Not sure if anyone answered this, still "digesting"... http://www.ironhorse129.com/rollingstock/builders/bibliog-bldrs.htm If you look through this page and ancillary pages, you will see a good list

Dick Bale@... wrote: Here are a couple of corrections on my part, Dick: Add me to this one. Mine is an original (I have the reprint still but would be willing to

Brain, You ask if this car is appropriate for a steam era gondola and the answer is absolutely! It's a 65-6 Mill gondola built first for the ATSF in the 30's (late) but remained in production

Denny, A great deal depends on whether the rule emanated from the AAR Mechanical Division or the FRA. The AAR created rules say do not offer a car for interchange. If you do it can be refused and the

I am in need of some gondolas to carry pipe loads for a natural gas pipeline circa 1952. I do have a couple of Micro-Trains gons, their 62030 and 48060 series. These are supposed to represent a

wrote: the Red I can probably answer the Viking Roof part. We(Des Plaines Hobbies) offer an injection molded styrene Viking roof to specifically fit the Red Caboose (formerly IMWX) AAR boxcar. Also

Shawn, It is truly a steam era car that typically lasted throughout the 1950s and later. These cars were built by AC&F (per a patent) and also by GATC from circa 1933 to 1949. Larger capacity cars

Eric Hiser wrote: You can add 1918, 1925 and 1928. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Jim, Erie diagram book at... http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie-frt-book.html The cars were built in 1940 with single doors, leased by GN in 1963 as rebuilt double door cars via A. A.

Thanks Tony -- I am most interested in the 1910 through 1930 time frame. I know there was one in 1922 and one in 1931, but otherwise I am not certain. Eric Hiser Phoenix, AZ _____ From:

The FGE wood reefer that is such a prominent exhibit in the Great Hall of the California State Railroad Museum arrived at the museum c. 1975 in Sacramento from Tacoma Ice & Storage (WA) on the same

In a message dated 11/1/2005 9:15:58 PM Central Standard Time, jimandlisa97225@... writes: This looks like the same car that Funaro and Camerlengo has produced for years. Jim

Tim, The only length that matters to a shipper is the inside length. He or she wants to know if the freight will fit in the car! Gregg Mahlkov

It's Propst not Probst, that's the guy who can't be voted off the island. Thanks for posting the photos, Clark

Dave Nelson wrote: IMO, Dave summarizes it perfectly. Probably 99.9% or more of the entries were "correct," but anyone who has spent serious time with ORER shelves has found errors. Tony

Eric Hiser wrote: Roughly every three years for much of the century, e.g. 1903, 1906, 1909, 1912; or 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946. Other periods are irregular. Is there any particular time you

Allen Ferguson wrote: Throughout most of the era of this list, a very small italic date can be found somewhere in each railroad's section (in the latter part of our list's period, at the end).

Larry; Can you confirm that these were ex-EL cars? If so, what is the provenance? As described by you below, they do not appear in my Erie Lackawanna freight equipment diagram book, nor do they

Gregg Mahlkov wrote: Inside or Outside Length? Tim Gilbert

Dave, Under the ICC rules, the error applied, not the facts. If the ORER said a car was 4 feet long, for rate purposes it was 4 feet long. At one time, there were many rates where the minimum weight