Very interesting Terry! Tobacco travelling to Hagersville (where is that?) in MC box cars? Where did it come from? And soda ash too? Isn't that a mining product, or was it produced chemically

This would be fine if Creco actually made the doors, but since they didn't it is more ambiguous than Pullman proprietary, IMHO. As far as terminology goes, I am in favor of someone scratching their

If the slides are remounted in plastic holders (rather than in the sliced and Scotch taped original cardboard mounts as some hobby magazines did many, many years ago), owners might be less concerned.

Tim, I am told that slides give better results. Again, I don't know. I'm not involved in that aspect of the publishing. That being said, I do know that I have used color slides larger than 35mm as

For those interested in seeing some complete freight train consists, I have added 11 trains from 1927 that operated on the Canada Southern / Michigan Central to my website. You can go directly to

Paul, I agree with you. Speaking only of Morning Sun, books a few years back were published without demounting the slides. I thought they were OK. The publisher told me a few days ago that they

Tom, I can tell you that there is more material out there to be discovered, color and black and white. And I can tell you how to find it! Publish a book on any railroad topic. Almost immediately

Armand, NP, SP&S, D&H, SAL, ACL, SOU, RUT, L&N all still had double sheathed boxcars in 1950. Many did have steel ends, and were indeed built with steel ends in the teens and twenties. A sizeable

They probably use a drum scanner or other device that wants the film directly up against the glass, to reduce distortion. (Although judging by the quality of several MS books this hasn't made that big

Clark, I am not sure John ever said a car with the early PS ends is a PS-0... When he first coined the term, he was referring to a very specific all-welded, radial-roofed PS design bought by a number

Ted writes: "Should I show you the ARA proceedings where substitution of "standard" (my term, not the industry's) components (ends, roofs, doors, et al) with those from car builders' were

With all the nice models of this car that are currently available,how many were still around in 1950?Most were rebuilt before that date.Which roads continued to have them on the roster in their

Clark Propst wrote: This information shows that John's viewpoint on history is much like his approach to architectural history, freight car design history, etc. It is difficult not to be

Does someone have pictures of the Rock Island B-2 box cars which were made in to the 200 cabooses? For the life of me I can not remember if a kit has been made in resin. Ross Dando

I had a email discussion with John Nehrich about some of the different names mainly attached to CGW cars and parts. His reasoning was you needed to call it something a persons mind's eye could

Not *all* b/w. There is, as an example, a Fruit Growers Express reefer, 57502 from that collection from that source, taken in Rock Island on 9/12/66 (obviously out of this era). And, yes, I have

Gene, Only slides? No 35mm or 120 negs? Is that Morning Sun policy? Tim

Gene, Why do they have to demount the slides? I use a Minolta Dimage scanner that loads 4-5 at a time in their mounts. I am just curious as to why they do this. It seems unnecessary. Paul Paul

In regard to color guides, well, a C&NW color guide would be invaluable. I have long wondered whether those who do such research have really uncovered all that is out there. I suppose that's an

I may have some and will look thru my collection. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni