There you have it guys (and gals?) - you can vote with your ballot or vote with your feet. Pat Wider

Sure. ACF, Ralston, Mount Vernon, General American, etc. USS wasn't picky about who built cars with their alloys. David Thompson

"PM 72000-72049 did have 7-foot openings, but from the outside they looked like regular double-door cars." I don't follow this part... an extra door to allow for just one additional foot of

Subtract these. They trace their lineage back to the old 1920s ARA design, as do their C&O, Erie, and NKP counterparts. PM 72000-72049 did have 7-foot openings, but from the outside they looked like

Kansas is in the good ol US of A. You should get a passport and go there some time and meet Dorothy. Big grin Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@... You can't have everything. Where would

Pat, All of the black packaged #58 couplers are the newer no gap version. Bulk packaging the #78 coupler may require more requests from the modelers, the more demands we receive the closer we

Sam, Thanks for the clarification concerning gaps and package colors! I guess black label and green label only apply to sour mash whiskey. Can you clarify one additional thing? If the #58 package

Add: SAL 10000-10199 with double doors and X29 style riveted ends and roof (like the SAL B-6 class box cars) KCS 25000-25049 with 6' Pullman single doors Pere Marquette 71000-71249 and 72125-72199

Hello Pat Wider, and others, I've been follow this thread, quite an interesting discussion. To clarify a couple of items: First, the color of the #58 coupler packaging was changed from pinkish

Hey! I just discovered an older pack of #78 couplers with "The Gap"!!!! And the package has the same color as the other!!! What the????????????????? Note that the #78 pack without "The Gap" cost

Andreas, My #78 couplers don't have "The Gap". Remember: Black Label #58 couplers: no Gap and Green Label #58 couplers have "The Gap". Just like Jack Daniels, "Black Label" is better. Pat

Bill, I haven't researched the geneology of these specific cars but they are 50', have double- doors, and an inside height of 10'-0": SOO 175000-175498 SOU 40000-40199 MEC 9000-9049 Pat Wider

Andy Sperandeo writes: It IS possible that the reproduction of the UP Dispatcher's Record of Train Movements DID have a similar row and it was not copied. Upon further review it looks like the

Ted, when you print up the calendar with show dates, make sure to put a note on the page 90 days prior to each show to remind us when to make reservations! I never plan that far in advance on my own.

Richard Actually, you wrote DCIX (message #46206) Tim

I was in the dispatchers office on the Santa Fe at Emporia Ks. He had a lot of papers around him . He only put information on his work sheet that was important to the movement of the trains.

Dave: Do you have the date for 2006? I'll put it in the calendar I am having printed. Regards, Ted Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT

Tim, DICX were the Merchants Despatch reporting marks for dry ice cars, as I mentioned in my previous post. They leased cars to a number of companies in the '40s and '50s. Richard Hendrickson

That wouldn't work on box cars... at least not PS-1s. Both sides left the factory with PS on them. Phil Buchwald wrote: Boat. to starboard side.

Mark, Was that a red or black rectangle herald on the door? More importantly, when did each color of herald get used? Thanks, Phil Buchwald