Thanks David!

Garth, There is no good Pantone color for C&O Enchantment Blue . . . need DuPont code from Mr Rust. Al Kresse

Do we know what period/era 40 feet was considered a standard car length for measuring or describing side and yard tracks? That kind of implies 36-38-foot-long cars or a mix of longer box and gondola c

GREAT! Al Kresse

I am so sorry, he helped me many times with finding C&O stuff for many FC publication projects. RIP! Al Kresse

WW2! Al Kresse

It was Edwin Moses from NYC Rr that had the patent. Al Kresse

While cleaning out a shelf I found some builder's photo of a PM 50' 6" box car built by Ralston in 1946. It had 3/16th thick steel plates on the side-walls with key-hole perforations in them. Found a

The C&O had Gypsum Board bulkhead flats. They had special lockers to store the tarps, etc. to keep the boards dry. Al Kresse

David, Maybe they were concerned about the capabilities of used arc-bar trucks and wanted to limit their overloading capacities? Al

NEAT! Thanks, Al Kresse

Thanks Ian! I have a 1965 and 1967 C&O ORER. Are the codes explained in the full ORER books? Al Kresse . . . . new to this modern stuff (from when I was training to go to Vietnam actually)

I know this is stretching the era limits for the group, but when did the A.A.R. add A.A.R. Car Type Codes like A220, A400, B220, etc. to FC ORER's in addition to their mechanical designations XAP, etc

Thanks Mike! This applies to other groups also. Al Kresse

Is he still out there with Cessna Manufacturing? Al Kresse

So would I. Al Kresse

Guy, Your eyes are better than mine! I may need you to read some pool cards on box cars also. Thanx! Al Kresse

For looking at C&O and N&W photos it is not that unusual to find pictures of portions of the auto unloading docks with ramps next to the team track. Unfortunately, photographers focused on the adjacen

Merchandise Service +Less than Car Load Service of the 1950's?? Two tone paint job to advertise the service? Al Kresse

Do not assume anything. Ask a general question to C&O HS folks to get Bob's Hundman's intent. C&O HS rates ease of sharing railroad knowledge as their top priority. I would GUESS not-for-profits just