Don Valentine wrote: Actually the Storzek resin kit was of an earlier 40' boxcar, built for Canadian Government Railways in 1916-17 (and passed to CNR upon their formation in late 1918). I don't have

Dick Murray asks: 1) what year were they converted and First listed in the October 1958 ORER, first listing with details and cars actually shown in January 1959. 2) were the steel covers similar to th

Larry Kline asks: I looked through ORERs and can say they appeared in late 1964 (not present 7/64, listed by 1/65), and left the NYSW roster in 1978 (last listed 7/78, not listed 10/78).

Bob Kutella asks: The definition varies a little over the years, but the classic definition for a TL is a tank car lined with a material other than glass. Primary purpose is to keep the lading (such a

Although my photos are now packed for an upcoming move, I have seen a number of these cars still working in northern Ontario for ONR company service. What I recall is something very similar to the Ath

I checked my October 1948, and by this date the RPX fleet was in the hands of Union Tank Car. Obviously they quickly relettered it, because by this date only 100 cars still were listed under RPX repor

numbered 428 taken about maybe an ex-Reading car built it came from? Series is 400-499, not listed in the 10/63 ORER, 100 cars listed in the 7/64 issue. They're noted as 40'6" cars, 10'6" IH, with 8'

Further to this discussion: Although I wasn't taking notes of this information, back in the early 1920s there was a monthly report in Canadian Railway & Marine World about the number of cars moved on

I haven't used them, but I believe these are probably a re-release of the old Dan Kirlin parts (originally released under the Canadian Model Railway Parts Guild name?). Some years ago, Clare Gilbert (

In this case I think CC&F just copied an American design, given that this was the first order ever for 65' cars in Canada (200 cars for CN in 1958, and two smaller groups of 50 cars for CP in 1957 & 1

Andy, try: http://www.nakina.net/aartype.html These lists aren't complete, but include most codes including the following definitions for SC: "SC" -- Stock Car. This car is for the transportation of s

I had a quick look through my listing of reporting marks, and the first reference to Wanda Petroleum doesn't occur until the January 1969 issue when they listed VPCX reporting marks (these had belonge

I don't have a copy of the book, so I'll have to go out on a limb here. I would guess that the number is more likely 389565 (although 388565 is also a possibility). If the former, it would probably be

This should actually read CP 269600-269999. If I recall correctly, these cars were sublettered for the International of Maine. Ian & Katherina Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@...

Triple offset. Offset. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@...

The 55525-56024 series were constructed by Canadian Car & Foundry from 12/57-1/58 (the other cars are from the 57525-58024 series, constructed by National Steel Car from 5-7/60 and the 58475-59174 ser

The MPLX reporting mark belonged to the Mexican Petroleum Corp. from sometime prior to July 1923 through the October 1954 issues of the Official Railway Equipment Register. It was acquired by the Amer

Actually these three cars are from different series: 477350-477949 were built by Canadian Car & Foundry in 5-6/39 (477636 was built in June

I'll second Richard's comment about SOVX reporting marks not being found, as I've probably looked through even more ORERs than Richard has on this topic (see: www.nakina.net/report.html for the list).

As I recall the Canadian Northern and Canadian Pacific prior to 1913 did the same thing (even number for roofed cars, odd numbers for open cars). My theory is that it was a simple check digit -- if yo