Tim Gilbert wrote Say WHAT? He don't know us very well, do he?? :-) :-) :-) Did you mean to put a 0 (or two) after the 88? Tim

You sure about that Tim? "Hide" is exactly that -- untreated skin of an animal from a slaughterhouse. I think these were shipped to tanneries, which shipped out treated leather which would have

A point of order that I can't allow to go without correcting. These were *NOT* ex D&RGW locomotives. These were war board locomotives that had been (along with some gons) leased to the D&RGW (the

He later amended his for Thanks to Tony, Richard, Ted, Tim, et al for comments -- I'll forward them to Ian, who is a real person by the way -- the layout (I just found this out) represents Epping

Anyone who wants to discuss this in GREAT detail can call Bob LeMassena at the Colorado Railroad Museum Library. Dial 800-365-6263, with 5 for Library. Bob has wriiten several books on DRGW locos

armand wrote: Agreed - if you can find them. Tim Gilbert

Gentlemen, As a heads up, the Amarillo Railroad Museum (ARM) has been working with Kadee for over a year to produce their PS-2 two-bay covered hoppers with Southern Pacific lettering. It is finally

Why does it need redefining? We've just added another tool. Unless of course you create the great boxcar pattern series on CD so that all of us with home systems can create one without thinking ;) May

Sheeesh! Do we have to do this EVERY time? <G> Reminds me of the "Tastes Great" vs "Less Filling" debates. (which, in case you have forgotten included the subtle message that both were correct,

Richard, By and large, chalk marks from the steam era are indecipherable to us now. Many are private codes used by train crews to themselves as to where to spot a car. Others are codes used among

Gentlemen,Overlooked in this very informative discussion is the use of actual switchlists (consists if you will).I have found these to be as informative,or even more so, than photos.Armand Premo

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Richard, Marty's list of cars better depicts a model train running around a Christmas Tree than a model of a B&M branch line. He later amended his comments providing that

Hoping to return some humor to the discussion: Tony, this quotes from a speech given to the Traffic Club of New York by one E. D. Campbell, ACF's General Mechanical Engineer, on April 24,

Marty, Start with a practical approach----who did B&M connect with? NYC; NH; CV; Rutland; D&H;CP; B&A just to name a few off the top. Next would be the transfer cars ---

Mike Brock wrote: Mike, Both Dave Nelson and I have come to our conclusions using samples of wheel reports having no more than a three month duration. For instance, the Fall 1946 Southern RR report

Anthony Thompson wrote: Tony, Agree with you on the NYC, but there was not much interchange between the B&M and B&A. Most of the interchange between the NYC System and B&M took place in Rotterdam

Marty McGuirk provided the following shippers/consignees, commodities per the following: Which oil company is the supplier for this depot? If ESSO, Socony, Std of Indiana or Chevron, the tank cars

I was glad to see the suggestion to include a NYC car. They had, after all, the second largest fleet in the US and more to the point, their B&A connection into New England would be a factor too. Tony

Mike Brock wrote Gee, Mike, it was clear enough to Ted... but although NP 40ft wood cars were plentiful in 1952, they were outnumbered by NP 40ft steel cars. Thus my opinion that the NP steel car is

I know that Sunshine Models sells chalk mark decals (perhaps others do, too). Is there any information available as to what the marks mean, when/how they were used, etc? Or does one just apply what