In a message dated 10/14/2004 10:27:20 PM Central Standard Time, buchwaldfam@... writes: Was it common for roads not normally associated with coal production to have their hoppers to go

Rutland conductors frequently used "C"for the NYC.A

Does anyone know of this kind of info on the UP? walter

Yes, a small portion of the data is illegible, but most is clear. With a sample this large, I think overall the data will be good. If something doesn't look right, I'll throw it out. Richard

Ed Mines asks, regarding George Elwood's Fallen Flags site: era freight files. I cars. George posts what he gets given to him. It's amazing what people have given him, and to some degree WHO has

Jeff, Since we both looked at the same list, I would urge you to caution. For example, as we discussed at the CVRHS convention, I was looking for coal hoppers that appeared on the CV and was

I am rereading Richard Hendrickson's Mather Stock Car Company Part 2 from the Dec. 1987 issue of Model Railroading. I'd like to add a few of the RC caboose cars to my roster however comparing the

Jeff Lodge wrote: Jeff, "C" might stand for the New York Central which had 1,000 hoppers in the #904000-904999 hopper series as per the April 1955 ORER. Having parsed quite a few wheel reports, I

I know that the earlier string pertained to coal hoppers in the northeast, however, for us guys born and raised in the midwest, are there any general rules to guide us in what sort of road name mix

I have the entire set of train cart lists for northbound CV trains departing White River Junction, Vermont in September of 1955. Being a computer kind of guy, I decided to enter the data into a

In a message dated 10/14/2004 11:34:57 PM Central Daylight Time, ddermody@... writes: Whilst entering the data, I have run across some hoppers that are designated > by the single letter "C" for

From: Tim Gilbert Is it possible that the C&S was used by the CB&Q for accounting purposes in the same way that the CNO&TP was used by the Southern? That is more cars than they really needed online,

The C&S "Car Balance" sheet was used to prepare a report to the AAR in AAR format entitled "Statement of Foreign Cars on Line" which is attached tot he C&S document. I sort of abstrated data from

Chuck, The "Car Balance" Report appears to be the means which the C&S used to calculate the "per diems" of all foreign cars on line except for reefers and tank cars whose owners were reimbursed on

The best way to determine if you left anything out of a document is, obviously, to let others read it. Bingo!! Bob Webber notes that I didn't include the room rate. Thanks, Bob. The rate is

Mike, do you have a line on what the cost of the rooms might be?

Prototype Rails 2005, the prototype modeling meet to be held at Cocoa Beach, FL, is alive and well...regardless of the worst that three hurricanes could do. Everything is on schedule...including

Chuck, your interesting figures included two sets of figures for CPR cars. Were those two different car types, or might it have been a typo where one of the figures was for CNR? Rob Kirkham

Yes, it was a typo. Should be CP 3, CN 1. There are more of these car sheets but the 1935 was the newest I could find. Most others were around WW1. Chuck Y Boulder CO

The fallen flags web site has an incredible number of photos including freight car photos but most of those freight car photos were taken after the steam era. However the Erie section (part of EL I