From: Bruce Smith So, here's a philosophical question... For my foreign boxcar fleet, I need roughly 5 B&O boxcars based on the national fleet. So what cars? Well the WWII fleet consisted of the M15,

Posted by: "Anthony Thompson" Al Brown wrote: Well, at least the missile, its markings, and the launcher are accurate <g>. =========== I've solved the era problem for missle cars. My 70's missles are

Tim O'Connor wrote " All participating lines in a given routing would have to have some prior agreement regarding the division of revenues for THAT particular tariff, and there were tens of thousands

My apologies for taking so long to replay to all of these interesting posts. On top of an extemely busy week, the hard disk on my office computer crashed and I'm just now catching up. I’d like to addr

My apologies for taking so long to replay to all of these interesting posts. On top of an extemely busy week, the hard disk on my office computer crashed and I'm just now catching up. I’d like to addr

" I planned to share some of Tim's LCL research (a whole other kettle of fish) in some way in that magazine. " ---------- Although I strongly disagree with Tim's conclusions on car fleet distribution

----------------------- We should distinguish between tax authorities and customs rules in this discussion. AFAIK, customs violations were a civil violation that could result in payment of impots duti

Although we know there was a rule that Canadian cars could not be loaded between points in the US, and it was a customs violation to do so, and a rialroad could be fined for a violation, that doesn't

average? He's probably closer than any of us ever will be. ====== I'll have more to say on this later, but first maybe we need to review what Tim actually said. Yesterday morning, after urging from Mi

"Ah ha! I think I can agree with that. My point all along has been that certain RRs probably have more of their box cars...and perhaps other cars...on the tracks of a RR with a closely integrated oper

As an addenum to Malcolm's NYC details, the Cambria & Indiana connected with the NYC (at Manver or Mentcle, PA, I think). Coal from mines served by the C&I in central Cambria county may have gone nort

GENTLEMAN: NEED SOME MODELING DATA:1950-1956 NORTHEAST USA(PENNA-NY) Coal for the steel mills of Buffalo out of coal county(WvA/Va/ Ohio/Ky)would have moved in whose coal cars other then PRR =========

Now I see where I mislead myself. It's those two buildings and the railing on the bridge. That railing looks the same as the one on the bridge next to the CNJ terminal. But I should have noticed the s

Good point, Dennis. The BEDT was an exception to many rules, including some work rules. Even though it moved railcars, BEDT was not a formal railroad but a terminal. It got away with running steam int

The Chrysler Building at 42nd Street is on Lexington Ave., the street that the camera is looking straight down. The Empire State Building at 34th St. is on 5th Ave to the west, visible near the Borden

After some study, I'm certain of what that view is. It is looking down Third Avenue from the Bronx. The bridge to the left is the Willis Avenue Bridge. This is the same bridge that is behind the Third

Ampersands were on their way out when railroads started to use IBM cards for train consists. If you look at any teletype list gernerated from IBM cards or any computer file, you will see just ATSF, CN

Sorry for taking so lonfg to post this, but it was a very busy holiday weekend and this topic deserves some really thoughtful input. I think that a lot of those comments on averages need a response, b

Thanks to all the experts, especially Russ, for your input on the paper plant. If I’ve correctly understood what I’ve read, I can work with only box cars in and out and don’t have to bother with the t

Posted by: "Tom Madden" First, Lathrop states that "each one [of the 550 Overnight boxcars] travels an average of 219 miles every 24 hours", compared to the daily 16 mile average for other boxcars on