Is there a freight car list that specializes in post-Civil War to pre-WW1 coal rail operations? Al Kresse

A Barber Lateral Motion 50-Ton freight car truck is now available in HO scale from Tahoe Model Works. The Barber Lateral Motion Device used steel rollers and a roller seat between the springs and

Esteemed colleagues: I offer the following, hoping for the indulgence of the prosecutor, judge (no jury) and jailer Mr. Brock. Abdill, in This Was Railroading, pg 186, has a photo of the Beaver Hill

Paul: LA Times owned Publishers Paper Co. in Portland OR. This is where their newsprint came from by the trainload. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@...

Rob, If memory serves me correct, it is the Herald Examiner plant. I can check tonight as I have an SP "Spins List" booklet for that area at home from the 80s. Greg Martin

My newspaper, The Hartford Courant, gets paper via the old CV and sometimes at our siding on Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield line. Most of the paper comes via the old CV and is transloaded at

Tim, According to the NRHS website TRAX was first added in 4/54 by ART. http://www.nrhs.com/reporting_marks/aar_reporting_marks.htm Rich Orr

Joel, Marty remarked on the Central Vermont's newsprint operation. For several years I have been reading the Boston & Maine list, too (BM_RR). If you search the archives there, can't imagine you

I have just posted a copy of the brake arrangement drawing for the 50-ton, twin AAR Standard hopper car in the photo section. Unfortunately, I didn't copy the 70-ton version, but it should follow the

C. 1952   Was much newsprint produced in the US? Or had it's production moved to Canada? Paul Catapano [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

All of the photos I have show it running down the right side of the car. (The right side of the car is on the right when you're looking at the "B" end of the car.) Bob Karig

Rob: The LA Times had/has many plants in the greater LA Basin. Each used for a different purpose. The main paper with the news was only printed at the main downtown plant where all of the

Greg: Bondmen's trailers were all flat bed with steel decks. All rolls were loaded eye to the sky and bilge (eye to the side). No tie down was used; the trailers had a set of 2" pipes that set

Joel, Published statistics show that in 1950 Canadian railways originated a total of 3,599,329 tons of newsprint. A majority of this would have been exported to U.S. customers in 40' boxcars of CNR,

Tim: The forklift had its own transport and did not follow each load to the plant; it stayed at the unloading dock until all cars were unloaded. This forklift had pneumatic tires not the hard

Tony: You are correct. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Anthony Thompson Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 12:08 AM To:

Greg: The cars used were in captive newsprint service and yes they did have very smooth and good floors. The Dock was just a normal concrete dock. Once the rolls were lifted in the car it went

Hi, John.   I have a question for you.  Gary Wright is putting a Seaboard Gondola out and I would like to do an article for the SAL, SCL modeler magazine. I am trying to hook up with him for

That must have been a sight to see... a truck backing up to a box car and the fork lift manuvering around with 5,000lb paper rolls through the 6' opening of a box car (in 1948)! At least they

Clark Propst wrote Yes Depends on the prototype. I have photos showing train air on either side of open hoppers. Your photo could be showing either the R side of the car or the L side, since it's a