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John, Thanks!!!, some plastic rods and glue and I should have a bunch of them to sit around on a dock. Michael Bishop

Thanks to all for the greet info on the potato shipping. Does anyone have or know where I can find a picture of one of the heaters that the Santa Fe might of used. Michael Bishop

In the 1950's how were potatos shipped on the ATSF? I have seen lots of photos which shows the potato house near the stations in Missouri and Ill, but none with a freight car next to it. I know that N

Try this one. http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Locomotives+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLocomotives%2Bsource:life%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN&imgurl=499ba83230c2fb3c Michael

In the 1940'/50's, how much time was needed to load a boxcar with grain at a grain elevator? I am trying to help a friend with his layout operations, as to how much time to be given to each car before

In my junk box I found a couple old Atlas woodside box cars, by today standards are not that great of a car. I want to painted to look like they a dried out unpainted cars that are sitting on the grou

Great site, with a lot of 1930's pics. This one shows a (Missouri Pacific) auto car with end doors being loaded with aircraft in a crate. Looks like at least a pinched finger job. http://www.wichitaph

What year did D&RGW start to use the white boxcar for thier Cookie Box Boxcars. Michael Bishop

During the Prohibtion in the United States�on the Federal level�from January 29, 1920 to March 22, 1933 ( this allowed 3.2 beer and some wines) then December 5, 1933�when the�The Eighteenth Amendment

Total BS rumor, I just talked to Micro Scale today, the have a new catalog in color coming out soon and our doing well and fine. Michael Bishop

Propane or LP was shipped by rail starting in the in 30's. By 1945 sales of Propane had reached 1 billion gallons. If rural Kansas was using by then I do not know. Michael Jared Harper <harper-brown@j

The Swift and Company still had ads into the mid fifties for the Brookfield Dairy Butter. The ads were in major national magazines so it is possible that the items could have been in many areas of the

I was looking at some photos taken in the late 50's which showed a worker sealing a closed boxcar door with tape. What would of been shipped that needed the door sealed with tape? Michael

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I have several MicroTrains 2 bay hoppers lettered for the ATSF. They have the Santa Fe black and white hearld on them. Did the ATSF use the hearld on their hoppers at one time? Or is this another case

The following link shows a Santa Fe freight trains titled Pipe Train, was this a common shipment and was this from the Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana? One ABBA set of F7s and two sets of ABBA FTs, this

After WWII the Santa Fe had a boxcar made with Plexiglas sides. The car was used to show how rough handling of the car affected the load. How long did this car last and was it ever rebuilt with steel

Jared, Sears used to sell a combo water trap/pressure regulator. The PSI gauge show the amount of air pressure in the tank or being delivered from the compressor. The regulator allows you to add just