Fine china sometimes was shipped i barrels, padded with excelsior. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Lots of things used to be shipped in barrels at one time. Another example would be nails, which used to come in small size barrels called kegs. Last time I saw a nail keg was in the sixties while in

There is a photo of a cement barrel on this site: http://northampton.thelehighvalleypress.com/2019/07/10/remembering-coplay-cement-company-progress-industry What does a barrel of cement weight?

Hi Fran, I checked in my January 1952 ORER (I model 1952), and most large railroads' listings have a "Recapitulation of Car Equipment" at the end of the main listings of cars by number series. The

Fran, The group files hold quite a lot of data about the national freight car fleet, and not all of it just deals with boxcars. This file might be of

My guess is most barrels for cement were a size known as a tierce, which is about 42 gallons. This is the size of a barrel of petroleum or salt. A 42-gallon barrel of salt would weigh about 400

Thank you Bob. My undrstanding from some of the oldtimers is that raw cement was shipped in barrels at least up into the early 1930's, if not all the way up to the beginning of WW II, but I've never

Donald Valentine wrote: Well, if we're going to discuss swimming up river against a good current, ancient Greek writers complained about writing on the walls, and there is plenty of Roman

Not being familiar with your area I can only question are your trains all shorts or are there some through cars? Shorts would be dictated by your customers. Through car would be coming or going from

To follow in Bob's footsteps, Photo: B&O M15K Another Doug Lilly photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/149706553@N05/49315460871/in/album-72157689269937726/ Caption: I'll let each of you read it for

Chuck Cover wrote: "I bought the kit was because they are a bit shorter in height than most automobile boxcars and give the consist and different look. We don’t want all 10’4” 40’ auto

That's not the only clue 😉 As for the design, it's prewar all right, pre WWII, and pre WWI! The single rows of rivets generally data a tank car to 1917 or earlier. They are correct about the car

I am in the process of right sizing my freight car fleet due to a slight operational change on my HO B&O Shenandoah SD layout. It is set in late September 1956 and I use an October 1956 ORER (plus

And if he can be contacted by email . . .

From the catalog of photos he gave me at CCB: Keith Retterer 1442 East Bank Dr. Marietta, GA 30068 Now I’m curious as to what else he has... Randy -- — Randy Hammill Prototype

Personally tried it? No. But there was an article in MR about it. IIRC, the Liquitex airbrush thinner and Liquitex Flow-aid were the keys to making it work. I can’t find an online index to MR (I

These are actually Northern Pacific Ry. Joint Facility Photos, I don't have the notes, but they would say "G: served by xyz RR & NP." They have every joint track, and industry photographed and

Eric, I’ve been gathering photos and details on these cars. The M-8 class is largely forgotten, even though the cars dominated the fleet for several years. I’ll be in touch off-list.

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Nice model Bob. Caboose Stop Hobbies in Cedar Falls Ia. had one or two of the kits from a collection for $25 for a couple years! I didn't see them last time we were there...Although there was so much