Sections C & D of the ICC Blue Books list which RR's were controlled by what company. In the 1950 Edition, the following Steel Companies owned ...: Owner Subsidiary Class RR Bethlehem Cambria &

Hi All, Does anyone know what trust was used to fund the PRR H34c? I am assisting the restoration of a car to its original glory. They are getting reproduction trust plates made. Please reply

Hi all, I'm looking for suggestions for box car red paint for a NKP car. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jeff Coleman

I have thought of using a Dalman as a starting point for a Chrysler truck, as it shares with the Dalman a really wide spring perch/bolster area. Haven't done so yet. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA --- Dennis

I have thought of using a Dalman as a starting point for a Chrysler truck, as it shares with the Dalman a really wide spring perch/bolster area. Haven't done so yet. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA --- Dennis

Dalmans for No, because the sideframe is different in the spring and bolster area. The bolster also appears wider than a normal fifty ton truck bolster. We should, however, be able to take the new

(snip) I think both Patapsco and Back Rivers and South Buffalo were Bethlehem Steel roads, but I am not 100% certain; regardless, I thank you for reminding me I forgot them! ~~~~~ The Patapsco and

Tony; Good catch! I will remember that. "numerically significant" for most of us, even all these roads collectively. I understand that a person modeling a steel mill or environs might need a bunch

Ed; Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will have to add WLE and EJ&E to my list! Although they may not have been owned by steel-makers, like BLE and URR, they still rostered large fleets of cars used in

Gatwood, Elden wrote: Probably you meant to say "building beams . . ." <g> I'm sorry, Eldon, I find it kinda hard to see these as "numerically significant" for most of us, even all

Don, In going back through all my photos of the two groups of TH&B cars, I now realize that I made a mistake about the colors on the first group of 300 cars in series 3000-3299. I was always under the

<Elden.J.Gatwood@...> wrote: boxc ars, 54 1950), including the have been 1439 cu ft transfer?) to Check out W&LE and EJ&E for road which have large numbers of gons possibly used in mill service. I

To make these we may be able to butcher a set of forthcoming Dalmans for the spring group and use an Andrews frame. I assume these trucks would have been outlawed from interchange the same as a

The Diagram book I have for NC&StL shows the their 25 Mill gons equiped with a Miner rachet type handbrake. Does anyone have information on what handbrakes were applied to other examples, especially

On the Fallen Flags website is a good color shot of a Dalman/Andrews truck on a ARA SAL boxcar in MoW service. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sal/sal72650as.jpg -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

How about the Lehigh Valley? Definitely not a huge road, but they served the large mill at Bethlehem, PA. Based on info in my 1960 ORER, the Valley had over 2700 gondolas. Ed Schaller has a lot

Steve writes: I did not realize that ACF built a number of these cars. So I went to my ACF tank car book and found the photos that show the placement of the AB equipment...at least for these post-war

Elden, Yes, Beth Steel sounds right. Actually, I have one of these cars, South Buffalo I think (it's packed away). I don't know why I bought it, maybe with the idea of making one of those neat little

Garth; Thanks for the reply! I think both Patapsco and Back Rivers and South Buffalo were Bethlehem Steel roads, but I am not 100% certain; regardless, I thank you for reminding me I forgot them!