Those who have not read the AAR documents and other industry publications to which Tony has previously referred can hardly appreciate either the depth or the extent of the animosity towards the PRR

From: "Thomas M. Olsen" <tmolsen@...> Subject: Tony, Even you must know the PRR was the "Standard NON-STANDARD Railroad of The World!" ================ To paraphrase an old army

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interesting and I was surprised that no one thought of the D.O.E's " White Train" which was used to transport the countries nuclear weapons for parts of 3 decades out of the Amarillo TX

Gregg Mahlkov wrote: Yeah, yeah. I didn't dispute the reality of the power that was exercised; I only observed that there was plenty of resentment, and the lack of adoption of many PRR

List, Several comments have been made about a certain slogan used by the PRR and perceived arrogance in AAR proceedings by that company. Just a reminder, as stockholders in a company vote the number

Tim Gilbert wrote That is the question, isn't it? Empties tended to get moved in lower priority freights (plenty of anecdotal evidence of that) so the results in any season or year could conflict

Tim O'Connor wrote: What would be the effect upon the boxcar population of lower priority freights going over Sherman Hill in the Fall of 1947 versus the Spring of 1949? The Grain Rush was

Mr. Westerfield, I purchased one of the M-13A kits at Timonium that weekend and would need one re-fit kit plus instructions. I haven't started on it yet as I'm working on my previously purchased

Tim, I love all the statistics and analysis, but are you sure that Fraley didn't just pull a disproportionate number of high priority freights during these periods, skewing the numbers towards loaded

Tom Olsen wrote: I think it only really applied about 1905-1910 or so. And in 1909, Railway Age editorialized that the Harriman Lines had carried standardization to a level which would be the

Nonsense Tony, you can't have it both ways. Either he is drawing general conclusions, or he isn't. :-) And he IS, and he SAID SO. QED. Obviously every train by itself says something "specific". How

Tony, Actually, that promotion only lasted until the mid-late '30s. The hype of "The standard Railroad Of The World" had some validity in the early part of the twentieth century, but this was

Tim Gilbert wrote: I don't disagree with Tim's interesting comments about the impact of the grain rush on lumber loading, but would point out (as we know from SP loading documents) that flat

Jeff, The LS&I's 1937 AAR box cars built in 1940 originally had all-white stencils and no diamond emblem. Their first order of PS-1s in September 1950 shows the use of the diamond emblem with red

Tim O'Connor wrote: Missing from this thread is a discussion about what happened to the cars after they were unloaded, and or RR's supplied empty cars for loading. While this may seem irrelevant for

Tim O'Connor wrote: Of course. Mike isn't doing that: he is researching specific trains. In fact, he is pointing out the converse of your statement: particular trains not only do not reflect

Jim Krapf wrote: Jim, as you must realize, no one this list could possibly know . . . <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Dave Nelson says: "Tim Gilbert sent me a copy of your Fraley data. Both GN and NP are a bit over represented for their size. And WP, with 4 boxcars (not 2 as you said), is spot on." Hmmm. Can you

Tom Olsen wrote: True. I once heard it said (in the bar at Naperville, IIRC) that if the PRR had not tried to promote itself as the "Standard etc." that there would be far less resentment