We are having an interesing discussion on this topic at the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ry-ops-industrialSIG/ Anyone add this placard on their cars? It certainly adds operating interest and even

Separate question: I have a Bob's Photo of a UTLX Type X tank car taken in 1954 where the letters SR are stencilled on the dome side. I have seen this on some other cars as well, but do not know

Ted wrote: Richard is correct. I am entirely serious about fixing these. The primary reason is because I expect that before I see them done in styrene again, I'll be Richard's age. I am now

Interesting, Denny. I did not have the intimate contact with hide cars you describe, but I do recall riding the old CGW between Minneapolis and Marshalltown and return and seeing many

Sorry for the distraction. Bill Welch, my brother James, asks you to contact him about the archival research at the Minnesota History Center concerning the WFE records. He doesn't know your e-mail

I wrote: "I'll post more info on [correct BREX] number series tonight if Bill doesn't beat me to it." From Bill Welch's handout, BREX 75000-75999, 1000 cars, population in 900s through 1948, 787 in

Appropos to the discussion of hides, below is a listing of cars interchanged between the Rutland RR and B&M RR at Bellows Falls, Vermont in 1961. Yes it's post-1960; so shoot me. Note the origins

News to me, too, Tim. However, there was a lot of inaccurate/generic early brass made by fly-by-night Japanese and Korean builders whose names changed weekly. I'm sure that the Southern never had a

List, I've been compiling a list of the Shell Oil Company facilities that were served by rail in 1959. So far I have 29 plants, but I'm listing only those Shell facilities operating in the United

During summers in the latter 1950s, I had very personal experience with hide and salt cars (i.e. I loaded the former, and emptied the latter), and they seemed to use the same type of cars (I do not

I don't think I've heard of this import before... assuming of course that the seller knows what he's talking about. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5945041647 Tim O'Connor

Ben Hom describes the prototype for the Athearn wood sheathed reefer as follows: Essentially correct, but in fact there was no prototype for the Athearn model. It was designed to have wood sheathed

Nope. There are some true oaks and "near oaks" like tan oak, the bark of which is used for tanning. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA

Jeff, All, I uploaded four scans of the Yankee Clipper instructions for the BAR single sheathed box cars on the files section of the STMFC site. They are big files and take up a lot of room, so I

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I have an Accurail new 3 pack of these FGE reefers, with 3 different numbers. If anyone wants this FP 3 pack of kits, send me $25.00 and I will ship it postpaid (that is; shipping is included <for

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Richard is correct. I am entirely serious about fixing these. The primary reason is because I expect that before I see them done in styrene again, I'll be Richard's age. I am now approximately 30