Claus, For your Feb. 2005 Mainline Modeler, you might want to contact Railroad Treasures / Stevens Railroad History in Talbot, Tennesee, at 1-877-694-8366. They have many RR magazine back issues for s

Frank Valoczy asked whether SLSF, C&O or WM used freight car classification systems. I can't speak about the SLSF or WM, but according to Carl Shaver's book "Freight Car Equiptment of the C&O Rwy. Aug

Don - Sheetrock was pretty common on new built houses in the late 1940's back on Long Island, NY were I grew up. US Gypsum has a history timeline on their website at: http://www.usg.com/about/history.