Checking my reporting mark list, I do find an entry for UPCX back in the 1920s and 1930s (Universal Portland Cement Co., later part of Universal Atlas Cement Co.). Transposition error? FWIW, UCPX is r

I will second Steve's comments vis-a-vis Stafford Swain. I first met Stafford when I volunteered back in 1995 to help out with what was then the CN Lines SIG, now the CNRHA. My earliest contribution w

The kit for the cars with the double doors is equally useful as a CV or GTW car -- mainly because 500 of these cars were built for CV as 42000-42499 in 1929. In late 1935 or early 1936, 375 cars (4212

On 2014-02-16, at 9:45 PM, Richard Dermody wrote in response to a Brian Carlson question: More specifically, according to notes in the Official Railway Equipment Register, CV 43000, 43009, 43012, 4301

The Tank Car Capacities tariff was published periodically (Google has scanned a 1919 edition), and over the years I have been able to locate 4 issues: 1919, 1936, 1960 & 1970. They are a listing of th

You may well be right about the dome Richard -- I note that some other cars in the class show 327 gallon domes (a generous 2%), and my theory is that some of these cars got enlarged domes along the wa

I hate to disagree with Richard, but… The one car I can read the number clearly on was somewhat larger -- the 1970 Tank Car Capacities volume identifies GATX 30503 as being a 12484 gallon car, with a

Neat photo. There was an industry in Cornwall at one time (at least through the mid-1960s) by the name of Howard Smith Paper Mills. Since the car bears the CN system "D453" stencilling, I think we can

I'll further note that not all railways changed their listings immediately when the definition changed. For example, Canadian National was beginning a major freight car renumbering in 1965, and for so

Built by Canadian Car & Foundry in 1/1948, and other than the double doors � and the end doors, which were unique to this particular series of steel automobile cars on CNR � these cars were fairly sta

Wow, number 1 -- thanks Don! Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net http://siberians.nakina.net

My list of reporting marks at nakina.net is based upon the ones reported by the Official Railway Equipment Register, and private operators with equipment in captive service were not required to list t

Not available in Canada either. However, I was able to download a number of Official Railway Equipment Registers by utilizing a U.S.-based proxy server. Your mileage may vary here, and I discovered th

I don't know how generally true this is, but the 70-ton versions applied to CN gondolas in the late 1930s/early 1940s had oval openings in the sideframes, rather than the circular versions I've seen o

On 2011-10-14, at 2:38 AM, Doug Rhodes wrote in response to a Greg Kennelly posting: That was my first thought as well when I saw the photo, but I think I can dismiss it. Although UOKX did have high w

They were definitely somewhat challenged structurally, although their steel underframe did ensure a long service life -- I should note that they were actually listed with a 95000 lb. nominal capacity,

Although CN chose to use an ATSF flat for this particular purpose, they did in fact own a small number of 60' flats -- the CN 600300-600326 series were built by the Canada Car Co. for predecessor Gran

rest out.I can't help with the dimensions, but two issues of the Tank Car Capacities volume show the following: In 6/1936 UTLX 1252 is listed as a single-compartment car of 10079 gallons, with a 210 g

Actually, Tim raises some interesting points here, and so I dug into this a little bit further: A closer examination of the photo shows what look to my eye like AB brake components, which almost certa

No need to speculate as to owner, or car series: NIPX 6-8 were listed in the July 1932 ORER with a listing modification date of May 1931 (probably their first as neither the reporting mark or the owne