The fine model that Bill is showing is from the World War II GN shops and is not a USRA DS box or a clone or a re-build of one. It’s a new car! The cars were a fine looking orange and black when

No, it means the person that labeled it that way was wrong. Don't blame it on the model. Bill Welch

Tim, here is photo of my GN Plywood model. Going on memory Andy only offered the doors and sides. In addition to DA ends it looks like I used their ladders. Mostly I used CDS Dry Transfers applied to

---In STMFC@..., <mark_landgraf@...> wrote : It's the accountants telling operations when portions of the fleet are worthless and are at the end of their lives. After which any serious repairs cause

---In STMFC@..., <rwitt_2000@...> wrote : FWIW the NH and BAR "potato" cars from the early 1950s were classed XIH so they were considered a box car insulated with heaters. I can't recall other

FWIW the NH and BAR "potato" cars from the early 1950s were classed XIH so they were considered a box car insulated with heaters. I can't recall other examples. Here's a link to a NHRATA forum

Tim Several things come into play. We've all seen trust plates on various freight cars. In that case the bank owned the car. Many new cars from ACF, Pullman Standard, Greenville, etc were financed.

Dennis ? Is that really the same question ? RB's were around in the 1930'sfor wine, beer, chocolate, and other products. I don't know of any in railroad company service (were thereXI's?) but maybe

Ok, Mark, you have me stumped. What does depreciation of cars haveto do with any of this? Tim O' > Mark Landgraf wrote Monday, April 10, 2017 6:48 PM > I suspect the accountants may have driven the

---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : Say WHAT?? There was no such thing as an insulated box car (i.e. RBbunkerless reefer) ??? I have shots of wood sheathed steam era Hershey's RB's. The

---In STMFC@..., <vasa0vasa@...> wrote : Would such factories have their own power plant or would they have used the local grid? It could be a function of the age of machinery in the plant:

Tim has hit on the most important reason that railroads would care about how many of each car class remained on their rosters: Not per diem per se, but ACCOUNTING. Railroads employed legions of

Gary, I would think that cream would be locally sources and would arrive via a motor carrier and not on the rails. I also do not believe that cocoa beans would require insulated shipment. Most likely

Well, my 1952 ORER says the GN USRA originals and clones had the same height to the eaves, running board and top of the brake staff, and the same cuft capacity (3098). The only difference is that I

Thanks, Tim O’! Gary Laakso south of Mike Brock

Tim O' wrote: Does Accurail offer its USRA DS box car with 7/8 ends?? I don't know if Accurail does, but Westerfield offers a 7/8 corrugated end that looks like it should fit their USRA DS kit. I'm

Say WHAT?? There was no such thing as an insulated box car (i.e. RBbunkerless reefer) ??? I have shots of wood sheathed steam era Hershey's RB's. The "L"refers to loading devices, which really came

Jeff, I would think heat in the summer melting the bars was more of an issue than shelf life. RBL cars did not yet exist. Reefers where used to keep the contents cool just from all the insulation.

Gary, I can't speak for Brown and Haley, but I've done a lot of research on Hollywood Brands Candy in Centralia, IL. They made the $100,000 bar and I think the Zero candy bar.�