In 1956 Pacific Car and Foundry produced a study for Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. on a better method of unloading wood chips. On August 22, 1956 two proposals were submitted to Weyerhaeuser, one was

Matthew Sugerman wrote: They were "free runners" like nearly all box cars, and could not only be found throughout the SP system but nationwide. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Matt, on the T&NO as on most RRs there were some cars in assigned service that did not roam freely (e.g., the H-70-5 class 4200-4449 series triple hoppers which were in on-line limestone service for

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Would like to have a box with T&NO reporting marks... My modeling is focused on Pacific Northwest & I Would like to justify a car with T&NO reporting marks... Did T&NO cars roam the SP system or

Jason Sanford wrote: "I know the shop date is 45..." IT IS NOT A SHOP DATE! It was the date that the car was reweighed, NOT a "shop date" or a "repaint date". A car was reweighed after shopping or

Jason Sanford wrote: Jason, the Red Caboose stock car paint schemes are all based on photographs. The current T&NO model has initials and stripes, typical of 1931-1946 cars. Although the initials

What era does the paint scheme on the new Red Caboose T&NO stock cars come from. I know the shop date is 45 but not sure if the lettering was changed in 45. Is the schemed offered correct for the

In a message dated 6/29/2007 4:37:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pieter_roos@... writes: Could they all be on "yard air" so when the time comes to move them the switch crew doesn't need to

Iowa had a number of clay tile factories scattered through out the state. These were often the same factories who made brick, building tile and sewer pipe as well as farm drainage tile. They were

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Have you seen: http://www.ncpi.org/EngineeringManual/eng_manual01.htm http://superiorclay.com/products.php (I think this place might still ship via rail. Flue liners and wall copings would also be

There are certainly a number of "beehive" kilns at the rear, but also numerous chimneys at other locations apparently serving other ovens in the buildings. CJ Riley --- "Beckert, Shawn"

Paul wrote: That would be this establishment: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047003.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047002.jpg The photos are dated 1924. I would assume the round structures in

All: Gladding McBean also had a plant in Los Angeles adjacent to the SP Main line as it left the Glendale Station. It's long gone now and they did make red clay there also. Paul C. Koehler

The most plausible explanation for the two blue Flags is one belong to the loading crews and the other belong to the car department. Each group could finish at different times so that each was

Yes. Could they all be on "yard air" so when the time comes to move them the switch crew doesn't need to take the time pumping up the air? Unlike the previous Delano picture, these cars appear very

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Ed, you have to differentiate the 36' stock cars built new for the C&NW in the 1920s, which had board roofs, from the 40' stock cars which were rebuilt after WW II from single sheathed box cars,

In addition, I noted that the airhose on the last car on the rightmost string (with no blue flags?) appears to be connected to the last car on the next string. Why would the air hoses be connected