Since box cars were in short supply throughout most of the steam era I assume most empties would be gondolas. Am I correct? It seems to me that gons can't be universally loaded, i.e. some are too

In a message dated 8/29/02 11:34:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tgilbert@... writes: << For 1930, however, I would tend to restrict the national pool to XMs...>> Tim, I am curious as to what

Hello, I know this is not steam era, but would any of you know a URL for the 1/87 scale truck modeling SIG? Am looking for any info on early piggyback operations, LVRR, DL&W, NKP, etc. (might

G'day all. Haven't seen a response to this so here's my .02 worth. At Ted Cullota's Steam Era Freight cars site there are a number of my photographs of the Duryea underframe as used on Santa Fe Bx-27

Adrian, What is the source of your ending verse? Ron Boham Ralston, NE Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton wrote:

Jay Bingham asked: Well, as my previous post said, the bulk of traffic in those days was petroleum products (gasolines, diesel, lube oils, asphalt, and heating oil I would imagine in that neck of the

I worked with some guys who had to measure and draw a rendering plant. Rendering of meat waste, fats, oils and so on. They went in old clothes, threw them away, went home, showered, but they could be

I have found that if I have to touch up the paint, and if I get close with a color the weathering blends it in practically seamlessly. I would not worry to much, if you planned to weather the car.

I am interested in determining what private owner tank cars were regular travelers on Northern Pacific's mainline across the Rocky Mountain Division circa 1930-1940. Specifically, I am interest in

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Shawn, You wrote: The "Blue Books'" official title is the AANUAL REPORTS ON THE STATISTISTICS OF US RAILRAODS DURING THE YEAR OF ____ . They are summaries of what the railroads prepared for the ICC

Dave, Nelson also used "C" for Coal in the 1941 books, too that I just received today. I quickly scanned these Wheel Reports, but probably won't come to any conclusions until after I parse

I admire David Thompson's tenacity in providing the summaries of roster totals by car types which he has delved from the Westerfield CD's of the 1919 & 1930 ORER's. I have dreaded doing it even

Tim Gilbert wrote: And many if not all had a dark blue binding, thus presumably the name. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I have seen it used on roads in Kansas and it never cures. They put the road oil down and than a sand over it and the sand is slowly beat down into it. I have gotten the oil on myself after 6 months

These cars had International of Maine sublettering, but had CP reporting marks and were listed with other CP cars. -- Ian Cranstone Kanata, Ontario, Canada lamontc@...

Armand, You wrote: All of the Northern New England Roads had a much greater percentage of CN and CP boxcars on line than roads in the rest of the country - the reason being proximity to the border

Guys, What exactly are ICC "Blue Books"? How are these different from the "Form-A's" that the railroads turned in to the ICC every year? Shawn Beckert

"ed_mines" asked: In the steam era, yes. The overwhelming tonnage shipped in tankcars was petroleum products. After WW2, pipelines quickly killed that business in many areas and there was a lull in

Road oil and asphalt are two different things. Thank you Larry Jackman cef39us wrote: