Frank (from my web page on the Imperial Oil fleet) -- "In 10/1953 nearly all cars were transferred to Products Tank Line of Canada and were renumbered to UTLX reporting marks, but the BMMX mark was re

Brian, I offered a review of these cars in the pages of CN LINES a couple of issues back -- the biggest single problem with them is that the side ladders have been placed too far from the ends of the

Dave, on the CPR you'll be looking for cars 289640-289999, which were constructed from 1936-1942, on CNR you need 209500-209799, built from 1939-1943. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada www.nakina

Likely built by Canadian Car & Foundry, although some earlier tank cars were constructed by CP at their Angus shops. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina

I think Don is confusing two different groups of CN covered hoppers. The 1948-built cars were a smaller two-bay 2000 cu. ft. design -- most were converted to open-top ballast hoppers in 1982, with the

There's a page on the site which notes that he was born c. 1884 and died in 1976, and seemingly kept photographing into the 1970s. I went ahead and ordered a number of photographs from the Frost colle

Hi Tony: Deal -- I can offer a US address for shipping as follows: Ian Cranstone c/o Jeff Trew Box 971 Ogdensburg, NY 13669 I am assuming that shipping will be above and beyond the $20. Cheers, Ian Cr

CN had a large fleet of Enterprise GS gondolas in both 36' and 40' versions, and the Ulrich car is about the best currently available to model the 40' cars. Black is an accurate colour for CN gondolas

James, GT 16205 is a Pullman product built in July 1907 as part of the 15250-16499 series of 36' boxcars. Following the amalgamation of the Grand Trunk into the Canadian National system in 1923, this

Nor does it appear in my far more extensive listing at www.nakina.net Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net http://siberians.nakina.net

I have all four issues from that year -- what's your question? Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net

50'6" steel mill gondola built by General American in 3/1954. It looks very close to my recollection of the Con-Cor gondola. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcar

The CNR 61' cars were definitely around, having been constructed by the Canada Car Company in 1906 for the Grand Trunk Railway -- whether they were suitable (or available) for this particular lading,

There was an article by Brian Pate in Canadian Railway Modeller some years back on how he modelled one of these cars. CN raised the roof on these cars in late 1946 according to ORER entries. Ian Crans

The answer to the first question is yes, with some exceptions. For some reason some series acquired a few extra cars during the renumbering program that are not referred to in the renumbering guides,

It did. When the Canadian Northern system (including the DW&P) was amalgamated with others to form the Canadian National Railways in 1918, the new system moved to rationalize the numbering systems of

CN LINES ran an article a while back on Point Ellice which contained a number of photos of ships. As part of the preparation of that article, I discovered that there are extensive internet resources o

Sorry Jerry, it doesn't make any difference whether I navigate to this page from the base URL or directly from the subURL you have given. I just can't get any further at this point with either Safari

Larry, these are single sheathed cars, built by Pressed Steel Car as part of a 1000 car lot (583702-584701) from 7-10/29. Many of them ended up as fodder for steel side rebuilds post-war, but under di