I got a yard log for Martinsburg, MO 1958, (Wabash) Digging thru the archives I see a fair amount of fertilizer came from Florida. Any one have an idea as to what make of LO (I assume) these are? I'm

Al, Thank you very much. Correction on SAL 7040, should of been 7940 ( 7600-7999, P-S '52-53.) With fewer covered hoppers in 1950, would this traffic have been shipped, bagged in box cars? -- Allen Ru

I can answer question #2, about Barringer Collection. Two of the people I've talked to have been quite helpful, the third person leaves a lot to be desired. They are strict about what can be taken int

http://2-8-2.com/rr_sp&s_notes.html SP&S 13000 series had Gypsum running boards, per ed austin's SP&S freight car book. Allen Rueter

I thought I would add my 2 cents, from some Copeland reports, In 1947 the Wabash averaged almost 60 loads a day from the ATSF, and 106 a day from the UP at Kansas City. Wabash averaged 30/day to the E

Rich, hard to say, the rest could of gone to lower volume interchanges or terminated on the Wabash. I wonder if refers were ferried across at Detroit-Windsor? -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO

Having worked in cold rolled finishing for a summer at Gary Works, I had the pain in the @$$ job of cutting out the "out of gauge" inside wraps of coils, it was about 18", this could vary from mill to

There's a photo from the Ed Austin collection on the back cover of TNOR 2004-4 http://www.spshs.org/tnory.html Allen Rueter

Tim, Yes challenger did these, I have found them at swapmeets under $100! at least two versions. Allen Rueter

I would think you would then have to include the Wabash, since it was in the law suit ... -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO --- Mr. Ostresh, .... In 1886, in a case referred to as "the Wabash case", the Cour

My .02, How about defining Granger's by tons of grain originated or tons of grain originated / total tons originated? (who's got the annual reports? or STCC stats) -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO _________

Would bagg-mail cars get used in Catalog/magazine service? Allen Rueter St. Louis MO

Blair, Stan doesn't have internet, kind of like Martin. Stan does answer the phone & smail. -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO

The Wabash between Detroit and Buffalo, and CASO come to mind Allen Rueter

Jason, find someone who did the NP/SP&S version, and buy the CB&Q left over! -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO

I thought I would make Ted's Essential Freight Car article list a little easier to fine, It's in the files section now. Allen Rueter

Rich, sounds great, I'll axe mine, just don't put it out in office 2007, I could buy a lot of more useful things for the money they want. -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO www.openoffice.org will open excel

Robert, The question should be what applies more pressure to the door, a cubic yard/meter of wheat or coal. I think you will find coal is generally denser. Allen Rueter I was aware of the doors to the

Jim, Depends on what railroads you're looking for, call and ask 1st. They are hardly complete at Northwestern, access was easy, bring some change for the copy machine, they let me do it my self. The h

John, if you don't get any bites by StL RPM, bring it and I'll buy it. -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO