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I have just finished a Sunshine PRR X37 resin kit.


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I didn’t get an announcement either, and I was on the mailing list for the print versions of RP CYC. Since this is DVD 3, what’s on DVD 1 and 2, and are all three still available?

Nelson Moyer

I received a come-on for this DVD in mid December, but it apparently wasn’t listed to the STMFC list.

Pat’s flyer is attached regarding contents.  There are a number of interesting things on it.

Steve

What DVD is this, Steve? I haven’t seen a notice about it. 

I received a come-on for this DVD in mid December, but it apparently wasn’t listed to the STMFC list.

Pat’s flyer is attached regarding contents.  There are a number of interesting things on it.

Steve

What DVD is this, Steve? I haven’t seen a notice about it. 

What DVD is this, Steve? I haven’t seen a notice about it. 

From the recently released DVD from Pat Wider (Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia) which contains a large number of RR freight car diagrams, including DL&W circa 1952.

 

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Steve Hile

Hello all,

First of all, thank you Andy for posting the GBW conductor's book.  Much appreciated!

As I browsed the book, I stumbled upon a page that had aluminum pigs coming from Wisconsin Rapids, probably from the Pacific Northwest and interchanged at Winona which made sense to me.  But on the same page I noticed that there was "alum" traffic that was picked up at Amherst Jct. which wasn't as obvious to me.  Normally I'd assume that "alum" was an abbreviation for "aluminum" but the different pickup location got me questioning that assumption.

"Alum" could also maybe mean aluminum sulfate which is used in paper making. There is certainly paper making industry in central Wisconsin, and a little google searching suggested that some consumers did manufacture their own, so for a bit I considered maybe this was locally originated aluminum sulfate traffic.  But based on car types involved (i.e. gondolas), "aluminum" being spelled out explicitly in some cases, and the other traffic that was also picked up with it, I think it is indeed western originated aluminum traffic.

Anyway, I assume this is traffic moving on a GN / NP to SOO at the Twin Cities to the GBW at Amherst Jct. routing?  Interesting the GBW managed to get included in the routing instead of a direct SOO - AA at Manitowoc route.  Besides the aluminum, there were a few other interesting shipments such as salmon and batteries, although much of the remaining traffic was of a type that also could've originated on the SOO.  Also interesting is the lack of westbound traffic set out at Amherst Jct.  The cars used weren't using the same route going west, that is pretty clear.  (Or at least not via Train 1 that Conductor Hansen worked.  I don't know if there was another westbound operating at this time.)

Making this relevant to the list, I'm wondering if the cars used were assigned to a pool for this traffic as it seems to be a regular move.  They could've also been random empties that carried steel and pipe west.  Most of the cars were empty eastern road gons, with automobile cars making up the rest.  I made a list of all of the aluminum traffic from the book.  The majority moved through Amherst Jct. and what was received at Winona (I assume) has different car types and a different "feel" to the reporting marks.  All of the Amherst Jct. cars were bound for the Ann Arbor whereas some of the Wisconsin Rapids (Winona) cars were bound for the Pere Marquette.  I'll attach the list below.

Separately, now I'm curious, was aluminum sulfate a significant rail commodity? 

Thanks,
Julian Erceg

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