PRR did start buying standard AAR design freight cars in the 1950's and that did not result in a miraculous financial turnaround. What you see as unmitigated arrogance sounds like it could simply

Another car that I retrieved today is a wood sided reefer decorated for "Rath Black Hawk Hams". I was thinking of taking it to run in our club op sessions (1954-55), but saw that it had truss rods.

Most Listmembers are aware that St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co. reefers were used to ship Bud Beer around the country. ================ I wasn't. This interests me because earlier today I

---As a Milwaukee based fan in the 1940-70s I never saw a DSDX car at Miller or Pabst...always loaded at Schlitz. There was one car in white with a large Schlitz logo but never managed to get a

I didn't have my list of what I had already with me at a recent train show, so I have some duplicates to dispose of; NWL are $3/ea, Shoreliners $4/ea, plus postage. Happy to swap them for any I don't

How quickly everyone forgets - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RPM-Calendar/ And then there's the problem of dodging not only the RPM meets but the larger regional shows as well. Which forces people to

Guys, Guys, Guys, Just because you like something and someone else doesn't - or just likes to pull your chain by needling you - doesn't mean you have to 'defend' your position. Get a

There's been some talk about the need to try to coordinate the various prototype meets around the country so that we don't have them on conflicting weekends. It's a worthwhile goal. So I've put

reefers a During the 1950's and early 60's, DSDX reefers were regularly used to move condensed milk and other products from the Borden plant in Dixon, IL, which was served by the IC. Chet

Hello Richard, Thanks much for the info. Is it possible to buy a copy of that builder's photo? I model the LV and have started a photo album of 8 x 10's of their equipment.

ALTOONA, PA (STMFC) - In another case of reality being stranger than fiction, the model railroad hobby has taken a page from the British soccer scene, with the emergence of "railroad hooliganism"

Richard Hendrickson wrote What does the ATTITUDE of PRR's technical people have to do with the supposedly superior economics of AAR freight cars? This is where you have completely lost me. If the PRR

Richard Hendrickson wrote Oh! I get it now Richard. This is all about that Mac vs PC thing isn't it? The successful, innovative, open to all ideas (Mac) vs the entrenched, arrogant, monopolistic

Greg, the rest of us aren't talking about "appearance at a glance," and we're not just splitting hairs, we're talking about basic car construction: underframes, trucks, body framing, roofs, etc.

No, I think the PRR's mechanical department had made a big investment in doing things their own way, regardless of what was becoming standard car building practice. And I'm sure that the fact that

I am sure that the X29 and 1932 ARA box car were very different. I know a really good book that devotes an entire chapter to comparing the designs and the tests that the ARA conducted. If you want

I just had occasion to look at Walter Luca's "100 Years of Railroad Cars.." (Simmons-Boardman) and ran across a plan and picture of the UPs early attempt at a metal boxcar. Keeping in the theme of

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