Earl: In the second quarter of the 20th century hundreds of thousands of tons of anthracite were loaded unto the railcars of the Canadian trunks, and western Grangers at Lake ports. Anthracite

Hey Paul, In regard to the M&St.L caboose model: Have you seen one yet? I'm wondering about the quality. I assume it's a wood kit similar to the AMB cabooses? I've been struggling through one of the

I know that Armour had one such facilities in Huntington, WV. It was interesting in the fact that it was served on two sides by two different railroads, the C&O on the river side and the B&O on the

Bruce Smith writes: CCC&St.L 59273 was photographed at Toledo, OH in 1949 (heavily weathered and stenciling virtually unreadable). I have photos from the Howard Ameling collection. Yes, even on the

My understanding is that Armour had facilities all over the country. There were slaughter houses which killed and shipped carcasses, and meat packing plants/warehouses which received the carcasses

What I have picked up over the years is mostly from having been a chaplain, responsible for religious observances of personnel, often in situations where there was no Jewish chaplain assigned. As I

The Hebrew word "BARUCH" is the first word of every 'blessing' in the Jewish liturgy. It literally means "Blessed". It is also sometimes used to describe the blessing itself, though there are better

steel box The only non-builder's photo of one of these cars still lettered for the Big Four I'm aware of is of CCC&StL 41877 in 1938, available from Joe Collias. BTW, it doesn't say "Big Four"

Paul answered John's question. I know of myself, Joe Binish, Gene Green, and Doug Harding on this list are M&StL modelers. Maybe a poll to see who likes what RR would be in order. Then we can see if

Shawn, Send Stan a stamped envelope. Clark P. "Beckert, Shawn" wrote:

Guys, Does anyone know what Stan Rydarowicz is asking for his most recent price list or catalog? It's been a couple of years since I received a list from him, and I know he's added some new detail

Hello all, I would like to know if any of you have a photo of the NYC/USRA steel box car in CCC&St.L paint dated 1944 or later. "Virtual modeler v 1.2" is off and running and I would like to model a

in non-armour stock cars. At a plant like Emporia, would we expect most stock to arrive from the west in ATSF cars, or would stock come from all directions in a variety of cars? Steve, I would

Dave, Are you only interested in fuel dealers in the Stockton area? I can supply you with several on the SN whose cars would most likely have run over the WP. Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Dave

and Shawn replied Isn't Sunshine "in process" with an X-3? Martin's summer 2002 newsletter indicated that the "UTLX tank car" was undergoing revisions prior to release. Happy Rails Bruce Bruce F.

Dave Nelson wrote: Don't give up just yet. UTLX bought second-hand a number of the ACF Type-21 cars as produced by Life-Like, and these could be used instead of an X-3 (which apparently won't be seen

Chris Barkan stated: << I have never seen any but the B&O that used the Tatum roof. >> Chris, Was J.J. Tatum responsible for the B&O Wagon Top car designs? Thanks, Guy Wilber Sparks, Nevada

Oh rats. Not much hope of seeing that car in plastic. Thanks for the info Shawn. FWIW, my question arose as Signal and Texaco are the only fuel facilities I've been able to locate on the WP (ca.

List, In reference to an earlier discussion on paint schemes for Signal Oil tank cars, I did some research last night. This is quoted from "Guide to Gasoline Logos" by Wayne Henderson and Scott