Don't know what you're saying "nope" to. All my response was to answer the question about what road in the west hauled anthracite coal. ("I believe those mines were in the West, but

The diagram for 1940 era Erie stock cars indicates that these cars had a plank roof. I have some photos which show this plank roof including a photo which is slightly looking down. I also have some

At no time did I ever claim to be an "expert" about things kosher. You have wasted a lot of space developing a response to an argument that I never made. I simply related my experiences and oral

At no time did I ever claim to be an "expert" about things kosher. I simply related my experiences and oral history about an appropriate topic to freight car operations. Clearly, from the

Ben Hom asked- Some equipment registers break down box cars for each railroad into 36 ft. or less, 40 ft. and 50 ft. in a separate table in the back. They group those railroads in regions. There

I remember figuring this out for 1948 at one time by percentage and that the %'s for boxcars were roughly: 7% 36 foot; 7% 50 foot; 86% 40 foot. I remember being the struck that the percentages for the

There is a very good chance we will see at least 2 kits for these appearing somewhere in Illinois around the last week of October. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

Jewish blessing amount of snip it to be to stay something to it. what I was the meat I recall working on a train with a reefer of kosher meat on the head end, having to stop at Lasalle, Ill. about

Just to set the record straight, the Hebrew word "KOSHER" means, litterally, clean. Because of commandments in Bible, mostly Liviticus, it signifies food stuff (and the preparation of same) that is

Tim Gilbert wrote: I doubt that you can use the ORER's to make the split which Ed wants. Most railroads' descriptions, but not all, of cars in the "Markings and Kinds of Cars" column presume that

Ben Hom wrote: I doubt that you can use the ORER's to make the split which Ed wants. Most railroads' descriptions, but not all, of cars in the "Markings and Kinds of Cars" column presume that wood is

Larry and friends, Larry's analogy to putting kosher food on a non-kosher dish raises an interesting question. Did certain meat shippers own or lease kosher reefers? Some of these Kosher outfits were

<<What ever this Rabbi was doing was just making a little money for himself. What ever he did did nothing to make it kosher, keep it kosher or if he did not do it, it would not loose it's kosher

Not just approved, but untouched by Gentiles (non Hebrews).

All the Rabbi does is to look at the way you clean/load the tank and approve it. After that he does not have to be there as long as you continue to do it like he showed you. He will drop by ever once

What ever this Rabbi was doing was just making a little money for himself. What ever he did did nothing to make it kosher, keep it kosher or if he did not do it, it would not loose it's kosher

<<From: lawrence Jackman ... So I think your "veteran Yard master was making fun of the Jewish people. Any car of kosher food "is kosher when loaded and it does not need any blessing along the way.

<Larry Jackman wrote:> people. No Larry, the people I worked with in Dewitt were not "making fun" of anyone, and how you could draw that conclusion is beyond me. They may have been ignorant of

My wife is Jewish and a lot of our friends here in Florida are Jewish, plus all of her relation. I understand Kosher does not mean "blessed". I means it was produced in an approved manor. This can be

I'LL PROBABLY REGRET JUMPING IN ON THIS ONE, BUT I RECALL THAT CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES, INC. (TRUCKING) HAD TANK TRAILERS DESIGNATED AS KOSHER AND THERE WAS A TARIFF ITEM IN CLEA 100 (CHARGE FOR