Russ Strodtz wrote: Russ, Primarily because a higher percentage of boxcars were loaded on foreign roads than any other car type with the possible exception of general service boxcars because of the

The PRR K8 stock cars were Pratt truss. Up to 1952 the PRR had almost 1000 of them. See: http://prr.railfan.net/freight/freightphotos.html?photo=PRR_128079_K8_3 4view.jpg&fr=clK8 regards,

Mike; Yes, I am! I think your points are well taken, and I did NOT mean those small facts to turn into this debate once again, but it is always an interesting topic. A person intimately involved in

Ed Mines wrote: The Harriman stock cars of UP and SP were Pratt trussed, and Red Caboose is about to release them in HO scale. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

ed_mines wrote: For a number of years around the time you specify, Ed, the national percentage of auto cars was about 8%. Auto cars were then defined as having double doors and some other

I know I should not comment on this but what the heck. You guys have all the fun while I research viruses. There are certain subjects that seem to come up for discussion every few months. Hence, like

Schuyler, I think this message is the product of a viral infection. Check the "To Address". I'm getting a handful of them each day. Dave Nelson _____ From: STMFC@...

I received in the mail yesterday test shots of a fall release from Sunshine. The model in question is the standard Illinois Central two bay offset twin hopper. It is amazing to me how far resin

as the while Center wood Sheathing. 000's % 45.4% 32.0% 18.8% 9.8% 6.2% 3.5% 0.7% 0.2% I'm interested in 1946 (when locomotives were steam) - the %s I use are typical steel box car (4/5 & 5/5

Tim, You lost me somewhere. Why does boxcar distribution have "considerably less variables" than other car types? While it is correct to view a road's boxcar roster as a contribution to a National

It was late into our covered era (1958), but Great Northern converted Pratt trussed 40' boxcars into stockcars which were distinctive in their reuse of Youngstown doors after cutting oval slots for

The PRR had Pratt trussed cars and the L&N had copies. Bill Welch

Ed Mines asked: In 1944, the B&M converted 15 of its #72000 series Pratt Truss boxcars constructed in 1930 to be stock cars. These stockcars were renumbered into the #57500-57514 series, and were

Tim; through 1960. That figure (606,634) is for Jan 1964, a point I have good date for (does not include Canadian); but it is sacrilege to talk of that late date on this list. The early 60's seem

I have good quantities of the HO bulk Dalman 2 level trucks produced by Tahoe Model Works back into stock. I am shipping both Plain and Lateral motion versions for $2.50 pair, less wheelsets. Please

All; Although I hadn't intended that this discussion go down this road, I will make the following observations based on a lot of recent analysis of trains and photos in my area, the PRR in other

There's a picture of MILW 272015 in Maywald's "Classic Freight Cars vol 8" (p 40), with end doors. This picture post-dates replacement of the wood siding with steel. Anyone know how common it was to

List, As Mike has noted below, this is the real thing according to Snopes: Urban Legends. So be forewarned and ready to deal with it! I found three suspicious emails with New Graphic Site in the

As most of you probably know, Yahoo has a problem which is allowing a worm to send messages out to various Yahoo Groups. The following is a quote from the website "The Register": A JavaScript worm

Please do. I would love to see the numbers that you have. I'm planning on 500 freight cars. I've designed a fleet of approximately 150 boxcars that fairly closely mimics the national averages for