Gwennyth Patrick wrote: "The Pennsylvania RR Museum in Strasburg apparently has one.. you can see it in a large, zoomable panoramic image here: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=1693 Careful -

The Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio http://www.madrivermuseum.org/index.html has FGEX 35932 in captivity. http://www.madrivermuseum.org/61.jpg Later, Bill Kelly Dennis Storzek

For info on the American Cranberry Exchange, try this link: http://www.umass.edu/agcenter/documents/cranberry_situation.pdf ACE was formed in 1910 by merging a co-op out of Middleboro, Mass., with

I find that L&HR handled 250-400 cars per year of cranberries originating on the New Haven in 1946-1950. This comes from L&HR annual traffic reports. It appears that these were fresh cranberries.

The Pennsylvania RR Museum in Strasburg apparently has one.. you can see it in a large, zoomable panoramic image here: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=1693 Also, one in Cleveland at the MRPS

Bob Chaparro wrote: The same dumper is shown on page 164 of my Volume 1 on SP gondolas. These beet racks did have A-frame interiors. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Also one at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. Dennis

I ran across this image today and it made me think about my recent post. This is a link to a Southern Pacific photo in USC's digital archive collection at:

Awhile back someone was wondering if there was a formula for determining the width of long freight cars. According to the Plate B (steam era) clearance standard, the maximum car width was 10 ft 8 in

Thanks for the help, wasn't jerking anyone's chain, I've been away from the hobby for 30 years. Jeff benjaminfrank_hom wrote:

Bruce Smith wrote: Don't forget the very nice one (with interior) at CSRM. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Ben Hom replied: In addition, the archives are swimming with FGE information and a simple Google search brings you photos of not only the prototype, but a few correct (and lots of incorrect) models.

I read a bit about MEC TOFC operations. They began in 1958 with two trailers hauling groceries for IGA between Portland and Bangor. In 1964 the MEC handled 770 trailers. So for a 1960 you need very

Jeff White wrote: "I can't find any HO cars marked Fruit Growers Express so maybe my memory is faulty and they were Western Fruit Express or Pacific Fruit Express. Anyone know if Fruit Growers

I seem to remember long sections of yellow/orange reefer cars going through my hometown on the IC when I was a kid. IIRC they belonged to Fruit Growers Express. I can't find any HO cars marked

Hello all Read your post on diatomaceous earth. I'm modelling the ESPEE coastline between Santa Barbara, and Guadalupe, including the Lompoc branch circa 1964. I chatted with someone who worked the

built 1968 to 1976... if we're talking about the x-post Z van model.

Late 1970s. Frank Greene Memphis, TN

Possibly these racks are a predecessor of the Blackburn sugar beet rack as shown on page 171 of _SP Freight Cars vol 3_. Interesting that the car in the book is coupled to a stock car. Later, Bill

Anyone recognize the location? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. was get doors in to said not modified