Peter I cost of the lease or the saving from bigger cars would be far more than the cost of repainting the logo. Labor hasn't always been expensive. There were probably many instances where the logo w

There is a good article in the "Central Headlight", Fourth Quarter 1998 about the Central's trains out of Norris City, Illinois to connections to the East Coast. The available steel ran out at Norris

A picture is worth a thousand words. Apparently this was the method used to move wheels around before the advent of the forklift. There must have been a steam powered crane to move them from the wheel

My ORER of Jan 1947 (TADX last revised Oct 1945) shows 8 cars as being active: 1002, 1006, 1010, 1012, 1019, 1021, 1031 and 1032. Leasing practices varied depending on the financial arrangements but I

Steve I have it and will fire up the scanner afet church this afternoon. Tom Birkett Bartlesville, OK From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Steve and Barb Hile Sent:

Ed I am and have been a customer of GATX for many years. About 5 years ago I started trying to gain access to their photo archives, which I assumed to be in Chicago and assumed to still exist. Through

I don't know for sure where this falls in place but my copy of All ABout Tank Cars 1921 published by Standard Tank Car has a drawing entitled "Figure 6 Markings. (Revised)" on Page 579, which reads. "

I found this photo of CONX 19 (incorrectly labeled as a Texaco car) in the Denvr Public Library collection: http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p15330coll22&CISOPTR=19898&C

Currently on eBay there are models of PSPX 9211 and 9213 (series 9001-9300 blt 1930) lettered in white. Until earlier today there was a PSPX 9311 (series 9301-9325 blt 1936) that is lettered in yellow

Apparently at one time, steam coils were thought to be necessary in services where we wouldn't even consider them today. The first pressure cars, Class V, purchased by Phillips Petroleum Co. (PSPX 100

I recall Santa Fe drawings were drawn from above the underframe. Topeka built them upside down and rolled them over wither in a turnover jig or with chains around the coupler shamks Tom

Copper bearing steel is known by trade names Cor-Ten (USS) and Marai (Bethlehem, named for a place in Africa where the iron ore is naturally mixed with copper). It was not the answer to corrosion that

The 2-1/4" tongue and groove yellow pine decking for flat cars, plain box cars and gons came to Topeka Shops in large bundles from saw mills in East Texas. No doubt since most of the gon and hopper wo

Were some of these in revenue service, or all in Company Material service? Tom Bartlesville, OK

My wife's grandfather was the Section Foreman at Harlowton, MT Yard on the Milwaukee from about 1908 until about 1960. My father-in-law worked summers and school holidays. Apparently considerable stoc

The 1921 "All About Tank Cars" from Standard Tank Car Co. shows an ARA stencilling diagram for an ARA Class III car with an "Inflammable Placard" on the side. If it were a Class V car about 20 years l

Would anyone by any chance have the index to Railway Age in 1946? If so please contact me off line Thanks Tom, Bartlesville --

Charlie I returned home today after getting into Kansas City on No. 4 and driving to Bartlesville. My "Standards" is newer than I thiught, 1975. But it had no lettering fints in it. Sorry Tom Subject:

I wonder if SIT, "Storage in Transit" was in place? If so the original bill-of -lading might be used. In this way a through rate would apply, from origin to destination even though there might be a st

Or way car (caboose) storage, no longer used for that or cleaning tracks that sometimes were pressed into other service Tom Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Mystery to me box car Schuyler Larrabee wrote: They