I did as some of you suggested and scanned the archives for information on what goes to paper mills. Here's a summary. Tell me if I've got anythiong wrong here. Our mill is taking in pulp and making q

As far as which roads handle the traffic in and out of the paper company, that's something Tim and I can discuss with our club. But Tim does stimulate a few thoughts that are pertinent to this list. P

First, my apology to the group for a big misstatement that should have been obvious to me and was based on a calculation error. 3700 cubic feet of paper at 60# / cu.ft. is 111 tons. If you had rolls o

I know this is out of era, but it relates to Don Worthy's comments about clay shipment. I thought some might be interested to know that in New England today there is exactly one railroad customer with

I think we've covered the box car side pretty well. But what about tank cars. I'm supposing there are some used in the pulp to paper process that would arrive in tank cars. What is known about that ?

Thanks Don and Russ for the input. From their density information and other stuff that I've found, it looks like 50 tons of paper would reuquire a box car of about 5555 cubic feet - much more than any

That is what I had in mind. Although the weight is 1:1 plus a small fraction, wouldn't the cube of the finished product be less. I had the impression that woodpulp might be less dense than the paper.

I have a question about the use of box cars in the paper inducstry. The Chesapeake System has a large paper mill that receives pulp and ships paper in box cars. What is the ratio of inbound to outboun

In regard to missing paint, one thing that was always essential if a car was to be used in interchange service was that the car initial and number be legible from where a yard clerk was stationed to r

There were no cars from New York for the Gull. I'm familiar with B&M and MEC equipment listings for 1930 through 1958. I'll give details if the topic appears on anappropriate list - like passenger-ops

Re SGL's rant about North and South station. This whole conversation is off topic and should be on the passenger-ops list. But that rant needs some response, so I'll be much briefer than it deserves.

Following up on the QRL&P thing, a PCC car on a flat would be reasonable special move even in the 50's. I have a photo of a Dallas car being delivered to the MBTA facility in Everett that I took in 19

Thanks to all who provided input on my question about keeping the Texaco silver painted cars. In a large club that is trying to look like 1955, maintaining authenticity can be troublesome and this lis

If I get the drift of this thread correctly, we should repaint the six or so silver Texaco cars on our 50's era club layout. Is that right ? Schuyler ? Malcolm Laughlin, Editor 617-489-4383 New Englan

timboconnor@ comcast.net writes: There is no XF type listing in the 1953 or 1972 ORER's. I think the large "XF" stencil used by Santa Fe and a few other roads was more in the way of "advertising" and

It's worth noting that the Santa Fe's "Fe" classification (as in "Fe-P") stood for "furniture and automobile" cars. Automobiles seem to have become the more important business category of the two, con

These were cars used between a warehouse and the freight house to move LCL traffic. The CNW cars were used in the Chicago area. (Think Sears) The C&NWHS did mention these cars, b ut I do not remember

Were the bananas ever handled in express reefers on passenger trains, the way many fresh fruit crops were? Tim O'Connor ========== I've never heard of that, and it seems unlikely due to the nature of

So... what is the best color to represent unripe bananas being unloaded from refrigerator cars? And should the bananas be weathered? =========== No weathering but some yellow with black stripes as the

The coal mining area where Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma come together was also served by the KSC. So wouldn't KCS hoppers also be seen in the LA basin ? Malcolm Laughlin, Editor 617-489-4383 New En