OK, I'll buy this. I had always been perplexed by the different intervals. But the differing systems makes sense. C

A new book is now available on an interesting coal hauling railroad. "The Monongahela Railway -- It's History and Operations 1903-1993," is authored by Dave Gratts and Terry Arbogast. Ordering

I have emailed Keith for his list and have gooten no reply. Mine has gone astray. Does anyone have a copy of his electronic list they could send me at bwelch@... Thanks Bill Welch

Ben-I am not able to send you scans. Will this help? 1) caboose yellow sides brown roof, looks like Quality Craft no. 525 U.P. wood kit except 3 windows ahead of cupola. I was trying to I. D. the

Modelers' B/W Photo Color Interpretation Example, Interesting Site Hi All, I think many of us heed the warning against putting to much stock in trying to discern colors from b/w photos; some of you

Bernd, See message #32659 in the archives for the new parts added to Stan's list. The only new Illinois Central part is the reefer door intended for use on the Intermountain R-40-23. After a

Mike Brock wrote: Mike, The Load Limit would be a closer fit to the dictionary's definition of Capacity than what was Nominal Capacity - Railroads just used a slightly different definition. Before

Ben, Many thanks. Your link took me straight to it. Des Norman

On page 31 of the subject publication, there's a photo of NYC Class H7e #1969 at Middle Yard, Mt. Carmel, IL in April 1943. It's on the point of a train of empty tank cars, and the yard is is

Sigh. Chris, you're both right, and to several decimal places, and wrong by an order of magnitude. If the densities of liquids are within the range you cite, then they vary by *only* a factor of

thanks for the info, but there was recently a post which referred to some new parts including IC reefer items...I was hoping for that info, too... Bernd

Chris, Not Exactly! (well, not at all in fact...) The weight of steel cars DID change, which is precisely why other steel cars have a reweigh interval of 30 months (up to 1948 and 48 months after

Chris Barkan notes: "Not so, in fact as should be evident from the example above, loading a petroleum car with water would have seriously overloaded it. Railroads perform weight audits and

Des Norman asked: I just tried to find this group you mentioned but no luck. I tried STFMPH, STMFPH and 'steam era freight car photo', all with no hits. Is there a typo here

Brend Schroeder asked: ...could somebody please provide me with the current adress and parts list for Stan Rydarowicz? Stan Rydarowicz 165 Manchester Avenue Youngstown, Ohio

Could Mike Brock contact me off-list, please? Jim Ogden

CBarkan@... wrote: Chris, Agreed that CAPY can be a useful shorthand provided that the use of standard nominal capacities were the only ones cited, but there can be confusion when some roads had

Dean, I just tried to find this group you mentioned but no luck. I tried STFMPH, STMFPH and 'steam era freight car photo', all with no hits. Is there a typo here please? Des Norman PRR (Steam

Allen Thanks for this information - is the CD an electronic version of the booklet? I'll track Paul Hobbs down and hopefully I can get a local copy rather than pay postage! Rupert