The Westerfield site shows the SS USRA car in SP markings, and makes a comment that they were rebuilt with steel sides in the late '40s. Were these cars rebuilt similar to those done with Youngstown

Would empty hoppers used to deliver bituminous coal get mixed in with hoppers used to deliver anthracite coal during the winter months? Am I correct that most of anthracite hoppers would end up

Hi Bill, There's a photo of that car, SFRB 5961, in the 1961 Car Cyc, showing it with roller-bearing trucks and a cushion underframe. I don't know what type of cushioning unit was used, but the car

I have a Branchline Blueprint ATSF Rr64 SFRB 5961 blt 12-59. The car has a rigid underframe. The OER shows this car a "Shock Control" "DF" as does the car's lettering. (It's a great looking car.)

You cover a lot of ground. Prior to the Staggers act in 1980 largely deregulating the railroad's pricing structure, all pricing for either line haul charges or incidental charges was under the

Thanks Rob for the info on the gons. The date of the photo is pretty reliable as the photo was one of several taken at the shipyard. I'll look up the BRHS data sheet on these cars. Rob Kirkham

Paul and all, Off topic perhaps but much appreciated information. Found the Merle Haggard album on line as a double with his "Roots of My Raisin'" album. It arrived today and is worth the wait (4

Greetings, What charges were involved in moving freight by rail? I seem to recall a charge per hundred pounds relating to the type or value of the commodity. I think this was multiplied by the

Greetings; Earlier this month, there was a discussion of demurrage charges. In my colleciton of paper items, I have an interesting and informative pamphlet from the CB&Q RR that describes demurrage

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Paul, but those models represent modern frameless tank cars that weren't built until the late 1960s (and in fact would have been illegal in the 1950s). And I can't

Rob; Assuming that the date is correct, the car is more likely one of the CB&Q's very numerous composite gons from the GS-1/2 or GS-5/7/8 series. From the side, they appeared very similar to a USRA

Norm Metcalf wrote: These appear to be Mechanical Designations. In the Aug. 1931 ORER, the definitions for the XM and XT were similar to those listed above. "XF," however, was for a Furniture Car;

Garrett, Try not to get interested in more modern stuff-- you'll never find the "X" on what some people call an "X-post" box car! Scott Pitzer =======

I've found an interesting photo on the National Archives of Canada site at

Whoops! I got behind in my STMFC messages and I see that this has already been addressed. Sorry! -Jeff -- Jeff Aley jaley@... DPG Chipsets Product Engineering Intel

Jeff Aley responded: Having opened up Steve's Wheel Report File, I found that on the July 6, 1930 Empty Car Movement from Newton to Great Bend KS: 1) From the 8/1931 ORER in the #121500-122999

<schuyler.larrabee@v...> wrote: this can house. them. OK, look at other side of side and the it) and the the corner? "Doah!" -Homer J Simpson I always thought it was the BOTTOM corner, not the

ATSF, Kansas, 1930. Cars under contents usually has a product or X. Steve, Are you sure these are box cars? In Tim Gilbert's message on Feb 24, he indicates that UP conductor Fraley used "XF" =

The S Scale American Models website shows that the $19.95 sale of selected tank cars is still on ( _http://www.americanmodels.com/rolling.stock/tank.html_

Might be a transposition of DMR(X), Decker Packing Co. Roxana Petroleum Co., Shell's midwestern branch with HQ at Wood River, IL across the river from St. Louis. St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico, one