Richard Since PRR began building the X31's and X32's before the 1937 AAR box cars were in production, don't you think they had already made an investment in production facilities, jigs, machinery,

Mike Brock wrote: I'm telling ya Mike, it's the bananas that does it every time. Bananas one minute, Pennsy failures the next. Happens every time. Gotta love it! :D Dave Nelson

The Q Caswells were identical to the AT&SF Ga.O - no heavy end bracing and a floor resting on the center sill that prevented the end doors from opening fully. I have plans to do these if I live long

The Q Caswells were identical to the AT&SF Ga.O - no heavy end bracing and a floor resting on the center sill that prevented the end doors from opening fully. I have plans to do these if I live long

The new catalog is now available at www.westerfield.biz. It allows searching by roadname, decade and car type and removes much of the confusion about ordering. Be sure to read How to Use This

Kurt Laughlin wrote: Definitely steel. One-piece cast steel car underframes go back at least to 1922. (for box cars) This entire discussion about the F30 seems wrongheaded to me. At any

Greg "Tireless" Martin wrote: Um, yeah, "closely resembling" in that it was all steel. Otherwise? Significantly different and better underframe (that PRR would soon adopt), significantly

Bud, I have a builder's shot of LV 10000 showing 13 stake pockets and other details the same as the PRR F30As. The only difference was the trucks, which were 70 ton ASF A-3s on the LV

Well, they did sometimes haul dairy products, as well as other lading, but they were extensively used to carry beer from the Milwaukee area breweries, a fact that was well concealed by the name

Malcolm, Thank you for the brief explanation. It made plenty of sense. I would definitely be interested in such a group! Frank Valoczy

Frank, They were not that common a car. Best I can recall is that when I had one loaded it was usually with canned goods. At one time the area around Ripon WI had a lot of truck farms and there were

Many thanks Dennis! Per your statement: "The period during the seventies was to freightcar fans what the fifties had been to steam fans, as all the neat old stuff went to scrap.". Anyone in the

Schlitz beer Roger Hinman

Russ Strodtz wrote: Russ, I don't believe I have ever seen a Pennsy Flat car. The may have been VERY Common on the East coast, but in the Los Angeles area they were non existent! (At least by my

wondered about this for quite some time and never seem to be able to find a definitive answer. Thanks. As of the cut-off date of this discussion group, 1960, it was as long as the owner felt it was

Most Listmembers are aware that St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co. reefers were used to ship Bud Beer around the country. But I seem to recall a passing comment on this List that Dairy Shippers Despatch

I wrote: Like the Maine Central cars, like the Southern car, and you know the rest. This is about appearance at a glance fellows... I didn't say at close examination... Come-on we are splitting

I don't want to prolong this discussion, as few if any subscribers to this list are likely to change their opinions at this point. But let's keep the facts straight. The 1932 ARA (later

In a message dated 3/23/2007 4:36:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pmcclosky@... writes: Russ, I don't believe I have ever seen a Pennsy Flat car. The may have been VERY Common on the East