Al, No time limit as far as I know. The concept I meant by "Exception" was that most U.S. roads did not hold and accumulate Canadian cars for prospective loading. Somewhere in the original

Sept 1931 ORER shows 5786 40000 to 46240 cars and 799 55000 to 55799 cars.Armand Premo

I find myself facinated by the cover photo on Volume 2 of Ted's Prototype Railroad Modeling. You, too, can have your own 134 Megabyte copy from the Library of Congress website, if you

I'm detailing a Manuta "Heavies" gon for the Erie 44000-series, the prototype for the model (but it was never available lettered for the Erie!) The 44000-series was built in 1925 (or so), and had

Jim, Some comments that may shed some light on the issue in general. Before de-regulation transit times on lumber shipments were hard to even believe given today's standards. Much of the lumber

Jim Mischke wrote: "B&O was rather quick to rebuild and refurbish these decent, well maintained hoppers, because it was cost effective to do so. Many were already 10-13 years old at the 1932 merger

Ed Olszewski asked: "I am looking for information on Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh hoppers in the 40XXX and 46XXX classes. My ORER's only go back to 1955 and BR&P ceased to exist in 1932 I

I have never heard of interchange time limits, much less limits involving Canadian cars. B&O has several stories of new cars that never saw home rails for 10-12 years. Evidently there were

B&O was rather quick to rebuild and refurbish these decent, well maintained hoppers, because it was cost effective to do so. Many were already 10-13 years old at the 1932 merger and ready for

I am looking for information on Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh hoppers in the 40XXX and 46XXX classes. My ORER's only go back to 1955 and BR&P ceased to exist in 1932 I think. What I would like to

Schuyler, How soon we forget about the 'hook-horns' Clark Propst

Jon writes- Jon and others- for a number of pragmatic reasons, just measuring the axle lengths of the OEM wheels will not often give you an accurate match to what Reboxx replacement wheel sets may

Again, hello friends: The following Railroad and Railroad Modeling magazines are still available, but not for long. Although I am totally prepared to put them in the recycle bin this weekend, I still

Hi all; Does anyone out there own a Sunshine kit of this car; kit 70.10; and could someone who does, or is familiar with the prototype tell me: 1) if the car itself has any unusual

Tom, Don't know about the accuracy of the Intermountain cars but on their web site it lists the part number as T452901 in the Tichy section. It also shows them as out of stock. As I recall,

Good Morning, First, there was a bit of talk at Naperville in regard to Model Railroading Magazine also ceasing publication shortly after Hundman Publications reported cessation of MainLine Modeler.

These cars LOL!! SGL

Clark, I've had the exact same experience. It is a real p***-off to spend the money we're spending on these otherwise magnificent models and have to replace the couplers as soon as we can. And

I have spoken with two gentlemen, who are in their late 70's, who had worked the SP roundhouse in Douglas, AZ. in regards to the boxcars and gons of the FC de Nacozari. These cars never went further

My first entry into S scale ... the Southern Ry 41' low side steel gon ... will start shipping tomorrow to pre-paid customers. Kits with Roman lettering will go out first; Block font lettering kits