Fran Giacoma wrote: Based on what one sees in photos from that era, "overdue" cars are pretty rare. I would recommend against that. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tim O'Connor wrote: SP piggybacked onto a C&O order for riveted 50-foot double-door box cars with PS-1 ends and underframes. Each road got 200 cars. The cars were built to C&O specs (Class B-34) and S

Jim Dick wrote: I think it's vital to remember that major refrigerator car owners like PFE, ART, and FGE had their primary obligation to shippers of fresh produce. To the extent that any backhaul migh

Dave Nelson wrote: What era are you thinking of, Dave? In the era of this list, all the reefers WP owned were leased to PFE and entirely operated by PFE, meaning that the distribution of reefers to sh

Bill Jolitz wrote: Until the early 1950s, the "insulated boxcar of the day" was the ordinary reefer. Everything from pharmaceuticals to dry goods to canned goods moved routinely in reefers if weather

Marty McGuirk wrote: And of course "fouled up" is the euphemism. Anyone with any time in or around the military is very familiar with that other "F" word. An observer of the British army once said tha

Marty McGuirk wrote: Full agreement, Marty. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bill Pardie wrote: Bill, Microscale has a bunch of sets for various gasoline companies, and if you want smaller logos, use the N scale sets. Tony Thompson tony@...

Les Sittler wrote: Almost. The ORER says that RBL stands for "Refrigerator Bunkerless Loading devices." (Not all loaders had dividers.) Tony Thompson tony@...

Why is there a resistance to FUBAR as the origin? One can readily describe a lame model with the words behind that acronym (whichever word starting with "F" you prefer). It has always seemed to me tha

Nelson Moyer wrote: I once asked a former car clerk, whether those kinds of car-side restrictions or "return to" legends were observed. "Sure," he said, "when it was convenient." Tony Thompson tony@si

maynard stowe wrote: Yes, he was, and he was using "foobie" back in the 1980s, maybe before. Tony Thompson tony@...

Dave Nelson wrote: Richard said he learned it in the Navy, from FUBAR. I have never heard of the term applied to silicone body parts, and in fact would suspect that's a "false construction." Tony Thom

Elden Gatwood wrote: But many of the GA-E cars were leased to the railroads. Did not the lessor own that loader equipment? Tony Thompson tony@...

Jim Dick wrote: SP regularly issued "Equipment Instructions" to divisions, stating how various empties would be handled. I constructed a composite version suited to the era and locale of my layout. th

mel perry wrote: They merged with Olin in 1954 to become Olin Mathieson. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tom Madden wrote: And NX, of course, is one of the reporting marks of National Car Co., an FGE subsidiary. They leased cars to lots of people, obviously including Mathieson. Tony Thompson tony@signatu

Oh, I wish you hadn’t done this, Mont. I am so tired of the associated foolishness that the humor is long gone. Tony Thompson

Ken Montero wrote: Yes, I did that and it was pretty easy. Tony Thompson tony@...

Well said, Tim. I follow the same principles. Tony Thompson