At what time did the roofwalk extensions (the ones on the right as you approach the end of the car) become mandatory? The Cyc at home (1923, I think) shows them on box cars but not on stock cars. Mayb

Somewhere I read that, prior to WWII, the New Haven's boxcars were all 36-footers. But on page 24 of "An American Journey" (see http://www.hotboxpress.com for info about the book) is a photograph date

At what point in time did privately owned cars have an X added to their reporting marks, and when did it become mandatory? ===== - Tom Gloger e-mail: mailto:tomgloger@... web page: http://pws.pr

--- ThisIsR@... wrote: As far as I can make out, it all centers around the need for water-tightness. All or nearly all boxcars and reefers had tight boards and metal roofs by the late 1930s. Stock

--- "aidrian.bridgeman-sutton" <aidrian.bridgeman-sutton@...> wrote: Perhaps Lois Lenski's award-winning children's book "Strawberry Girl," set in upstate Florida some time prior to WWII. The

--- ThisIsR@... wrote: I found five meat packing plants in the south in 1938: Armour & Company, Tifton [I think] Georgia, packed Pork. They were on the Southern, I think. Cudahy Packing in Albany,

I wrote --- Jack Wyatt <cjwyatt@...> wrote: It's from my book, Tom's 1938 Register. Check out the web page http://pws.prserv.net/usinet.tgloger/t38r.htm Most of what I wrote above was found

--- Bill Welch <bwelch@...> wrote: You lay it alongside a block approximately half as thick as it is wide, and scribe along the block. Speaking of Wagontops, anyone out there built the West Shore

--- Jon Miller <atsf@...> wrote: Yahoo found http://www.greatdecals.com/Austin.htm - Tom "What fast clock? I operate by slow calendar." Gloger __________________________________________________ D

--- billd@... wrote: It comes from gas wells. One town thought they had hit an "unlimited" source of natural gas, but during the ceremony to light the "eternal flame" the rushing gas kept blow

--- then Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> wrote: The correct-type marks can be subdued by lifting off some of the white with stickytape. I'll have to try the grey pencil, thanks! _______________

--- David Lenehan <david_lenehan@...> wrote: It seems to me there must be other ways to convey the "This Car is Made of Wood" message than exaggerated gaps and grain. What about subtle (o

then John Nehrich <nehrij@...> wrote: So let me see if I got this right: If you were to continue the diagonal lines of a PRATT truss, the lines from each side would meet above the car. The beams w

--- John Nehrich <nehrij@...> wrote: Double-check that photo. I see the SantaFe car with the diagonals pointing to the bottom of the door labeled "Pratt Truss." http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/i

My previous post, with the reference to the photo, was meant to be private mail to John only. My apologies to John and the group. - Tom Gloger __________________________________________________ Do You

Not only that, but: Pratt has 5 letters, so does steel. Howe has 4 letters, so does wood. Not that there aren't steel Howe trusses. - Tom Gloger __________________________________________________ Do Y

I second that opinion! It's "El Famous Burrito," and it's about quarter mile up, on the right, N.E. corner of Lee and Algonquin. El Famous is a chain in this area. I think there's one in or near Naper

I'm putting together a ECW G26 gon, and from the pictures I've see at http://prr.railfan.net/freight/ the coupler pocket on the B end is extended out from the end, but not the one on the A end. Can an

--- Clark Propst <cepropst@...> wrote: I know in 1938 Lignite was shipped in box cars because it tended to crumble as it dried out. What part of the country was this book from? How many days

I found a photo others on this group might find amusing. Go to http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsaallquery.html and search for pictures containing the exact words loading chrome ore The first two pictures