Charlie, Yes please. Thank you. Clark Charles Morrill wrote:

b.hom@... writes: DL&W 16000-16035 -- built from the USRA-like (Tichy) flat cars DL&W 16100-16313 -- built from four-pocket, former-B&M coal hoppers DL&W 16400-16449 -- bult from

Ben, When I said they were "essentially identical" to the Rutland cars, that's part of what I meant: 8-6 ends as opposed to the 7-7 more typical of the NYC design. Jeff to as the R

Gene Green asks a very reasonable question: Well, reading your text, Gene, I agree that we call the posts "W corner posts," and often, like SRECo, we call the ends "round corner ends." But the ends

Rick Shatford wrote: Thanks for the confirmation that this is entirely possible, though one might guess (in line with Mont's comment) that shippers (and lessor, if any) and railroad alike would

The C&NW (as opposed to NWX) had reefers built to the USRA reefer design. These were exact copies AFAIK. The M&StL bought some of these, stripped them to the underframe and built USRA DS box cars

Paul, If I read my UP diagrams correctly, the O-50-6 was the only class that used National trucks. Be aware, however, that my diagram set stops at the O-50-6, so I have no information on later

- In STMFC@y..., "JGG KahnSr" <jacekahn@h...> wrote: to be Chicago to the to products may have a Unfortunately Jace, I wasn't involved in the economics of operations until I went into

TO ALL: I AM NEW TO THE LIST AND THIS IS MY FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROUP. I HOPE THIS WILL BE HELPFUL ON THIS SUBJECT. IN 25 YEARS AS A YARDMASTER WITH THE FW&D, BN, BNSF, I HAVE ONLY

Tony (and anybody else who might care), I would pick the late 30's to 1941 era...the equipment was well maintained, there was a large variety of locomotives that were scrapped either during the

In a message dated 9/10/02 4:57:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, willibecher@... writes: << BTW, why do we say "W-section corner post?" Standard Railway Equipment Mfg. Co.'s own ads called them

Dear Jim I am puzzled by the economics of shipping livestock (which needed to be watered and otherwise cared for, with loss of weight, too) from Chicago to be slaughtered and processed in

Ben Hom wrote: Thanks Ben - exactly the info I'm looking for - I'll add it to my shopping list! Best regards, Steve Haas Sammamish, WA

For people that do not know why paint peals from wood houses. Moisture comes through the wood from the inside and causes the paint to peal. If you stop the moisture, the paint will stay for

In a message dated 9/4/02 6:21:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, CBarkan@... writes: << What were some other roads that did this? I have never seen any but the B&O that used the Tatum roof. How

northeast packing else midwest. As a young conductor with the B&O in Philadelphia in 1970, I handled the last shipment of livestock to the Armour packing house in South Philly near Gray's Ferry.

Steve Haas wrote: "1) One PFE/WP scheme - this looks like it could be converted to an 'ordinary' PFE R-40-23 with the judicious use of lettering removal followed by the application of proper decals

In a message dated 6/15/02 8:43:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, guycwilber@... writes: << And, finally, an extension to January 1, 1955 was approved in 1953 with the note added to the rules

In a message dated 8/16/02 3:09:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, guycwilber@... writes: << The AAR postponed the ban until January 1, 1959. There is some evidence that the Arbitration Committee