I hope I will be receiving the data. I typed the Kansas City data into a spreadsheet while I was at the library. I have asked them to send me a photocopy of the entire CRI&P Interchange Report, so

Dave, Have you had a look at these? Are they really 1914 - 1916 as the Stanford online catalog indicates? Regards, -Jeff -- Jeff Aley jaley@... DPG Chipsets Product

tgregmrtn@... wrote: Greg, Two questions : 1) How much of this perishable traffic came through Pot Yard from the southeast? 2) In which TKM was this article published? Tim Gilbert

Dave Nelson wrote: Dave, That's a new one to me and, perhaps, Tom Taber - who got me on the Copeland bandwagon over ten years ago. Do you know what particular items Stanford has? Tim Gilbert

timboconnor@... wrote: Tim, I don't know because I have never tried. I have dealt with Gregg Ames, the curator, when he was with the NMRA Library in Chattanooga and found him very

Jim Mischke wrote: If you think the railroad's traffic salesmen can dictate to the mechanical department, you would be mistaken on most railroads. OTOH the railroad DOES like to have multiple

jim_mischke wrote: Mostly it is shipper schmoozing and recipriocity. The B&O traffic salesmen don't want an icy reception from Morton when they call, or come away empty handed thereupon, just

Actually, Jim answered my questions perfectly, which leads me to think I might still put off building these particular models considering I still have about 10 to 15 Branchline 50' cars still

All, As I exhibited in TKM the PRR handled the Lions share of the hauls for all perishable produce traffic from the Mississippi east, nearly the sum of the NKP and Erie together, for most of the

Anthony Thompson wrote: Presumably a particular produce market served by PRR could always be accessed by interchange at the terminal city. ----------------------------------------- As a person who

The posting of a link to C&IM hoppers reminds me of a question. Severall years ago I inquired about the C&IM two-bay offset hoppers. Someone on the list responded that the hoppers were once painted

Tim Gilbert wrote: And a small collection of Copeland material at Stanford as well. Dave Nelson

Chet French wrote: Several PFE documents refer to the addition of Wabash cuts to Erie 98 at Huntington. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Jeff and Tim, The Wabash handled 1706 cars of perishables out of Kansas City in 12 consecutive days from Nov. 2, 1950 through Nov. 14th. There is no record of who the cars were received from,

Jeff Aley wrote: Jeff, What makes you think that the SF->RI increase was westbound? As an alternative, I would suggest that the Santa Fe, for whatever reasons, changed their St. Louis interchange

Tim, I've heard stories that the Barringer collection is administered with an iron fist and visits are unwelcome. Do you know different?

Tim Gilbert wrote: You will note, Tim, that the example showing Philadelphia was not written by me <g>. But I certainly did not say that PRR was never used for anything, only that the PFE

Dave Nelson wrote: When Earl Tuson was at Northwestern, he photocopied the Index Northwestern had of the Copeland Material. Earl then added them to the STMFC's Files titled "Copeland." The files

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:20:11 -0000 Gene Green asked: "What is the white stuff on the sides of CP and/or CN stock cars? Why was it used?" Ben Hom replied: "Lime, used to disinfect the cars." and

Anthony Thompson wrote: Tony, Well, as Signature Press and author, you are one-third responsible for putting in the Philadelphia PA Example into the PFE Book. Alternatives to Philadelphia could be