--- thompson@... wrote: I'd like to know when the "deadline" occurred, after which billboard reefers no longer had to be accepted in interchange. I've heard both January, 1937, and July

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

--- 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'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

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

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

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

--- 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

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

--- 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 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! _______________

--- 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

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

--- 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

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

--- 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,

--- "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: 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

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

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