Al Kresse

Al Kresse

Yes, you want bulk density . . . . different for lump, stoker or pea sized coal. Then you need the heaping rules for different railroads. N&WVGN used 15" and C&O 10" max. Al Kresse

Circa 1880, the ministers in the C&O Richmond-to-Newport News area were complaining about iced oyster cars going to Cincinnati. Reason being, they came back filled with beer and those fast trains had

For your reference . . .

The NKP, Erie, PM and C&O were all part of the Van Sweringen brother's empire at this time and had joint standards for lettering and painting. Road specific fonts for none-data stencils were unique .

Sir, A big part of doing magazine articles for Rr HSs is getting high res images. Many are offered conditional on being paper published only. If digital copies are offered then they must have a waterm

Larry, It is targeted for PM TRACKS magazine published by the now slowly getting reorganized and running again PM Historical Soc. Got one pix of A545 in Delray yard already. Got pix of the "new" A800,

Beautiful . . . . such patience! I gave up on O-scale being too small to work with . . . ugh! Al Kresse

Looking to contact Ed Kaminski to get permission to use a Magor Erie caboose photo in a Pere Marquette 8-wheel Wooden Cabooses article. It was a sister Advisory Mech Comm spec'd caboose to the PM A800

Yep! Any luck making contact with Mac Beard lately? Al

Guy, did you change your e-mail address AGAIN? Al Kresse

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Years ago, somebody on this list shared with me an ICC Valuation report for the C&O and PM listing all the freight cars and cabooses with there depreciated values. I can't seem to Key Word search for

Looking for post WW2 photos of grain being moved in box cars. C&O Walbridge Yard (Toledo) was still classifying ever more grain in box cars in 1962. Thanks, Al Kresse

Do we have the source of this image to get a better copy? Al Kresse

There are also 14 photos of these Magor Car Company cabooses in the C&OHS Archives collection. Al Kresse

Larry, There are FC diagram sheets for PM A800 series with the dimensions (in C&OHS DS books) There are Paint and Lettering drawings, drawn to scale, with lettering dimensions (not scanned). There mig

Did you check the C&O HS Archives? . . . on line search or written research request? It was an AMC Mech Depart Advisory Committee purchase. I believe I used the lettering drawing in a PPT many years a

Are you only interested in western railroads? Every type of revenue producing car? . . . or also M&W and cabooses? What eras . . . . 1900-1972 say for the C&O? . . . or 1926-1962? etc.? Al Kresse