Tony, For me personally, it is the quality of photos that is the kicker. POD's, unless on color paper, really doesn't hack it much of the time. Al

Guys, I appreciate your offer. It is not my call anymore. It needs the C&O or N&W HS folks to get re-interested in doing the layout all over again. Two of the three of us have moved on to other book p

We (three members of C&O and N&W Historical Society) had thrown together an approximate 64-page book on the C&O, N&W, and VGN 100-120-ton CLASS 6-wheel trucked gondola cars with Hundman Drawings on or

Jim, The B&O was a big spender . . . compared to the C&O. Open-hearth steel (with lower sulfur and phos) was initially more expensive than plain Bessemer processed steel (which eventually had cracking

Bob still does it that old fashioned way at 1/2" to the foot . . . . which is scanned and reduced digitally. Al Kresse

Those Murphy end cars with the Zero Rib panels, at least on the C&O, were usually rebuilt cars that originally had wooden sides and were rebuilt with steel side-assembly kits. The new cars were 9-10 i

We have the End General Arrangement Drawing in the C&O HS Archives. At least three article written on these cars in C&O History Mag plus covered in C&OHS's recently published C&O Freight Cars: 1937-19

Where were these light tanks made? Al Kresse

I believe they were shipped on the Hocking Valley Rr in box cars separated by straw. Al Kresse

Did they set up temporary trestles close to the construction site to unload the dry cement-mix between the tracks into conveyers to load local dump trucks to carry it to the mixer next to the pouring

C&O started earlier than that with their conversions adding roofs and modifying the bottom doors . . . then slope angles, etc. Al Kresse

Got an old e-mail address. Can somebody help me with his current one? Al Kresse, Michigan

Re-side-doored. Al Kresse

Great stuff! Lots of tank cars and caboose, passenger, baggage and mail car interiors. Where else have you seen car lavatories? Al Kresse

That railroad will need a rotary dumper and barge loading facility? Al Kresse

I could not get the link to work. Is that the quarry on the Burlington line west of Chicago? Al Kresse

Ashland Coal & Iron (later C&O) railroad had similar (but standard between the rails drop-doors) coke hopper cars -- hopper cars with rack extensions. These Southern cars had side-dump doors. They wou

Charcoal or Coke in 1909? Al Kresse

Actually, if built in 1937, then 1949 is a good start of shopping date. Al Kresse . . . doing this from memory on the road without an references

Curt, This is correct for the letter drawing change in 1948. That is an eight or nine year old car being shopped in Raceland . . . . possible. Their scheduled shopping was more like 1954. Al From: "cu