I'd put money down that flat #651498 was a Canadian National car -- these were 41' flats originally built for the Canadian Northern in 1918/19. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@...

I can't tell you the story behind them, but these cars are all classed LTA, which is a tank car converted to handle dry granular commodities (essentially a tank car converted to a covered hopper). I'd

Eric, both the July 1942 and October 1942 ORERs show UP 961134-961182, 4 cars, inside height 12'4". Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net

I'm not a BAR expert, but a look through ORERs of the period shows the 65000-65649 series cars being renumbered 5000-5649 between 1950 and 1955. I believe 65000-65499 were built by Magor in 1938, and

OK I've digitized two volumes (June 1936 and September 1955) so far, which can be found at lulu.com -- they're not searchable on the site, but can be found directly at: http://www.lulu.com/shop/ian-cr

This will depend on the ORER being referenced, as this extra material only appeared in certain eras. That being said, my July 1955 ORER has the aforementioned Bulletin 28, and this is followed by a li

I'm assuming for interchange, given that these cars were numbered PGER 3045-3099 & PGER 20500-24499 (PGER reporting marks were for international use), but these cars weren't acquired until 1974. Ian C

I'll narrow it down further. This line last appeared in the July 1960 ORER. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net

I think the reporting mark was more likely CASO (Canada Southern). Their 138000-138299 series were a series of steel boxcars rebuilt from older cars in 1937. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lam

Actually Tim, according to the 1955 Tank Car Capacities volume, 3 compartment tank cars are nearly three times as common as 2 compartment cars. The statistics are: 1.377 2 compartment cars 3.759 3 com

I've just been compiling fleet numbers from the 1955 Tank Car Capacities volume. Although this volume doesn't offer any information about colours, at that time there were about 185,000 tank cars in se

The domes on these cars were absolutely huge, at 746 gallons (which works out to about 7.3% on these 10100 gallon cars), and it does look as if a regular tank car end was applied instead of a regular

Actually, if you have a closer look you'll notice a hatch on the top of the tank body at the near end. It turns out that UTLX 81014 is a tank car that has had a second conversion, this time to an AAR

I don't know about a prohibition, but Canadian National decided in later years that they were not a fan of the design. There were notes on a few diagram sheets by the 1970s that National B-1 trucks we

If GTW had assigned such cars, it wasn't noted in the ORER. However, I suspect that all that would have been required was a car without auto loading racks, which doubtless would have gotten in the way

Add Canadian Pacific to that list -- I have both photos and general arrangement drawings of ones they constructed during the 1930s. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://fre

Wow, I'm surprised you can't think of more Tim! Definitely no arguments about the X-3, but I can think of a few others… and understand that I have a bias towards cars significant in Canadian service.

Before this thread is completely closed, I'll put on my hat as a director in the Canadian National Railway Historical Association (formerly the CN SIG) and offer a few thoughts about our experience. O

After sleuthing through ORERs, I believe DOWX 8370 became DOWX 38328 in late 1939 or early 1940. DOWX 8371 disappeared from the roster in late 1937 or early 1938, prior to the renumbering of the fleet

According to the 7/1937 ORER, DOWX 8370 was 8003 gallons, and DOWX 8371 was 8000 gallons. There's no mention of Dowell in the ORER listing. The "R-" prefix in front of the car number meant that the ca