Loading a reefer with mail was not unusual. Loading it in LA was. That's fruit and vegetable country and reefers had better uses. I have been told it was very common for reefers on the east coast to

I remember working in to PO during Christmas break when I was home from college. There were many unsealed Xmas cards and they frequently jammed in the canceling machine. The machine had counter

Andy Sperandeo wrote: Lest this be thought a WW II phenomenon, there is a photo of a PFE reefer being loaded with mail at LA in the 2nd edition of the PFE book, page 424. It's a Morris Abowitz

with Christmas mail at Los Angeles in 1945. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057025.jpg Here - http://users.snowcrest.net/photobob/sfr34.jpg - is the Santa Fe doing the same thing with freight reefers

I'm not sure how "plain" the plain boxcars are. Note the baggage car in line. If I'm not mistaken, this is one of the UP boxcars fitted for express service. If you look past the ERIE car, the next

Shawn Beckert refered a photo showing non-express boxcars being loaded with Christmas mail at Los Angeles in 1945. Here - http://users.snowcrest.net/photobob/sfr34.jpg - is the Santa Fe doing the same

Ben UP Historical Society "Streamliner", Volume 13, #2 p.14 there is a photo showing the end and roof of DT&I #18147 Tim O'Connor

to me the most specific time which is a bit modeled on (?) the brass Gerry- The corn was cut from a natural straw broom and, as you suspected, was not the etched variety. Here's the

Passenger trains operated with 110 pounds air pressure on the train line. That would have to be changed to 90 pounds for mixed train pressure. That would mean changing each car's air control valve.

Hi there, thanks for the replies re the above Do you know when the Western Railway of Alabama received their first PS-1 box cars? thanks again MATT

I wonder if passenger trains handling these cars on the rear got a speed restriction. Bill McCoy Jax, FL guide lines for the lettering!

View of the Southern Pacific railroad yard located off North Broadway, in Los Angeles. Downtown is seen in the background http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics25/00032338.jpg Dock scene, Los Angeles Harbor

A view from the air of a row of buildings in the middle of which is the Taylor Milling Co. In the lower left half of the picture are seen tracks and railroad cars. On the right hand side in the row

--- In STMFC@..., "Bruce Smith" <smithbf@a...> wrote: Hey, quite a night in Athens last night, eh? <war eagle!> Bruce, Football and other college sports and professional sports

--- In STMFC@..., "Bruce Smith" <smithbf@a...> wrote: Hey, quite a night in Athens last night, eh? <war eagle!> Bruce, Football and other college sports and professional sports

Bruce Luecke wrote: "The DT&I apparently leased 177 X29 cars from the PRR from the late 30's until the early 50's." Not quite right on the numbers - DT&I 18000-18149, 150 plain boxcars, and DT&I

Bruce, I've never seen a photo either, but Red Caboose, whe it first announced its N scale X29, listed DT&I as one of the roads to be offered. I've been waiting, and waiting, and waiting some

Right Walt, I remember it well. I should. I wrote it! SGL

In the reporting marks, the A has the heavy line on the right, and it looks more correct than the two A's in the slogan. On V or W the heavy line goes on the left. That's what I find on a Roman font

Hello all ; The DT&I apparently leased 177 X29 cars from the PRR from the late 30's until the early 50's. Has anyone seen a photo of one of these cars ? Fallen-flags web site and the Yahoo DT&I