Corey Bonsall wrote: Doggonit, Corey! Now I have no excuse not to have accurate UCR cars!! But great choice, and I will look forward to seeing one of these. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hello everyone, I've just completed a batch of Utah Coal Route GS gondola kits in HO scale, and listed them on Ebay. There are two options for grab irons: solid "cast" type, and wire grab drill

Attached is a PDF of Dining Recommendations in and around Cocoa Beach. Please email me at fgexbill(at)tampabay.rr.com if you have any corrections or new recommendations. This list can be found on the

Note that the camping trailer appears to be without wheels and with a significant amount of piping underneath. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Thanks! That seller has several very nice images. I agree about the prices, though. The only double digit pictures I've bought were from Bob's Photo, but I've cut back on that quite a lot! -- *Tim

Dennis is exactly right as to ARR ORER data. ARR kept it’s own roster info but all goods came by ship the old fashioned way. All the locomotives too had to be by ship as well. It was considered

Questions For The Group: Ladders & Grab Irons Was there a point in time at which full-length ladders became mandatory for rolling stock in interchange service, thereby replacing individual grab irons

Tim, IC 2700-27499 were built at the IC car shops in Centralia IL in 1951 and you are correct they were built with 6 foot doors. I hadn't seen that photo and I thought you were

A possible source for some freight car loads http://steelmillmodelerssupply.com/ Tim O' -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

I didn't know that! So every Alaskan freight car on delivery had to be loaded onto a cargo ship! Including this one in Los Angeles in 1958. :-) --

Jeff I'd love to see a photo of the IC 34990- series cars. However, the IC 27184 most definitely does NOT have an auxiliary door. Since there are over 400 cars

That's likely because the ARR didn't interchange with anyone, so no one in the 'lower 48' had any need for information on their car fleet. That changed in 1963 with the introduction of the Hydro Train

Tim. IC 34990 -34999 were originally automobile cars with 10 foot doors. They had Hutchins all steel roofs and Murphy ends. They had the Aux door closed and 50 ton trucks applied in

There's an excellent shot of ARR 12889 in the Vancouver online collection. Built by THRALL. I don't think many 50 ton 53'6" flat cars were still being built at this late date.

Photo: Alaska RR Flat Car 12812 With Load Photo from the Sherman Stebbins Collection: https://www.alaskarails.org/historical2/Stebbins/Flatbed-cargo.jpg Caption: "Fish-belly flat ARR 12812 most

Photo: CCC&St.L Boxcar S59397 Circa 1925 photo from the Erie Lackawanna Railfan website: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-05-19/X4117.jpg This car was built in

yep, but that traffic manager, better have a good back up story :-) mel perry

Perhaps all the way to Council Bluffs... but routings were under the strict control of the SHIPPERS, not the railroads, when the tariffs offered alternative routes. A few

Of much greater interest to me is this IC 50 foot box car has a 6 foot door! :-) Tim O' -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I know there are some dealers here and wondering if any of you have FOR SALE the Penn Salt tank car done by Broadway Limited #6123. This IS NOT the Blue & Yellow version. You can email me offline at