And these are refrigerators, too: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/swch/id/167/rec/8 Note the “Unload From This Side” placard. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Jim, Folks, Exactly! The phenomenon is sometimes called “spoofing” (where spammers use someone else’s legit address to send email, especially to list servers). Most of the comments generated have been

Clark’s data does span 6 months of time. Maybe long enough to spot a trend? Steve Hile

These spammers/hackers -often- "harvest" a real email address (not necessarily by hacking the owner's computer/email) and use that as the "return address" on the email. The real scam is in the active

Hi, When looking at the make up of an individual train or cut of cars - we shouldn't pay too much attention to the mix of cars from a particular road. Most of the time the yard clerk assigns cars base

SPAM J. Stephen Sandifer

So, C&EI and Frisco were connected somehow? Schuyler

not sure what you are referring to From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Raymond Stern <raymondstern1@...> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:16 AM Subject: [RealST

Hello- I found the cover photo on Ted Cullota's "Focus on the Freight car, vol 10", of a 1936 photo of a West Coast gasoline company tank car very sentimental. My interest in this company relates to h

Not to mention some great steamboats and a fascinating bridge in the background. Chuck

Cheers guys Paul

I don't think it's the site, I think Mr Stern has been hacked. Schuyler

Hi List Members, We get a nice 1910 colorized postcard view of C&EI 60286 (plus some other cars) at the link below... https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TQYAAOSwx9ZavEsE/s-l1600.jpg Additional information

I suspect Ray's email was compromised. Probably not a site hack. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Steve, I don't know if this was the case with MM, but where one RR served an industry with a big demand for empties, often, the RRs that were on the haul or where the loads terminated (= greater share

Has the site been hacked as I got an unusual email to undisclosed recipients that was not about freight cars. A guy asking to do something urgent for him and asking to reply! Paul Doggett

Some interesting anomalies fall out of the data. I don’t believe that the Rock Island served the plant in Hopkins, but 26 of the 86 cars listed are Rock Island cars. No other railroad has more than 6

How are you doing today? Hope this email finds you well? Let me know if you received my mail, I need you to do something urgent for me. Raymond

Good info Clark thanks for sharing Fenton

Hello, I am offering for sale a steam era Car Builders Cyclopedia. This is the 20th. edition form 1957! An original, with 1114 pages, weighing 7 pounds! The binding is in good shape and only nominal c