And all this time I just thought that normal interchange rules were in effect. Is someone implying that southbound loads are exceeding the number of northbound empties? Chuck Peck

Tom Madden writes: We at Prototype Rails are not the least bit concerned about the threat of "cold" weather. For one thing, most folks from far away lands such as Colorado, the Midwest [ wherever

This was not uncommon. DL&W was a leader in using covered hoppers for cement service. They installed steeper slope sheets, because of the angle of repose of cement, and added a roof. Later they had

Matt the captions in the NP Color Guide say these were rebuilt from USRA clones 70000-70048 in 1957. And one of the photos is from your collection! Tim O'Connor

The car comes from the NP 207400-207427 series used in company sand service as lettered on the car. They were originally NP 70000-70048 series hoppers built in 1922 and rebuilt for sand service in

Tom,            I will gladly trade you the 16 inches, and growing, snow cover at my home in Vermont for the balmy 50's in FL.  This is why we call it building season up north.   Fred

Mike, I see the extended forecast for next Friday and Saturday at Cocoa Beach is rain with highs in the mid-50's (Friday) and low 60's (Saturday). Can you work on improving that over the next few

Denny Anspach wrote: But the "ban" simply gave the receiving road the right to refuse a car with outlawed trucks, it did not REQUIRE them to refuse it. Obviously in the case the WP was

One of the more bizarre instances of a car with arch bar trucks being interchanged long after 1940 is Nevada Northern RR coal-fired steam wrecking crane "A" (1908) which in 1966 was borrowed by the

Brian, Thank You for the information. Happy New Year, Lester Breuer Minneapolis, MN

Tim O'Connor wrote: Sure, full agreement. But we all have "favorite things" that we can't resist, like a "Ball Line" yellow box car. I'm just advocating not ADDING to those beloved rarities

Tony The other side of that coin is that if you have NO exceptional or rare examples then your entire railroad is exceptional and unusual. After all, exceptional and rare cars collectively were

Just saw this pic on rrpicturearchives. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1709105 It looks like an old AAR hopper rebuilt into a covered hopper. Any opinions? thanks Dave J.

Does anyone have Supplements 1 and 2 of the 1940 Code of Rules...for the Interchange of Traffic...? If so, could you contact me off line. karig@... Thanks, Bob Karig Arch Bar side

So THAT'S where it went.... ;>) Bill Schneider http://home.comcast.net/~oandw/ Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 1:21 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re:Shipping models to Cocoa

I believe the C&O moved some those early cast frame trucks used on 55-ton hopper cars for use under 40-ton box cars that had arch-bar trucks. Al Kresse

Cyril Durrenberger wrote: On-line use of course is not subject to the INTERCHANGE ban. Many roads had archbars under MOW cars for lots of years after the ban. In the case of SP, they had adopted

The DM&IR had small fleet of wood refrigerator and box cars with arch bar trucks that they used for service on their line.  They were used into the 1970's.  But this may be a unique case. Cyril

Listed in the March, 1925 ORER, #64300-65299, 948 cars total. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Ray Breyer wrote: Well, I'm a strong believer in NOT modeling exceptions and rarities. The fact that archbars weren't impossible after the interchange ban date doesn't mean you want even