Speedwitch (Ted Culotta) is just finishing a set of B-50-25 box car decals. If they are anything like his other sets they will be pretty spectacular. He plans to release a complete kit for the

Rich Orr wrote: Roughly what you'd guess: Pittsburgh is about five times as far from the Pacific as from the Atlantic. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Al Brown wrote: I think this is exactly right. Those with more direct car experience like Scott Chatfield may be able to answer in more detail, but certainly there were numerous cases of the

I'd think many tank cars would be in more-or-less dedicated single- commodity service, just because so many are privately owned. If so, it would follow that back loadings would be rare. ODT rules

Larry Jackman, ever inquisitive, wrote: Sure. But ask any modern railroad: it's delivered dry in CH cars so there does not have to be a sand house. I think the disappearance of sand houses

As of 1962 when I left the T&NO and El Paso, RI locos still did not get past Tucumcari. Charlie

Question: Why would locomotive sand need a covered car? The Un Pac and John Santa Fe in Kansas received the sand in gondolas. They had a sand house where it was dried and then put in to the sand

Doug Polinder wrote: As these locos never had roller bearings, the shot is surely not for that purpose. The first batch of the 4-10-2 engines was delivered in the summer of 1925, so DeNevi was

Ted, Please put me down for 2 sets. Many thanks, Jim Peters Coquitlam, B.C. _________________________________________________________________ Designer Mail isn't just fun to send, it's fun to

I checked my county library system and the answer is yes on microfilm but the newest is from 1931. More than a little early for my '50s question. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

Doug Polinder wrote: To my knowledge, RI did NOT run through beyond Tucumcari in steam or early diesel days. After 1960, I don't know. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Brian R. Termunde wrote: I'd say "no" unless something like locomotive sand was also produced. Cinders certainly don't need a "lid." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Are Sanborn maps available for your area? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. <jimandlisa97225@v...> wrote: No, I'm not 1950s so that's what like to billboard find out if then? Old accepted.

To Mike Brock, This is perhaps the most interesting "thread" in months and even you contributed to it, but you are the "OWNER" and the omnpotent. Thanks(?). Ed Mims Jacksonville,

Ahh! And to further apply the mix, the SP in El Paso was actually the T&NO (in STMFC times) using much of the facilities built by the EP&SW. The short line (don't have the name at the moment) acting

Tim "unreconstructed" O'Connort wrote: And your point is? and you think things have changed?? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I am in need of photos of the following freight cars: Central of Georgia 4500-4749 – 1837 spec. AAR 40' steel box cars as built (before getting wider doors, reinforced side sills, etc.) lllinois

In a message dated 1/26/2006 8:38:06 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, dsmith@... writes: I could suggest that small lapilli could easily have been transported in covered hoppers, but

Unfortunately DeNevi's book does not have a whole lot in the way of useful pictures to help create interesting military matériel loads on flats and in gons, but it DOES have a picture of scantily

In a message dated 1/26/2006 7:57:27 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, tgmadden@... writes: Recreating the Steam Era takes more than an assemblage of accurate models. It's establishing an