--- In STMFC@..., timboconnor@... asked: I wonder if they shipped out any covered hoppers of sugar? In the '80s I worked for an employer on the Hudson River a couple miles north of the

Bill Welch kindly refers to the "restored FGE reefer at the [California State Railroad Museum]". This fine 1924 ice wood reefer 35832 never actually needed "restoring" in the usual sense, and in fact

Russ, The truck in the photo is a 70 ton Dalman 2 Level truck with Barber lateral motion devise. An HO 50 ton version of this truck is available from Tahoe Model Works. Would you like me to e-mail

When i went to visit the railroad museum at Snoqualmie, WA, last fall it was at the depot. It was painted yellow w/ brown ends, but no markings. It also had a Preco Fan arrangement. That was where

Al, Well that's a start. I do not have that book. Let's try another approach. If I wanted to buy a model of that truck what would I be buying? Russ

Shine, "NP Color Pictorial, vol 1", p 110, shows NP 51248, partly behind a W-3 Mikado the photographer for some reason was interested in. :-) The gondola's truck is nicely lit though the shot isn't

Clark, If your search for a prototype for the stock car fails you can always take it off its trucks and place it in a barn yard and use it for a corn crib. Seriously, stock cars and wood

Clark, If your search for a prototype for the stock car fails you can always take it off its trucks and place it in a barn yard and use it for a corn crib. Seriously, stock cars and wood

All, Am looking for a photo of one of the NP 51000-51499 series of drop bottom gons, AC&F built in 1929. They had trucks cast by ASF. Design is shown as: "Dalman Truck (Barber Type)" If car photo

That looks to be just fine. Was doing some drawing sorting. NP 35652 is for: NP 4700-4999 = 50'6" 100M Box NP 84000-84188 = Double Deck Stock NP 14000-14499 = 40'0" 80M box The width is 28 1/2",

Tim, I'm pretty sure the Domino refinery in the NY Times article was not served by rail. I've seen Jack Frost 3 bay PS-2's in the BEDT (Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal) yard several blocks north.

Posted to the files section a photo named "BCE X50.jpg"; this was found on-line without any credits. The photo is probably from around 1975, given that the bridge visible in the background was built

Somewhat tangental to STMFC but I thought this might interest a few folks -- that NYC was at one time a major refiner of sugar. This is a story about the ASR (Domino) refinery in Brooklyn. I wonder if

FWIW, it's still listed on their website. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. be FGEX at it's in have a

Friends, The April 2007 issue C&O HISTORY, THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO HISTORICAL MAGAZINE is almost entirely devoted to the C&O's part of Fruit Growers Express history. In addition to a general

W&R has announced a raft of freight car models for NP and others. Some really nice NP truss-rod reefers in here. (Scroll

They are strictly a PRR car.  So they are only good for the PRR, PC and CR. And too new for this list. Rich Orr

Thank you Brian! That number matches the FGE series originally built by the PM. Can anyone tell me if this car is stil there and in a place it can

That is the worst place it could be. Almost every thing they have at Snoqualmie is a pile of rust or a pile of trash. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with

Bill, It's suppose to be at the railroad museum at Snoqualmie, WA. FGEX #16134. I don't know if it was ever restored. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV