Armand, one of the common loads for Canadian cars was newsprint, usually shipped in boxcars.

Not necessarily true, Tim. There are places in Southern California that do get snow on a regular basis. After all, one of the claims of SoCal is that you can go skiing and swimming on the same day. Bi

Anybody notice the dual flanges on the wheels under the ramp? Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA On Sunday, June 18, 2017 8:04 AM, "Charles Peck lnnrr152@... [STMFC]" Railroad ferries such as along

The circle keystone herald was used from approximately 1936 up to 1954. It was replaced by the shadow keystone which lasted until about the early 1960s. Sorry for the vagueness but I'm going from memo

Tony also gave the web address for the notes to his presentation. He also brought a display train highlighting the cars he discussed so the audience (and everybody else) could see the real cars instea

Interesting. This looks like the same early Van Dyke frameless tank car that subsequently was mounted on 3' narrow gauge trucks and used on the D&RGW Narrow gauge lines in Southwestern Colorado. Model

Accurail used to have a page on their website that listed the paints that they used. They give a mix for some of their colors on their website (under FAQ) but they discontinued the listing when they w

Actually, it appears that the M7 in question has just been fired. The soldiers covering their ears, and the slight cloud of smoke in front of the barrel tend to lend credence to my statement. Bill Dan

Not to miss the fact that the fermentation process gives off CO2 as a waste product. And while I'm at it, remember that all carbonated refreshments (adult and otherwise) contain dissolved CO2. I could

Jon, Either gas would work. CO2 has the advantage that it is more easily available and inexpensive. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

Reading the article referenced above I noticed that 70% of their output was exported. The rest was shipped out in barrels... Since there is no way for the mill to receive grain except by rail, and mos

Doug, this is a contact print from a single large format negative (most likely 8x10). The windows were only for light... a "pass through" loading arrangement would have been very inefficient. The shif

Bob, This is called a "Carmer uncoupling lever". It doesn't push... you push down on the lever and it lifts the pin. Since the coupler acts with a pin instead of a rotary mechanism, it would not have

I don't agree, Gary. When I magnified the image to full size, I was able to make out the stencil cuts, as well as see the grooves continue through the lettering. It's most likely that the car was rece

I think you're right, Rich. The leading number could well be a six. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

The end number looks like 89204, but the side number is 89203. WTF??? Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

It reads "Tack Cards Here". Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

Just a thought... has anybody bothered to check with Atlas as to whether this is "fake news"? Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

Not quite, Allen. By 1924, Phelps Dodge was tired of running a railroad, and approached SP to buy the EP&SW. SP wasn't interested, so they built the Tucson Extension to force SP's hand, and the deal w

Just as an aside to this, western railfan book publisher and historian, the late Donald Duke was also the grandson of the founder of Duke University... and while he could have gone to Duke under a ful