-list. What era are you modeling? Builder's photos show these cars with a rectangular panel roof. When new, it was unpainted galvanized steel

At 11/23/2008 01:52 PM Sunday, you wrote: >Hey everyone, >I have some questions regarding 2 UP cars: >1. Does anyone out there have a picture of a UP gon in the 99500-99999 >number series? I am not

Rick, UP 99500 - 99999 were class G-50-9, per Terry Metcalfe Union Pacific Freight Cars 1936-51 Appendix D. I don't think I have any photos. The A-50-19 had Murphy Panel

That's class G-50-9. There's a picture of UP 99721 in MM 5/86 p 44, loaded with refrigerator-car frames; I think the same picture may appear in Tony Thompson's PFE books. There's a builder's shot of

Hey everyone, I have some questions regarding 2 UP cars: 1. Does anyone out there have a picture of a UP gon in the 99500-99999 number series? I am not sure of the class. 2. What type of roof did the

I have the article, and am contemplating buying a kit or two. But for this very common car, it'd be nice to see a styrene kit or RTR model on the market. I have built more than a few resin cars, and

Starting in the 1930s, snubbers which replaced one spring on each side of each truck were a popular way to improve riding qualities without replacing trucks, and some car owners even bought new

Arizona A word of caution about the Time-Life photo captions, they were most likely done by summer interns from information written on the sleeves the photos were in. I was going through a series that