Many private owner companies were not listed in the early ORER's and often they were listed for only a year or two, but continued to be in business much longer. Tank cars seem to be the ones that are

Al, Would that be to all the flat pieces on the inside of a house car - like to the back side of the sides, ends, floor and roof pieces? What size? 0.040 or 0.060? Thanks, Cyril Durrenberger

Stock car. Cyril Durrenberger

I have been there several times. Lots of good stuff on freight cars and the NP and GN in general. Be sure to check their hours and plan to be there the whole day. Cyril Durrenberger

The Moore patent refrigerator cars had a heater installed under the car. An example is the model of the vegetable car offered by LaBelle. The ice bunkers were in the center of the car. This type of ca

The car type was not in the reports. I added that for my own use. Many years only the tonnage was included. Starting in 1920 the reports included the tonnage and the number of cars. Cyril Durrenberger

These national statistics are good, but they do not provide a good picture of what happened on individual railroads. A good way to determine the numbers of car loads shipped on an individual railroad

Poulty cars were built as early as 1900. There are records of their use prior to 1920 on what became the T&NO. Cyril Durrenberger

The T&NO box car again. Looking at the first digit, it can only be a 3 to fit into the T&NO numbering system in 1948. There were no numbers 57xxx, and these were in a number series of steel box cars.

Milwaukee I think. Cyril Durrenberger

Actually during the early years of oil burning, many oil fired engines did burn crude oil. The bunker C (aka residual or #6 fuel oil) usually has to be heated for it to flow. Cyril Durrenberger

I looked at the photo of SA&AP 10040, the Hart car shown on page 34 of SP Cars Vol 1. It had 6 side doors, but the model has 7 side doors. Cyril Durrenberger

Does anyone know what railroads used this particular car? Is there a prototype photo that could be posted? thanks, Cyril Durrenberger

Do you know if the salt was shipped in bulk or in sacks? Cyril Durrenberger

Interesting. Do you recall what railroads owned the stock cars used for these movements? Does anyone know when this sort of live stock moves were started? Cyril Durrenberger

That is usually called a concrete batch plant. Where they mix the cement and fly ash with sand and gravel, sometimes other things and water to make concrete which is then sent to the construction site

Mike, In Texas we burn a lot of Powder River Basin coal to generate power. It is my understanding that the largest part of the cost is transportation, but I do not have any hard figures at hand. The m

Also one needs some sort of fuel to make the clinker. Coal is often used, but some places, especially in Texas have used natural gas. Recently some cement plants have used some hazardous (not toxic) w

There is a photo of a Canadian stock car in the 1920's in Yoakum, Texas on the SA&AP. Cyril Durrenberger

Southern Cotton Oil actually purchased most of their cars new, but in small lots. They had cars listed as being in service from before 1900. See the July 1998 issue of Mainline Modeler for some photos