Tim Gilbert wrote: Tim, you yourself said that you didn't know how individual roads USED their cars; particularly with XA cars, quite a lot of options are possible, far beyond autos. I am sure

Anthony Thompson wrote: Arbitrary?!! I guess you have no confidence in the Mechanical Designations of the ORER's nor their definitions. The ORER's may be even better indicators of boxcars in "special

Tim Gilbert wrote: Well, as the saying goes, "ya chooses yer pizen . . ." but making a possibly arbitrary definition in order to simplify research, while efficient, may not guide you closer to

Anthony Thompson wrote: Tony, In 1955 when the ICC first distinguished between General Service Boxcars and "All Others" (sic), they referred to the "All Others" as "Special Service." In 1949, the

Richard- Contrast the PRR position in the Industry with that of the Burlington. While much smaller and a lot less vocal, the Mechanical Officers of the Q were well-respected and the Q's

Tim Gilbert wrote: For many years, the AAR carried a description of "automobile car," usually under XA type, which was identified as "similar in design to general-service box cars, having 10

al_brown03 wrote: Al, In both the of Fraley's Fall 1947 and Spring 1949 Reports, the SP or UP used reefers. The SOU in the Fall of 1946 used reefers. No onion loadings were reported on Maclanahan's

I can remember seeing these cars delivered to the D.L.Clark Candy Co. (Manufacturer of Clark Bars) in Pittsburgh off the PRR. These were brought in from the PRR Island Avenue yard. Clark also received

Bob Lucas wrote: Bob, why did you think "experimental?" The TMI just means general service (TM) with insulation (I). That said, the AAR types aren't so helpful with tank cars, where knowing the

Hi Tim -- From your info, my guess about onion conveyances isn't looking so good. In the reports you have, what *were* onions shipped in? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. been that in PFE examples, I had

Anthony Thompson wrote: Tony, I am probably using a narrower definition of "Automobile" car than you. My criterion is the Mechanical Designation as per the ORER's. If a boxcar is designated XMR,

al_brown03 wrote: Al, All of the Ventilated Cars reported in the the two UP Fraley Wheel Reports and two SOU Wheel Reports that I have parsed seem to have been loaded with "general boxcar

Al and Schuyler, FWIIW, he Sacramento Northern used to ship a lot of onions from Vacacille, California on their Fairfield-Willota Branch. There was large processing plant immediately adjacent to I-80

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 at 20:37:07 -0800 (PST), Malcolm Laughlin wrote: "To paraphrase an old army expression, in railroading there is a right way, a wrong way and the Pennsylvania [or STANDARD]

"Correct" is in the mind of the beholder. Probably not in most cases. The few I've taken the time to examine were not very accurate IMHO. They all have some serious error. OTOH, if they look good to

Tho off topic time wise, there is a lack of UP cars on the NP in 1969 wheel reports, so the unequal distribution persists.

FWIW, Quartermaster is one word. Gene Green was number miscue

Onions can be grown many places (Vidalia, Georgia, is another famous shipping point, whose depot had an onion-domed tower). Other sources of the onions in my supermarket are Texas, North Carolina,

Understood Patrick, but are any of their cars correct? Bobby Pitts HO that OMI not an AC&F type

AFAIK the only 10,000 gallon insulated single-compartment tank car in HO that OMI imported was OMI-3229 - a model with a General American underframe, not an AC&F type -27. Pat Wider