There is a neat picture or two in BC Archives of the doors open and a bus being unloaded. Peter Bowers -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 /

Mike Brock posted: "I will note that Union Pacific rule 855 from the 1946 rule book states: Freight Service: "The doors of empty cars in trains must be kept closed. The doors of loaded cars must

Really neat car -- check out those trucks! http://www.geocities.com/bkempins/ASMMain/CattleCar.html Marty McGuirk

A friend of mine has waybills that outline deliveries made to his father on a team tracks that consist of exclusively loads of sand, gravel and other building materials, all in gondolas, during the

Ditto for fire engines (American LaFrance, for one, in X30's), long lumber loads, and pre-assembled trusses. Elden Gatwood

That was Jim Mischke asking ­ sorry for the bad typing, Jim. - Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Jim Mische asked about the uses of end-door boxcars. These cars were often used for automobiles and trucks ­ some early versions were introduced for carriages and wagons ­ and in WWII they were also

Ed, On 11/27/1952, PRR Gr Gon #281641 arrived on the Suncook Valley with anthracite coal for a coal dealer in Pittsfield NH who did not have "hopper" unloading facilities. #281641 probably was not

B&O had a small group of class M-57b boxcars, 50 foot double door boxcars with end doors on the non-brake end. B&O never ordered any more, so evidently there was little demand on B&O for this

Was this Jay Williams/Big Four or someone else offering these photos? I'm always looking for additional photo sources, especially of the NYC (and particularly photos of cars seen on the Toledo & Ohio

I remember back as a you teenager in the fifties that Mills bros got delievery of gondolas full of sand and also the Northwest Breaker got whiote sand in gondolas for cleaning the coal..this was all

Ed, I believe most RRs had side dump hoppers. They were used to deliver ballast to track maintenance sites. regards, Andy Miller ________________________________ From:

trestle. was Andy, I've wondered about this too, particularly for anthracite coal in the northeast. If I was loading sacks with coal I'd prefer to do it from a gon rather than dump the coal on the

John, I know the car you're describing, as I got a print of it from you many years ago. It was an ex-Alton "War Emergency" AAR box car, and (as on similar cars built for the Santa Fe and other RRs)

Another state heard from.... as a 1950's American Flyer loving kid, I watched every freight I could get my eyes on in central Minnesota, mostly NP and GN. I remember open doors on moving boxcars to

I will have to admit that this is entirely speculation, but I have seen photos in the 20s and 30s of retail dealers of coal or gravel, particularly in the south, that did not have a hopper dumping

Great photo, but who idea was it to plant the #$%# tree right in the middle of the photo op site? ;-) regards, Andy Miller ________________________________ From: STMFC@...

Two thoughts come to mind regarding this discussion: (1) Maybe those cars with all the open doors had been carrying something really smelly, and the doors were left open to air them out. (2) One of

John,I believe that the black background went out of favor in the early to mid forties.I will defer to Jeff or Ben however.Armand Premo

Tony, We could play gotcha all night. It took me three minutes to find examples in the Shasta Division Book by Signor. What is that car behind 4277 on page 224 or those three cars in the freight on