I believe that we saw these frequently being loaded with hay at Yates Center, Kansas. Tom Birkett, Bartlesville, OK Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 10:44 AM To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Subje

Yes, that meant "geared" I think. Tom Birkett, Bartlesville, OK. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

The trucks had no brake hangers so we simpler of design and easier to maintain. Tom Birkett, Bart6, OK Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

The PSPX 17001 series cars were built in 1955 and many were still in service when I started managing that fleet in the mid 1980s. I need to check some other information but I am pretty sure that LPG c

The Santa Fe and MILW used sand for "bedding." Tom Birkett, Bartlesville, OK Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

The one on display in Pawhuska, OK had an unpainted interior. The interior edges of the slats are rounded over with what appears to have been a router or shaper. Tom Birkett. Bartlesville, OK Sent via

I think they owned the Colorado Midland for awhile Tom Birkett, Bartlesville, ok Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 7:55 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Clear Resin Castings Chuck, I tho

Union Tank was part of the Standard Oil trust and became stand along company after the break up in 1911.. As an aside, Phillips Petroleum never leased a UTLX car from the start of rail operations in 1

Yes stenciling reporting marks on underframes was a standard going back at least to 1921. Two reasons for this: in case of a derailment when the tank and underframe can get separated and the fact that

Where, when and car size would be helpful in assisting you. Tom Birkett Bartlesville, OK Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 3:57 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Certain GATX tank Leasee

If indeed this was an ARA Class 2 car as it is stenciled on the A end it would have been built between 1903 and May of 1917. The light weigh date of 1948 indicates it is not ready for retirement and i

Colin I have All About Tank Cars published by Standard in 1921. It has a fold out of a car with probably enough underframe information to get you where you need to be including the KC brake equipment.

It indicates 5-1/2 x 10 inch bearings, not tank capacity. They could have had the 5-1/2 x 10s in stock from some scrapped cars, or the density of the product might be more 80,000 lb. capacity would in

I went through my 1925 “Tank Car Manual” and they are okay then but if the head shows “distress” it tells how to reinforce. Maybe my 1934 Tank Car Manual will shed more light when I get a chance to re

LPGs can be a refining byproduct but as long as America has produced natural gas there have been LPGs produced (and natural gas flared, even to this day) , or actually separated in what in the industr

The AB-1-B was a standard AB valve with a filler piece about 1” thick between the pipe bracket and the service valve portion. There was a ½” line that ran from the filler piece to the train signal lin

Remember that the tanks did last forever even when the underframes started to be subject to “expiration dates.” I had a boss on the Santa Fe who worked for Mobil at their tank car shop in Kansas City.

The Santa Fe iced dining cars on the platform in Oklahoma City until the Lone Star aka the Texas Chief died. The ice house was about 10-12 feet square that made what I was told were 300 lb blocks of i

Bill Cast your own herd! Tom Birkett -Bartlesville Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 8:48 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] InterMountain AT&SF stockcar weight Hello Group, I am presentl

Locally we bought a caboose from a retired Santa Fe locomotive engineer in Chanute, KS. As we worked through the deal he talked about leaving (from Chanute) on the Pawhuska Local with a huge block of