The roof is one of at least two types used on Milwaukee rib-side box cars. It has 11 panels with two bumps, and a half-width panel, flat, at each end. Another kind used on their 40 footers had 10 of

Jeff, in identifying my clinic, please include the word "steel": NYC USRA Steel Box Cars. It's a small point, perhaps, but the NYC owned both USRA 40 ton wood sheathed and 50 ton composite box cars,

Yeah, the PRR was pretty serious about it, if correspondence and firings are any indication. It was just any foreign road for whose placarding had little to no meaning! Elden Gatwood

November. What kind of roof is that on the Milwaukee rib side. Clark Propst

I would have to agree with Tony, having worked in the Southern Pacific Traffic Department for 10 years in the Greater Los Angeles area. We had many agreements with shippers and receivers that we

Here's a question for y'all. Ted Culotta's 2006 calendar is in front of me, and I'm looking at November. What kind of roof is that on the car in the lower left corner? There are two raised areas

Russ Strodtz wrote: I dispute this as a general statement. The railroads made mutual agreements for auto parts pools, including a written contract with the various automakers. I do not believe

Tony, A "return to" placard does not assign a car anywhere. It's just a small waste of labor done for appearance only. Some of those stencils were even applied by customers if they thought they liked

Chuck, Guess you asked a little late. These cars are no longer in the UMLER. Need to ask rather quickly since when they are gone they are gone. Have you looked at the cars? It was BN policy to

Andy, Kurt, & List Here are a few examples from the 50's, in the metro Boston, Ma area. Sears-Roebuck--- interior siding with 2 tracks, ties on stone ballast.6- 40' cars

I can't say anything about a Southport on the GN, but a quick check of ICRR records of the time shows a Southport in the New Orleans area with two petroleum companies there. International Lubricant

Hi: Although I haven't seen any under construction or demolished, the finished rail heads were flush with the floor and the concrete either poured right against the outsides or against thin wood

The Great Northern Annual Report for 1940 shows a picture of the Willmar, MN yard and therein I count 6 silver/white tank cars, two of which have SOUTHPORT on the sides of the tank car. Being a GN

If Mont Switzer is on the list, I have a question about one of the models that he had at the Napperville meet. Looking at the photos, of the Napperville meet, that David Hussey posted on the web: on

On 2-Nov-06, at 12:55 PM, Anthony Thompson replied: Well, actually both are correct -- from my studies of AAR definitions from the back of ORERs (with issue dates in brackets): "RB" -- Beer and Ice

Andy and all, Working in the UP Albina Yard's old Car shops at my reload (Vortex Reload, Inc.~ Shameless plug) built heaven only knows when the 40s or 50s (perhaps older) the tracks (3) that runs

Mark, according to Gene Green the cars in question were ex-W&LE/NKP 36' steel ctrsill box cars w/truss cars purchased used by the M&StL in 1938. The # series was 26000 to 26418 even #'s, total of 210

plenty of I donno, but in the fifties the Soo Line had a couple dozen 40' single sheathed auto cars that they rebuilt as XI's for the wet pulp trade; I assume that the insulation was an attempt to