I have copies of ads from the Van Dorn Girder Plate Company which show one-piece box car ends with concentric circle ribs and two-piece box car ends with concentric ovals around a single central rib

dropped its full name usually in serif letters above the URTX reporting marks. The reweigh date makes it clear that the company had dropped the full name and gone to gothic lettering at least by

I've always called them "spiral corrugated ends," but "spiral rib ends" works for me. I don't know who made them – there's nothing about them in the Car Builders' Cyclopedias – but a search of

Hi Dennis, Please contact me off the list. Sincerely, Rich Yoder 7 Edgedale Court Wyomissing PA 19610-1913 www.richyodermodels.com 610-678-2834 after 6:00 pm est. until 10:00pm

List, I've uploaded a photo of the Accurail research team gathering data on a Soo Line gondola car to the STFPH list at :-) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFPH/files/SOO64341.jpg Seriously, does

Group,I have uploaded a listing of stock cars routed over the Green Bay Western during January and February 1945 to add to the discussion of car selection. The list was compiled from a conductor's

Larry Jackman, apparently applying for the resident weather man for the STMFC, notes: True. Fortunately it's as far away from here as Brazil is and the effects that will be felt here are similar to

Mike, speaking of clinics, I picked up the copies of the loading book yesterday afternoon and collectively they are BULKY and HEAVY – too much so for me to bring them with me on the airplane. So I

Looks great. BTW there is a storm (Zeta) out in the Atlantic. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@...

Due to the fact that the Prototype Rails website has reached its apparent allowable traffic for the time being, I'm going to put the latest clinic schedule here: PROTOTYPE RAILS 2006 CLINIC

FWIW (not much) I believe one of these cars (in orginal form) is glimpsed in the 1942 film "Mokey." Robert ("Bobby") Blake is in a mood to hop a freight at night, which seems to be all ATSF

No, and I think I know all the tank car builders that were in business in the mid-1930s. However, UTL contracted for car maintenance with a number of companies around the country in locations that

Only the Ft-L class had Andrews trucks when built. The Ft-Ns were delivered with ARA cast steel trucks with spring planks and Barber lateral motion bolsters. When the cars of both classes were

The photo of URTX 97136 clears up several questions I had, the first being when URTX dropped its full name usually in serif letters above the URTX reporting marks. The reweigh date makes it clear

Group: The Fourth Quarter 2005 issue of The Warbonnet, the SFRH&MS in-house magazine, includes an article "Evolution of the Santa Fe freight car fleet from a modeler's perspective, Part 3 - 1920s"

Dave Nelson writes: By and large tho they settled on blending in Arkansas met coal, And perhaps the photos showing Mopac hoppers in Laramie. Mike Brock

Hi, For those interested in N&W HL and H-9 hoppers, Please view them on my web page. Rich Yoder http://www.richyodermodels.com/rym_fc.htm Sincerely, Rich Yoder 7 Edgedale Court Wyomissing PA

Tim Gilbert wrote: Geneva Steel near Provo Utah used rotary dumpers to unload their coking coal, which BTW, was normally carried in ordinary hoppers marked for the Carbon County RR. To get the right

On the L&N car they look more like corrugations, almost dreadnaught-like, so I was surprised to see such a wide space between them. Scott Pitzer

The December issue of Mainline Modeler has an article on N&W hoppers including the building of the much malleigned Eastern Car Works kit. Apparently the author feels the kit is worth what he paid for