Another item for the coal-in-boxcars discussion: Prior to WWII, the Truax-Traer Coal Company and others operated several open-pit lignite mines in Northwest North Dakota, some of them shipping up to 1

Less than 24 hours after posting a question to the LCL group about how a horse purchased in a distant city would be moved by rail, I came across two factoids that may provide a clue. One is the exista

Go to http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsaallquery.html and search for "grain sampler entering" to see one of the LOC photos.

Were all the remaining PRR R7 regrigerator cars transfered to F.G.E.X. by 1938? Where can I find appropriate decals? Tom Gloger

--- "Bruce F. Smith" <smithbf@...> wrote: The 1917 rules allowed for threaded rods through the floor of the car. See http://prr.railfan.net/documents/LoadingRules-1917.pdf (long!) for more

--- Jon Miller <atsf@...> wrote: You (and Ben Hom) are correct, I forgot to mention that. Could cars only used on one railroad get by in Billboard paint past the deadline? ===== - Tom Gloger e-ma

First, Guy Wilber <guycwilber@...> wrote: --- Then, ian clasper <ian@...> wrote: My understanding is it was relaxed in 1948, but I think I got that date from Burlington Bulletin #28, wh

In the movie "Emperor of the North," there was a scene involving a stock car with one or more reefer-like roof hatchs. Is that what we're talking about here? If you can stand the brutal violence and t

I am a part-time modeler on a limited budget, attempting to model a time I've never seen. The only way I can avoid buying a car I will later discover is wrong, is to only buy cars I can prove are righ

--- Don Winter <guaruba@...> wrote: It seems to me there's a lack of 40' trussrod boxcars. I'll let others suggest which would be most worthy. ===== - Tom Gloger e-mail: mailto:tomgloger@yahoo.

--- Lawrence Jackman <ljack70117@...> wrote: A lumbering or even a pruning saw will have alternate teeth facing opposite directions, so it can saw on both strokes. See? - Tom Gloger _________

--- Bill Welch <bwelch@...> wrote: sulphur (not sulfur) hooker (you'll be surprised) Sometimes the captions don't mention what to us are the most important thing, because they were written to exp

--- Ted Larson <mhrreast@...> wrote: In 1938: I show over 10,000 tons of agricultural lime annually coming from the Filer Fibre[sic] Plant in Filer City, MI. (C&O) They made newsprint, and lime

--- Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> wrote: Other than the odd color of the trucks & underframe, my only concern with the Ertl flat cars I bought is that they weigh less than one ounce each. But at

--- Dave Nelson <muskoka@...> wrote: Data point: ca. 1940, Gregory-Robinson-Speas in Rogers, Arkansas shipped 3,000,000 gallons annually in wooden tank cars to the South and Southwest. ca. 1965,

--- Jack Wyatt <cjwyatt@...> wrote: I just got confirmation from Accurail that the wheels are not included with the bulk purchases. They sell bulk wheelsets separately. ===== - Tom Gloger e-

Thanks for posting this, Tim, I've wondered where to find this kind of information. I have a few questions, though. Was Accurail intentionally omitted from the Andrews list? Is this the Delrin ones in

--- tim gilbert <tgilbert@...> wrote: Teletype(tm) printers had punctuation, even the 5-level code ones. I'm not sure what the telegraph companies used to make the tapes. But to be prototypica

Justin Kahn wrote: --- thompson@... wrote: I worked for Teletype Corporation from 1966 until it was absorbed by AT&T. The code in question was probably 5 bit Baudot. I don't recall a 6-

First I wrote Then Earl Tuson <etuson@...> wrote: I went back to the site I looked at, http://www.shaysnet.com/~rainbow/Modelb.html and it appears we're both right. The third picture down looks