Mike, I don't think these cars were in use much before about 1948. "Our era" for me is early 1930's. A little early for these reefers. Sure could use a picture of a 4000 series ATSF express reefer.

As has been noted, a lot of foreign road traffic on a lot of roads. However, it should not be assumed that all railroads were alike in how this traffic was handled - or if this traffic was

Shawn Beckert asked: "You say Champ's Circle Keystone decal set is correct. Is this set usable for Pennsylvania cars in service during the late 1950's or early 1960's? Might have to get me a

Richard: The War Emergency box cars,from Pressed Steel (28750-28999) were all red while those versions from Pullman-Standard (28000-28749) had black ends, roof and underframe. So, if your version

I think I'll mention that Ed Hawkins has a superb article in the April RMJ on the AC&F welded-Steel 50 ft reefers that Branchline has been working on and Sunshine already has out. These cars will be

Ed Mines says: Well...as I noted, Pennsy had a dedicated car from NYC to Kansas City. Having been in Dallas in '62, I can say that the Dallas/Ft. Worth complex probably generated as much mail traffic

OK I have been working with Rick Leach in trying to determine the use of car cement on Northern Pacific boxcars. Currently I'm working on the restoration of two NP cars, War Emergency NP 28129 and

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@b...> wrote: Well...think about it. Consider mail from, say, Bawston to Miami or New Orleans or Dallas or Kansas City. How's it gonna get there? I

In Part Charlie VLK sez... "Tom- Colloquial usage is just as important as correct technical manufacturer designations from a historical viewpoint..." (SNIP) "As far as the issue of Dulux (Imit.)

think Phil - I think that tank cars in the 1950 - 1970 time period were somewhat older, as a group, than other freight cars. This may be because they were mostly privately owned and money was

Mike, Most of us working stiffs out in the field did not use engineers language while going about our daily chores. After 42 years on the railroad, I still look around at the crowd I'm in,

Eric, Free State Systems is owned by Michael Watnoski. You can reach him on email at: freestatesystems1@... His mailing address is: Free State Systems P. O. Box 1334 Hunt Valley, Maryland,

Charlie Vlk says: Perhaps. IOW, from a historical viewpoint, mistakes, erroneous conclusions and misuse of terms is as historical as correct conclusions and proper use of terms. OTOH, when one is

Good afternoon all: This is a reminder that one month from tomorrow begins the 3rd New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet. We've worked hard to put together a strong meet and are benefitting

Much of the magazine business was US Mail.... For example, Kable Printing, in Mt. Morris, IL, had a branch post office right in the printing plant. CB&Q "jeeps" (original and converted 50'

Tom- Colloquial usage is just as important as correct technical manufacturer designations from a historical viewpoint. On the other hand, I don't support "made up" railfan terminology (the "Pongers"

In addition to the mail and express business mentioned by several other posters, one other common cargo caused baggage cars to roam nation-wide. That was magazines. The printing plants for such steam

Since the tile of the subject is "Proper Names..." it should be noted that the correct spelling is "Peterbilt" (no 'u'). Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th Avenue, San Mateo, CA

The NKP regularly hauled foreign road head-end equipment. NYC & DL&W baggage cars, and Erie and DL&W ex-troop sleeper express cars are very common in photos of NKP passenger consists between Buffalo