John golden replies: "Hey Brian, All, Has anyone investigated if the ends from a Branchline 40-ft. box car kit or other mfr's kit can be used on this car? It would be a lot of effort but would

Brian writes: "I'm working on this car from the Cocoa Beach clinic and I want to graft the correct ends on the car. The drawing shows IDE 3/4 with rectangular top rib, and the darts between the

Pat can you describe the cars?

Jim, If you can find a copy of "Guide To Gasoline Company Logos", I'd highly recommend getting it for your

Jim and Lisa Hayes wrote: I replied: Another source of what company retailed petroleum products in the Northwest in the late 1950's would be the Moody's Industrial Manuals. This, however, would

At 03:17 PM 1/25/06, you wrote:The ones you would see might not be owned I think you will also find that the chemist was the magic man at a lot of refineries. My Dad sailed in the 30's and the

Jared Harper wrote: Which proves the two adages. One, the more you learn, the more you realize that you don't know; and two, the only use of knowledge is to ask better questions. Tim Gilbert

Jim and Lisa Hayes wrote: A concise history of whatever happened to Standard Oil after the break up of the Trust in 1911 and their marketing territories is at http://www.us-highways.com/sohist.htm .

Jim Hayes asked: Jim, You don't mention what railroad you model. This will make a little bit of difference as to which gas and oil companies you want to have represented, retailers as well as

Bruce Smith wrote: Bruce (& Jared), What you Bruce is suggesting is a "generic" tank car. Because of tank cars being leased often for the long term, I don't think there was such a thing even during

Which tank cars are correct for the late '50s in the Northwest? No, I'm not looking for specific advice. I didn't live in the Northwest in the 1950s so I can't reach back into my own memories. Most of

I'm currently preparing an article on the General American Trans-Flo (flour) covered hopper cars that were in the GACX 41000-41099 series (circa 1950s). These cars were predecessors to GATC's Airslide

It *should* assuming that the data was saved and/or recorded. The person to contact is David Pfeiffer at the National Archives in College Park. You should be able to speak with him just by calling.

Jared Harper wrote: Jared is referring to his specific project, but this is a very general warning we should all heed: if there is someone you think might be worthwhile to interview, DON'T put

Any printed sources you can refer me to? Much of this info. as specifically related to the Alma branch, was probably available to me ten years ago. I interviewed a dozen people who worked the Alma

Archives. what have too focused Ted, Will this give me the kind of information that Bruce Smith was giving me, but in more detail? If it will who at the National Archives will I need to contact, and

Jared, Well, my bias is for WWII <G>. I think we've touched on tank car issues before. That is that you would have decreased delivery due to the shortage of tank cars. The ones you would see

Charlie, You have it correct. The C&NW called 'em "trap cars." Gene Green ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ captive of Chicago (primarily the to the which tends

Does anyone know for what period the C&NW used this "X" car marking? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Thanks for the photo, Pat. I was hoping to gather information to build or kitbash a model of the GATX stock cars so I could have some on my model RR. In the absence of plans, could I draw an