Tim Great story, not only did I get a great laugh, but it confirmed that this was a true way of shipping these "products" Thanks Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad www.iowatelecom.net/~dharding/

Michel, I'm aware of the variations on the C of Ga PS-1's. The original message said that there were 50' cars in Santa Fe trains. These could have been PS-1's or the 37' AAR cars. I was curious what

Bruce, Do you now the date that this "service" was embargoed and stopped? Regards, Andy Miller asmiller@... ================================================== "Bruce F. Smith" wrote: (in

When I worked for the Utah Ry. the car cleaners would walk the top cord of the hoppers. This was in 85-105 car cuts, and this was a practice common to the area for many years according to the

Doug asks... On the Octararo branch of the PRR, there were a great number of mushroom houses (as Kennett Square PA is the self proclaimed "Mushroom Capitol of the World"). Now, the raw material for

Hi Todd and list, CofGa had 2 lots of 50' PS-1 box cars delivered in 1954 (aluminium roof) and 1956 (black roof). There was a message on the RM-forum about these cars in August 2001, here it is: <<

Douglas Harding wrote: The B&M shipped guts, etc. from slaughterhouses in their Boston Terminal to Atlantic Gelatin in gons. Bob Warren, a brakeman, remembers how a trainmaster was walking the tops on

Richard, Thanks for the info/correction on the Allied Full Cushion trucks as used on the REA ex-troop sleepers. The info I had obtained from Vic Roseman's book did not show dates but the cars did

Ben, The X37's that were in Tyrone yard in 1970 were in PRR paint and were stored servicable. Tom benjaminfrank_hom wrote:

I¹m sorry; I didn¹t realize this was replying to the group. -- Brian Paul Ehni HMFIC Bryan, Palestine & Eastern Railroad "Serving All East Texas" [Non-text portions of this message have

Here you go! Brian

Quoting Larry Lee <jlawrencelee@...>: I'd forgotten about those others but you may well be right. Take care, Don Valentine

Doug Harding writes: Doug, you are some glutton for punishment... Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

<snip> < More important what The really tough part is going to be duplicating the aroma. Larry Lee Auburn, AL

To shift from our "discussion" of cement, I want to throw out another "rural legend". I have heard a story about meat packing plants shipping offal(?) (packing plant remains) from one plant to another

Scott Pitzer asks: All tank cars in revenue service had placard boards, and though the UTL type were unique, those on many other cars were metal and had clips to hold the placards in place. The most

Are these "standard" from tank cars to other types? I've seen them on passenger express cars and plain box cars (in later years) and Atlas molded them on their (1960s) Center Flows. I guess ANY is

Brian, I'm an interested party. Would you send the pictures of the tank cars you've scanned? My thanks in advance. Virgil Young Amarillo, TX vyoung5622@...

Sorry to use this list in this fashion, but i need to contact George Walls of Iowa. Geoge, if you are listening, please contact me off-list. My emails to you are being bounced back undeliverable.

Jace Kahn Mostly Fairbanks Dear Ben I take second place to no other model railroader in contempt for Lionel, despite having a smallish set in my youth, but they have come out with some full-scale