Chris This is the first I have seen of any comments about the Atlas Meat Reefer since they have been released. When did Byron make these comments and where? Could you share all he had to say in

We were just discussing this paint scheme on these cars. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=130&item=2216809153

I've spent a little bit of time lately trying to find out something about a few cars that would really help keep the overall balance right. I have found some diagrams and the occasional written

Tim O'Connor wrote: PRR was instrumental in getting Trailer Train started I think in the late 1950's. Trailer Train was formed in 1956. Ben Hom

The service began with F30D rebuilt flat cars in 1954. The F39 75 foot flat cars were built in 1955. PRR was instrumental in getting Trailer Train started I think in the late 1950's.

Shawn Beckert asked: When did the Pennsylvania start up their Truk-Train intermodal business? Steam era or post-1960? It's TrucTrain with a "c". July 12, 1954. Ben Hom

Interstate bought the remnants of Berwind's New River & Pocahontas fleet in 1957 and renumbered it 15500-16236. David Thompson

That's one of the early-1920s foot-taller Gla clones. Interstate was by far the major user of that version, though some were built for industrial users in 1920 and found their way to Illinois

No easy ones. Interstate had three main groups of hoppers over the years: 2000-2799, Gla clones built in 1913 and 1917; 5000-7009, one-foot-taller Gla clones built in 1920 and 1923; 7010-9120,

List, When did the Pennsylvania start up their Truk-Train intermodal business? Steam era or post-1960? Thanks, Shawn Beckert

It's an abbreviation for "wrought", meaning forged and not cast. Jeff English Troy, New York <maufderheide@y...> wrote: reading

In 1934 the Rutland stopped sending their hoppers offline.Foreign hoppers were rarely reloaded and were most often returned empty to the home road.We must remember that coal was widely used by most

For what it is worth, the DL&W very often had a Bettendorf T section truck on one end of a hopper car and another type of cast sideframe truck on the other. Seems like whatever was on hand was

Group, On the end of the DL&W hopper Andy referenced there is lettering reading "WROT STEEL WHEELS": What does this mean? Was this applied to the car only when new? Is this specific to a time

Or even unscrupulous prototype fidelity. Apparently Atlas told their Chinese builder to duplicate the O scale model in HO scale and got exactly what they asked for. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland,

Andy, they're fifty ton T-section Bettendorfs. The reason they strike you as "pregnant" is partly the angle from the which the photo was taken but mostly the fact that the thirty and forty ton

They look like T-section Bettendorfs to me, just from an angle at which we're not used to viewing them. Regards, Tedd Culotta

Again, this is based on the O scale run (where the hinges were still oversized even in O scale), which sells at least two-thirds of its production to three-railers, many of whom prefer gadgetry to

Green found any My database does not include any mention of Fox trucks. Gene Green

Ted Culotta wrote: The Interstate car in this photo looks like a GLa, at least from the ends. http://www.steamfreightcars.com/gallery/hopper/nw71894main.html It certainly does, with its boxy end