Should be 1937 AAR rebuilds. Can't blame that on SPELL Chucker. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Allan and all, The NKP 18000 AAR 47 rebuilds were programmed at Frankfort. IN Car Shop just before the merger with WAB and N&W. Not an NKP expert either. Just had to figure this out when building the

Should be one hell of a one day show. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Clark and all, Agreed. Cement just didn’t get shipped long distances so the cars that hauled it tended to stay close. Due to lots of cement dust it also became pretty obvious what service they were in

The MM cover shot was taken at CNW, Proviso, IL, I believe. There were a couple of Monon wood boxcars in the shot. This is all SLSF and a wonderful photo just the same. Mont Montford L. Switzer Presid

Tim, I don’t think it has much affect. Depending on the size of the drums, they fit nicely on a pallet, which was easier to handle. Four 55 gallon steel drums fit nicely onto a 48 inch pallet. There i

Clark and all, The Lehigh Portland Cement plant in Mitchell, IN was on the B&O. the Monon interchanged with the B&O at Mitchell and both railroads provided covered hoppers to the plant for bulk loadin

A few years ago I painted John Deere, Caterpillar and International Harvester HO scale models. Maybe the way I did it was cheating, but it worked. In all 3 cases I went to those respective equipment d

Clark, I had never heard of shipping cement in barrels. I know early cement loads shipped by truck consisted of bags stacked on flat bed trailers. I just figured rail shipments were bags stacked in bo

Bob, We might want to chat off list about C.I.L. 1471 that appears in the photo. mswitzer@.... Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing, LLC. mswitzer@s

I like to use tissue paper like what comes with a new shirt. I cut it to the dimensions of a tarp, typically 12 x 12. Lay it or them over the object and tack it in place with Elmer's. This will not lo

Tom and all, I have had a similar experience with MEK. My local hardware store (now gone) was nice enough to special order MEK for me, but I had to take a full case consisting of four 1 gallon cans. I

Well, the MONON did it differently, according to retired Monon engineer Ron Marquardt. Not wanting over dimensional loads to languish the MONON placed them on the head end of local freight trains. Ins

And if a coupler should become sticky there is always MEK or lacquer thinner. Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing, LLC. mswitzer@... (765) 836-2914

Piere, I have a set of Grandt Line reefer hinges no. 5168. Contact me off list if you still need them. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I’m aware that in the 1950’s and 1960’s the Nickel Plate rolled wood boxcars and cabooses off of their trucks and onto their sides where they were burned. They then salvaged the remaining metal and of

During the early 1990's I made regular visits to Altoona, PA on business. While there I observed a metal building being built in an industrial area. It was sort of like your typical steel building exc

Yes on the Monon decals. Contact me off line at mswitzer@.... Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

My apologies to the STMF group for the trucking stuff in this message. I didn't know that response was going to the entire group. Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leas

Bill Darnaby's explanation of the SP&S Alco RS and what the Monon called: 1. rider cars 2. head end cabooses Is spot on. The rider cars, a total of 8 were built on low side stone gon frames. These gon