James Mischke wrote: "The lawsuit shows conflict and acrimony amongst famous names in our freight car domain. This probably means Messers Murphy and Tatum may not have been drinking buddies nor on spe

Scott wrote: "I meant to ask Gene: Can you describe what you mean by "Plate A"? I've never heard brake equipment mentioned in Plate designations before." Master Car Builders Association Safety Applian

Rob Wrote: "What was Frank’s rationale for preferring that term Bill?" Frank's rationale for the term would be the fact that "latitudinal" is the choice of nomenclature on every official MCBA, ARA and

Bob wrote: "So, was this a failure to comply with the rules, maybe due to wartime expediency? Or perhaps the cars were completely empty and contained no hazardous fumes? Maybe the cargo was non-hazard

Dave wrote: "Anyone know of any regulatory action, or of any reliability, maintenance, and/or cost factor that affected the service life of this distinctive truck, or National's revised Type B-1 versi

Eric, You kindly supplied the 925 1932 X29 built dates and builders information a few years back...I am unable to locate the file and am wondering if you could resend the information at your convenien

Ben wrote: "PRR built at least one X29 with AB brakes in 1930. The builder's photo of the car shows it with an "EXPERIMENTAL AB BRAKE" stencil." The Westinghouse air brake system which was subsequentl

Arved wrote: "AAR mandated AB brakes in 1933" The American Railway Association did not become the Association of American Railroads until October 12, 1934. Therefore, it was the the ARA which mandated

Bruce Smith wrote: "There may well be a census of X29s with AB brakes at some time in their history other than construction but it was almost certainly NOT done on a yearly basis. Why would it have be

David wrote: "Steel center sills for freight cars were required for interchange in 1928." Though 1928 was the year originally targeted for prohibiting all wood cars (type "F") the subsequent extension

Bruce F. Smith'wrote: "However, one of two things usually happened with such a car. Either the shipper refused it..." The shipper would have gladly taken advantage of the car's (likely) lesser tare we

Scott wrote: "Pat's brief mention of these cars in the War Emergency Boxcar article had me wondering if they weren't all steel versions of the W.E.cars!" There was no "War Emergency" design. There was

Gene asked: "Was there a federal government, ICC, ARA, master car builders, or other requirement to account for all cars on hand on 1 January 1888 and might such a ledger or record in another form be

Charlie wrote" "One is kit 17.10 for. P.E. B-50-13 (which I know were renumbered into SP 88185-88309 in 1951 I have decals to paint into an SP car). The other is kit 65.3 a Frisco 145550 SS wood boxca

Claus Schlund wrote: "It appears to me that the third vertical stake from the left is not attached to the flat car. It looks to me like it is attached to the timber load itself. Am I interpreting this

Dave, you asked: "Did the ARA report cite anything about the actual value of the maximum strength for either type? Essentially is that 40,000 lbs. greater strength a 1% improvement or something like a

Statistical Dave wrote: "Summary from Guy's post, questions to follow: Type D required for New cars - 1918" On, and after November 1, 1920 "For Type D cars post 1937, any idea of the rate of replaceme

Clark wrote: "Speaking of ‘terms’ my railroad friend always call the coupler a “Drawbar”." Clark, A summary from several early publications regarding the use of drawbar, or draw-bar as within early Ma

Jack wrote: "Guy, Thanks for the correction." You are most welcome, Jack! Regards, Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada Not sent from a phone

Jack Mullen wrote: "Ian, The Safety Appliance Act of April 14, 1910 gave the ICC 6 months to "designate the number, dimensions, location, and manner of application" of the required appliances, and req