Paul, Thank you for trying. From your lead about Bowman Dairy, here is what I found: 1. Bowman Dairy started winding down in 1959, and was acquired by Dean Foods in

Ken, I've been unable to determine exactly when the car was leased to Fleischmans, who owned the bourbon plant from the 1940's to the 1970's. My Liljestrand milk book shows that 1021 was leased to

Here is a diagram for one class of NP 70 ton GS

Tim, a number of western RRs had 70 ton GS gondolas, primarily for coal service where there were no hopper car unloading trestles. Rio Grande and Western Pacific had them, as well as Northern

In the interest of diversifying my tank car fleet, I purchased a brass HO Scale tank car manufactured by Precision Scale Co (Iron Horse Models).  It is kit 15604 and is described as a 16,000 gallon

Stopped one diagram too soon. It is uploaded now. Gene Semon

The Northern Pacific had some similar big GS gons. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

Thanks Dale. One more for the list. I may get it added this evening. Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Jim, Received order yesterday, did not receive Kit 101.4, Santa Fe 50' express car. Note said due to no inventory. Dale Florence       ________________________________ To: Stm Frt Cars

Gene, the photo I pointed out was MP 8485, and was listed as 43'4" IL in series 8484-8499, in the 1959 ORER. The other series you cited are shown as 45'0" IL. Tim O' I have uploaded the equipment

My All Time List is the only place on my web site that lists the kit numbers of all Sunshine kits. On that list I have flagged those kits that are no longer available. Some have been discontinued for

Did any other railroads buy 70 ton GS gondolas like this? I know Santa Fe had large Caswells, but this looks like a more conventional design except for its large

I have uploaded the equipment diagrams for these 70 ton 45'-0" flat car built from tender underframes. They are in the Files section under MP flat cars. There were two series, MP 8330-8349 and

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /MP Flat Car/MP 8450-8484 Diagram.pdf Uploaded by

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /MP Flat Car/MP 8330-8349 Diagram.pdf Uploaded by

Paul, Thank you very much for this information. The entire article was quite informative. Is there any way to find out when Standard Brands started using the General America Pflauder tank cars since

If anyone has a set, I would be most grateful. Thanks, Brad Andonian

Thanks for sharing Paul, Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ken, How about 140-proof bourbon shipments? And later vinegar shipments? Here's the link to the August 2002 Danbury RR Museum newsletter article by Steve Gould who worked for Standard