All, Has certainly been covered before in many ways. Have a fairly large collection of interchange lists involving the CB&Q & IHB from 1959. Have browsed hundreds of these. Will make a firm attempt

I just spoke with Fred Hill of the Original Whistle Stop in Pasadena CA. They still have a few copies of the NMRA book in stock 626-796-7791 Paul C. Koehler

Old mags _used_ to be in the book category as ads were not current and considered useless, nothing but reading material. But rules change. My deceased father worked in the PO for 40 years and it was

books

Thanks Tim, this is good stuff. Let me rephrase the second question: Did the increased possibility of originating and terminating a particular load on the big roads with wider areas and customer

Books, Videos, DVD and so on Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most of it left

Kurt Laughlin wrote:

OK, then what DOES qualify as "media mail?" SGL

Prototype Modeling, Vol 1 - published by Speedwitch Prototype Modeling, Vol 2 - published by Speedwitch Focus on Freight Cars, Vol 1 - Hendrickson, published by Speedwitch The Postwar Freight Car

Don Burn wrote: Don, Before the 1930's, much of the Anthracite Coal used for home heating was hauled via Tidewater in barges from New York and Delaware Bays in "Schooner Barges." Some of this

Caboose Hobbies is out of stock on the Postwar Freight Car Book as I just got the last one in stock. Dave Powell Iowa

Tim Gilbert wrote: Does anyone have any data on patterns of hoppers usage to deliver coal to New England? Particularily, coal for home heating? This was a common industry, even for small towns. The

sc279373 wrote: Steve, It depends upon the car type. 1) Individual boxcars, because they could be reloaded with a wide variety of commodities, could be seen anywhere in the US. Indeed, there was a

From Mike Del Vecchio: I agree with Tony that this isn't likely for the origin of OK, but when I read this I could hear "okie-dokie." Around here, in eastern Massachusetts, that's what you say

Hi Guys, At long last we have received a shipment of the assembled ART reefers that have eluded us for so long. This was a partial shipment of 192 out of 600 total. From reservations, we've

I recieved Ted's book via the NMRA,it arrived Thursday.Also arriving with it was the reprinted Steel book,I doubt I could have got either in any British book shop(I live in UK). The thing that is

The clerk told me even if they were 100 years old they were still a NO NO. She was willing to ship them for me but said if they were inspected they would be destroyed. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca

True, media mail must not have any advertising. If you can convince he/she that they are old and out dated it might fly George Hollwedel-Postal Technician