I can't find the bit about the claim that "Class I" did not cover switching roads (which another member already took exception to), but every list I can recall of AAR Class I in the steam era included

Iron Range 1900-1930 photos at this URL: - Al Westerfield

That auction is now shown as ended. Tom Madden

Bruce Smith wrote: I ordered two earlier this morning from the Amarillo website, and sent along a separate email asking if the reduced price would be applied even though the website price is $18.95

Dave Nelson wrote: For UTLX's experience with cars in Mexico, please read Appendix F on pages 335-339 of Albert Carr's JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S SECRET WEAPON. Tim Gilbert

I went to work for the Un Pac in 1949 and we were using way bills for MTYs then. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@...

Eric wrote: Dunno the story. I imagine in most cases it just went south of the border with the expectation it would come back and it probably did. Doesn't change the facts that there were also

Malcolm Laughlin wrote (replying to Russ Strodtz): Can we define whether Russ' mention of CB&Q waybilling empty cars was at all common before 1960 (the period of this list)? I have always heard

Don, folks Order on-line at eBay. Item number: 330044351096 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=330044351096&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11 This gets you the discount

Ok guys, I'll go with the Amarillo models, also. What should I order? I've gotten mixed up from several post as to what they have and what is coming. Is it correct to say "cars in stock are kits

Through no fault of Jeff Aley [ guess who screwed up the dates?<G> ], the dates for events during Cocoa Beach [ Prototype Rails ] have been presented incorrectly in at least one message. The correct

Clark, I have found that you must be exact with your mounting of the scale size Accumate couplers. They have to be straight and centered. Other brands including Kadee are much more forgiving

I'm missing why that's an exception, since east of Pt Huron is Canada ... :-) ... or was there normally a time limit on return of Canadian cars, which this practice would violate? Al Brown,

Posted by: "Russ Strodtz" > Yes, all empty cars had to move on waybills. That was a quirk of the CB&Q and was a time consuming process.. -------------------------------------- Interesting, I

This weekend I had a chance to put the half dozen or so new resin kits I've built in the just over the last month through their paces on the layout. All had Kadee #5s except for one car which had

Don, Stan is a good friend of mine, he builds very nice models although not all are up to the accuracy level some members of this list aspire to. I would go with the Amarillo model myself. Clark

gary laakso wrote: Got Ted's reprint of the MILW industrial Directory? Its inclusion of Minneapolis/St. Paul and Seatle might provide your answer. Dave Nelson

Tim Gilbert wrote: Ore ships returning from ports on the Lake Erie? Coal received by ship was recorded as received from another railroad and it cetainly would have been less expensive to ship that

Kurt Laughlin wrote:

The Great Northern Annual Report has a separate column for "Agricultural implements, vehicles, etc" and there 822 carloads were originated and 4,272 received in interchange.