Mark: Matt Herson and I published a roster and brief account of the several series of boxcars that A.A. Morrison and subsidiaries rebuilt or refurbished and leased to the NP during the 1960s. The arti

Missed my sign-off, apologies. Chris Frissell Polson, MT

To put a finer point on the history of the DT&-I 50-ft round roof cars leased to NP, A.A. Morrison acquired 110 of them about 1960, and rebuilt them to NP specifications for lumber service, and leased

Just to reiterate a point Jim Dick made, and Aaron hinted at, the NP was in general watched over by a hierarchy of engaged sticklers. While not completely unheard of, it was unusual for equipment to s

To tie up a loose end per the earlier mention of Tahoe Model Works trucks, according to their maker they were tooled for and as a rule have been supplied with InterMountain Ry wheel sets. Chris Frisse

I neglected to mention the ex-N&W 50-foot round roof cars leased to the NP were rostered as NP series 39610-39759. Chris Frissell Polson, MT leakinmywaders@yahoo.com

Jim: I can share that the NP obtained 150 of the N&W 50-foot cars (NW 52000-52299) on lease from Buffalo Railway Equipment Co. (an affiliate of A.A. Morrison Co.) in late 1961. They were refurbished a

Hi all, the Gjermundson-mastered kit for the Whipple Car Co. 1913 NP stock car was stocked and available to anyone by mail order at the NPRHA Company Store at www.nprha.org for a year or two. (See htt

Charlie: Yes the contours of those side sills do look familiar. If so, that would make this a 36-foot car, not 41 ft as I initially stated, rebuilt from NP boxcar series 38300-38999 (Standard Steel Ca

Bill: There were some earlier NP flat cars of 41 ft length, also rebuilt from older boxcars, that fit your description of the lettering (and possibly some had Andrews trucks). These had shallower, les

Tim: Maybe with a sandwich of depleted uranium you could get the underside of those gondola and flat car floors another couple of mm of lift. ;-) Chris Frissell Polson, MT

Yes, a very helpful resource. Here are a few additions and notations I made for NP Ry entries on my copy of the Excel file. I put my name as source editor, but these are based on notes I've compiled a

Chad: Aye, I'm good for a couple. Chris Frissell Polson, MT

Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association 2012 Annual Swap, Sale, and Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet Saturday July 21, 2012 Butte Montana All events in the restored NP depot, Butte Front Stree

Second. Some of us would buy half dozen or more X-3s in basic funeral black. Chris Frissell Polson, MT

--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: ....>any prewar riveted USQX cars were painted > aluminum when new, but AFAIK all of the welded cars were delivered in > bla

Clark: This car is accurate and ready-made to letter as a USAX or (later) DODX tank car in the silver repaint scheme. (I have done a couple and am still searching for 2 or 3 more of these very kits, t

Is Dan Biernacki a member of this list, or might someone here be able to help me get in contact with him? I would like to seek permission to publish three of the builders photographs of Erie 40ft boxc

Tim: My call of "probably" on the frame walkways was based on 1) the open rectangular grid walkways I've seen of all of the three 1970s-80s photographs I've seen of welded USAX and DODX tank cars wher

Brian and Mark: Hi, the ACF builder's shot (Milton, Sept 1949) of USAX 11907 on p. 105 of Kaminski's book *American Car and Foundry, 1899-1999* looks to have metal rectangular grid walkways (like the