Rich Ramik wrote: A one hundred foot to the inch scale map of urban areas with volumes issued between ca. 1900 and 1955. Used for fire insurance purposes. Often very useful information about what

They were fire insurance maps, giving information on the type of structure and construction, height, etc. See http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/snb-intr.html Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

Being involved with the PRR K4 restoration at Steamtown where a large majority of the tender structure has been replaced with new steel, I can tell you that where ever rivets intrude the cistern for a

"Page cannot be displayed" Is the url correct? SGL

What exactly is a Sanborn map? Thanks, Rich Ramik _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Steve Sandifer Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:41

Dennis, The shipper could always specify the railroad and the junctions between railroads - still can. The only limitation was that the route had to appear in the applicable routing tariff. Many

List, A question about diversions, which I'm sure Gregg Mahlkov can answer, and possibly others. I know that in the pre-Staggers Act days, the shipper could specify the routing for his shipment, but

Bill, We can get them here in Canada at Lee Valley for about $1.00Cdn. Andrew

Clelveland, Ohio from shipped at a far and Haute, the billing those cars it would Greg and List, In the late 1950's and into the 1960's, the IC would receive cuts of lumber "rollers" from the CGW at

I can narrow that down a bit. Kendall was still listed in the 1/45 ORER but not in the 7/47 ORER. Richard Hendrickson

Try this website. Excellent for Sanborm maps. You get them on a CD. Reasonably priced, and you don't have to tote those big books around. _http://www.utahice.com/sanborn.htm_

The 1/43 ORER shows 23 KRTX tanks of four different gallonages. The 1/53 ORER shows *no* Kendall Refining cars, whic suggests they went to leasing between those dates. Al Brown, Melbourne,

In the late 1940s or early 1950s, did Kendall Refining still have its own tank cars or did it lease cars? If so, what types of cars did they have/use and what would the paint scheme(s) have

I have one of these, and after years of squinting at the "embossed" numbers (which are actually stamped) I realized that I could take a Sharpie marker, wipe it across the numbers, and get a set

Hi Blair, Does this car represent the "W" style corner of the original 37AAR box car or is this a modified version? Rich

Was there any reason for these cars to travel to other parts of the country? Other than Calif. Ron Morse NYC/C&O O scale in,finally,rainy Springfield,MO

there is a magazine called "Petroleum Collectibles" box 556 laGrange, OH 44050 $35.95/year that has ads for oil books. You might try them for listings of oil companies. I'm sure a book has

Hi All, I thought I would pass along what I thought was a good deal on drill bits. I just received them. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19141&item=6031121402 There are 3-20

Dear Schuyler and Gordon, Riveted seams in steam locomotive boilers were not always 100% leakproof. The traditional remedy in southern Africa was a handful of dry donkey dung put into the boiler. The

Gordon, in fact, the rivets held the plates together so tightly that they were leakproof. There was no additonal sealant in the joints. This is how steam locomotive boilers were built, and they