Rayon was made from cellulose fiber, and I know there were mills in the Pacific NW in NW Washington State served by the Northern Pacific and in W Va served by the Western Maryland, IIRC. I'd be

Thanks for getting the SRHA/Southern 50’ box car book! There are less than a dozen left out of 250 or so that were printed for us by the Norfolk Southern print shop at cost. They are available in

Bob, Thank you for posting this photo. For those interested, following is some history. MP 45396 originated as one of 250 (MP 79200-79499) 40-ton XA single-sheathed auto cars built ca. 5-29 by Mount

Or a load of canned cranberry sauce, or sardines (from Maine) or B&M Baked Beans (num, num, good!)! Todd Sullivan

Hi List Members, ACL 27103 40ft steel boxcar https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/52983 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, SAL 15709 40ft boxcar, Jacksonville FL https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53116 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, I-GN 14171 auto boxcar, Jacksonville FL https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/52975 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, SAL 89728 40ft ds vent box in 1954 at Jacksonville FL https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53123 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, SAL 9050 steel auto boxcar https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53048 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Claus Schlund wrote: The late Warren Mayfield, who supervised wreck clearance on the P&LE for years, said that inevitably the worst accidents happened on bridges or fills, usually at night, and

Hi List Members, Shipping watermelons from Florida... https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/342061 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, UNION TEXAS NATURAL GAS tank car and WFE wood ice reefer in Tallahassee, FL 1964 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/54179 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/270723

Hi List Members, TEXACO tank car string, Miami FL, 1940 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/319850 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Group; To add: Here is an example of the PRR’s “silk” car fleet. Not lost on me is the car number, right next to a rayon car number of 1964. Note the interior dedicated racking

Hi List Members, Several list members asked about unloading the sugar cane cars. I don't have that answer, but this is how they were loaded! https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27134 Claus

Hi List Members, SOU 129533 bulk-head end flat car, in 1959 in Jacsonville FL, on SAL. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/167506 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/167505 Enjoy!

Of course, Stanley was and is located in Connecticut, so a New Haven box car would be more likely . . . Schuyler

Doug Harding wrote: Good example, and the railroad serving Stanley would have wanted to provide good service, thus possibly a Grade A home-road box car. But that yardmaster, having a Stanley

Steve SANDIFER wrote: Google and you shall find. Tony Thompson tony@...

Oil companies merged, bought each other, and bought and sold refineries. I would like to see a list of active refineries and their brands circa 1950. Skelly at one time had a refinery in El Dorado,