I would also buy the book. George Toman

Dale I bet they had so much warehoused they made units use it up rather than just discard it. How else would you get rid of so many thousands of tons of canned food anyway? Feed it to the GIs of

I was in Germany from 63 to 65, and we had C ration two to three times per year. Dale Florence

Friends, We might be getting off topic here, but Alma is the last of the scow-schooners which once carried freight all around San Francisco Bay and the estuaries. These boats had

Bob, I agree with Jon. My parents told me a story from Iowa about this. German POWs held at a camp there were allowed to make some of their food to their taste. They made

Anybody remember C rations? When the military bought stuff it was always bought a lot of it and I imagine they bought sauerkraut too. By the car load. When I was in Korea in 1961-2 we still had C

Bill, As I noted, these cars were freely distributed within the PFE fleet and their routing was not controlled by WP. As a consequence, they would be seen wherever PFE cars would be seen. Since the

I’d be onboard for that book!!! Michael Gross Facebook.com/ActorMichaelGross

I too would buy the book. I do have all the RMC's that contain the EFC series, but having one book would make it much handier. Rich Christie

The prototype was Milwaukee Roda Howard Garner

And don’t forget when the Great Lakes froze over during the winter, if needed iron ore was shipped all the way by rail. But only in ore jennies that met requirements for interchange. Doug

Personally, I would suspect it was loads of shredded cabbage purchased by the Dept. of the Army. Dennis Storzek

thanks to all for the info...although i said silver, upon closer inspection the rtr was all black and white (like the photo you provided) btw, would these have been seen in southern california ca.

Ditto. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> on behalf of STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2017

I think this was for consumption. You don't need 4 car loads for analysis and reverse engineering. Also Kraut might have been a normal term at that time, I don't know. I do know

To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 5:31 PM Subject: [STMFC] Shipping Eggs 100 Years Ago [photo link elided] That tickled a minor obsession of mine -- I have several connections

I have seen mention of Iron Range ore going South to Colorado perhaps in GN cars earlier and I shot a BN ore train going South near Genoa Wisconsin on the former Q line along the Mississippi in 1988

I'd buy that book. Ed Mines

Last night I received an old Walthers orange box composite gondola kit.Long story on how I got it, but I was expecting something else. The modelappears to have USRA design sides with steel Murphy

The freight car load data from Terry Link's Canada SouthernRailway website (see message post #150111) had four loads recorded as "MilitaryKraut" among many listing for various military loads. All four