Jeff Aley wrote: Well, kind of. Notice that not all these were harvested at the same time. BTW my knowledge of PFE operations confirms what Larry Jackman said: there was no perishable

Larry, Thanks for the insight. Wow, that means that the wholesale grocer must get a LOT of cars since fruits and vegetables are perishable. If we assume that green vegetables can

No. The Scout slogan was dropped in 1947 when the other slogans were revised and the system maps were replaced by "Ship and Travel..." The "Texas Chief" slogan was added in 1948 and the "San

In the freight houses I worked in or around were not equipped to handle Perishable. I worked in a produce house that served these small shops and we received carloads and sent out less than a truck

Bill, I downloaded the article. Outstanding research and some interesting photos. I wonder if some day an ambitious author will do something similar for URTX and GATX? Tom

Was there such a thing as perishable LCL (e.g. in reefers)? Suppose the local wholesale grocer didn't need an entire carload of cantaloupes. Would less-than-carload lots come in by truck?

As per the lettering guide put out by the SFRH&MS, no. It was actually replaced in 1948 by "Texas Chief". No "Texas Chief" had maps, BTW. Michael Bishop <goldrod_1@...> wrote: Did any of

Did any of the ATSF box cars lettered for The Scout, ever have the Ship and Travel slogan replace the system map after 1947? I know that sometime in early 1954 the The Scout scheme was replace with

And from all of us a big thank you to all of you, you especially Bill, who made this wonderful research available for the download. I have printed it out in color and bound it - wonderful

Or how about a flat yard or a bowl... I used to work in the Albina Yard and some of the things I would hear and then see in the shops later would curl your toes... 3^) Greg Martin

I just had an opportunity to view the PRRTHS website to see what that society along with the SAL/ACL and B&O did with my 50 + page handout on the woodsheathed cars owned and operated by FGE, WFE,

In a message dated 2/14/2008 9:01:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Jeff.A.Aley@... writes: I'm willing to extend my question to include George's question about meat. I see no need to be

Does anyone have a CBC type drawing for the "standard auto box car" post-USRA and pre-Dec 1926 AAR standard 40 and 50-ton, and 40 and 50-ft, and 10 or 12 ft door automobile steel underframe,

Anyone want to get rid of one of these kits? I need one for a science project, and yes, I know the length is incorrect. Please contact me off-list to work out the details. Ben Hom

I have several items ending today and the next few days that may be of interest http://stores.ebay.com/Espee-F-5 I'll be adding more items later today and tomorrow. Thanks for looking! Rob

Greetings list; Through a different link sent to me by a friend, I stumbled onto this site: http://www.columbusrailroads.com/index.htm Which has some interesting steam-era photos (including a

Hi A.T., I'm having a devil of a time tracking these cars down. The furfural cars are showing up in both the 1951 and 1954 IC freight car diagram books, but they're listed as originally being

Thanks Brian. They are converted from the Athearn bay window caboose. There are 2 slightly different styles with different window placement and end/pilot handrails and they probably date from the

According to a Wiki article, sugar cane bagasse and wheat chaff can also be used to make furfural. Along with corn cobs, these are relatively light density loads, like wood chips. Did these IC

Victor, The new HO caboose truck from Tahoe Model Works is correct for Wabash steel cabooses #2700-2769 and #2770-2849. Centralia Car Shops has also tooled this truck for their New Haven and