B&O picked up a number of 1956-built Ann Arbor PS-1 boxcars during 1964. They became class M-67a (with 6-foot door openings) and class M-67b (with 8' door openings). They were acquired by B&O from

Jeff Aley asked: Jeff, First of all, the book is about single sheathed box & automobile cars. The X29's were considered of all steel construction. The distribution of ownership of total boxcars,

Dear Richard and other listers: 1. I grew up in Amarillo, Texas. 2. My parents were from that same town and area 3. I have lived in the Southwest, the South and now in New hampshire. 4. I

Yep, that is exactly what I needed thanks. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Jeff Aley wrote: And you fell for it <g>. But Tim G. will respond that "photos lie." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

walter kierzkowski wrote: True, but the emblem appeared at least as early as 1955, well before those 60-foot cars appeared--and in any case the latter period is off the end of the permitted

KEW-puh-luh. In my scrap box I have a couple o' cupolas. Now let's try CLERESTORY. Whoops, sorry, wrong list. Tom Madden

Huh? I thought that Mssrs. Nelson and Gilbert used wheel reports to show otherwise: that at any major point in the U.S., boxcars are distributed according to their national percentage. I thought

Almost all of the C&O's USRA single sheathed box cars were rebuilt into all-steel cars in 1929. And though many photos of C&O single sheathed box and auto cars have survived from the '50s and '60s,

It's true that I'm retired, but I don't have "spare hours"; if anything, I'm busier than when I was full-time at the university. The difference is that now I seldom have to do things I don't choose

I've never picked up on any particular emphasis on either syllable, but then I've lived in the Midwest all my life and we don't have accents here...... BTW, if the emphasis were on the second syllable

Shoot Richard, let's add cupola too. Chuck Hladik

William Fowler in 1909, not 1913. It has 10 pages of text and 3 pages of diagrams. John, This is true, Mr. Fowler filed for a patent on a BOX CAR August 27, 1909, and it was issued as patent number

Hi folks; I was wondering if any of you that had any of the Sunshine Beth gons that have a fixed end could tell me if it looks close to the Beth gons P&WV had in their 7200 series? They are

" Richard Hendrickson (who just happens to have a Ph.D. in Applied English Linguistics)," also just happens to be retired, and may be presumed to have spare hours to spend on this kind of

up?<G> qualifies as the the last 50 the other somewhat to each and down I agree. People ride in GONdolas and steel is loaded into GonDOLAs. During my career of 41 plus years speaking railroad

When my son was 2 and a half years old he called them gon-doh-dohs. They'll always be that in my mind from then on. Brian Botton

In a related issue, my aunt (who was born in North Carolina circa 1915 and later lived in eastern Kentucky) used to say "GON-dul-lers" even when speaking of coal hoppers. And those were, after all,

Ed Mines raises an interesting question here, and Rich is at least half right in his response. Current American dictionaries show both pronunciations, though they don't agree on which is the more

Never heard any of that before. Are you sure you're not makin' that up?<G> It's always been gonDOla up here. And I don't think Montana qualifies as the south. Not even close. I've been saying it that