I thought it was lettered "C.M.Ry." at first but upon closer examination it really is "E.M.Ry" which fits in better as a GN subsidiary. EMRy is the initials for "Eastern Railway of Minnesota" which

Hello, Joel The B&O group on yahoo would be a great start. I recall a few years ago the B&O Historical Society had a shot in a calender of this road, steam loco with train! Sincerely, Mark Morgan

GENTLEMEN:Anyone in the group having either modeling or railfan data on the CI&W(think it was taken over by the B&O in 1926)looking for railfan data as well as any modeling data.. Joel

As did the PRR (NX23 -- X23 boxcar converted to a "bay window" caboose) for which Al Westerfield makes a beautiful kt. Rich Orr

Found the link on Shorpy http://www.shorpy.com/node/6924?size=_original Steve Stull    MARKETPLACE Going Green: Your Yahoo! Groups resource for green living

Another photo on the site shows the whole car, with  Great Northern  on the left end. Steve Stull

Was it a Colorado Midland car? That road was still active then and Colorado was very much an origin point for livestock. Tony Wagner ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent:

For you folks more interested in the 1950's this goes back to the earliest days of this list. The car being discussed is an Eastern Minnesota car.  EM was part of the GN. I have looked at my ORER's

Mark None of the group of CB&Q conversions were separately listed in the ORERs - just part of a number block shown as "waycars" until 1907 when the designation was changed to "cabooses" - although

Mark- The OER carries the entire waycar series which includes the War Emergency Waycars WWII 14800-14890. These cars, while rebuilt from 40 FT boxcars of various builders, were all equipped with

Tom Warne wrote: Likewise, if anyone familiar with those prototypes can confirm how they were listed in ORERs of that era, that may help clear up if that was the meaning of the "Caboose (Box Car)"

Charlie Vlk wrote: Can anyone familiar with those CB&Q war emergency conversions confirm if they were listed as "Caboose (Box Car)" or something similar in ORERs of the era? That might go a long way

I looked for the car under various reporting marks (it looks like CM RY but may not be) and couldn't find a match for the car number in the 1905 or 1919 OER. It may be a horse stockcar.... horses are

Richard, Thanks for posting that "history of street marking" piece. Very handy! Ed Edward Sutorik

Thanks Charlie, Gives me another reason to visit them. I live about a half hour from them, lol!   Rich Christie

Um, that would be the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

If it wasn't off topic, I would suggest looking for a copy of the 1948 Uniform Manual of Traffic Control Devices. Also, take a look at this report on the history of highway marking:

Gentlemen,   While Mike's not looking I might be able to get away with this!   Does anyone have a reference for road/highway markings circa 1949/50?  My steam era freight cars (required content)

Not that some of these conversions did not retain baggage / lcl facilities; but many roads' cars were simply "war emergency" conversions to get enough cars on the road to meet the upsurge in traffic

Rich- The DPH website is a work in progress and they have new software that makes any item displayed linked to the live inventory. I don't think the Viking Roofs are packaged and in inventory at the