I think you're right that new or reconditioned cars in 1936 would have the enameled steel medalions applied without "System". Look at the photo on page 128. Do you agree that it has a steel medalion w

Denis- In re-reading John Nehrich's information, he wrote that the "Route of" slogans started in 1937. He gave examples as Route of the Silver Meteor, Orange Blossom and Robert E. Lee. That may have b

John Nehrich reported that the "Silver Meteor" slogan was used from 1937 to 1963. But he also reported that it was added in 1944 at the same time as the "Courteous Service" slogan. Based on Ed's evide

I was thinking along the same lines as you and Jon - using thin styrene. But I like the photo paper idea, especially if you sand the back to make it even thinner and have a clear graphic to print your

I thought some of you might like to see a photo (link below) of a PFE wood reefer with its original enameled emblem in 1948. As Tony Thompson wrote in his PFE book (co-authored by Church and Jones), t

Thanks for your insight Richard and Tony. For the GARX 61916, I had glanced at the Jan. 1949 ORER that listed a GARX series from 10000 to 64999, but I should have been suspicious of such a broad range

There was discussion in this group over the past nine years about how refrigerator cars with GARX reporting marks were leased to Rock Island (#67500-69011), MKT, NKP, and others (Kingan & Co. and WIMP

(Extreme) (17'1") (17'1") (17'1") (17'1") (17'1") (17'1") (17'1") (17'0") (17'0") (17'0") (17'0") (17'0") (17'0") (17'0") (17'0") (17'0") 12'4. Thanks to all who responded to my question about the tal

box Chian representing Cheyenne is a good guess, and there is no station that starts "Chi" in UP's list. However, that same conductor (Harrison) spelled out Cheyenne 4 other times for cars in the trai

Staffan- You posed an interesting little research project. Some listings are interpretations of Conductor's handwritings (so there's some room for error). Even though there are 32 cars listed below, I

A trivia question - What was the tallest Steam Era Freight Car in interchange service as measured from the rail? That question occured to me when I saw the listing for the 17 ft. tall, 50'-6" long box

I have not seen anyone mentioned it yet, so I'll remind members that Eastern Car Works offers 3 different types of 4-wheel, 70-ton HO trucks. I've used and can recommend their #9064 Bettendorf as repr

Does a complete or partial list of paint schemes or lessees of URTX cars from the steam-era exist? I'm particularly interested in #s 4634, 6160, and 10514 from the 1947-1948 period.

Russ- You're right about the BREX. Closer inspection of the entry indicates that the car number is 74782. FGEX 108999 had too many 9's (10899). Your suggestion for URTX instead of URTS is correct. The

Thanks very much for the corrections and comments, Richard. The sheet for that train has been updated with the corrections. Note that car #20 is SFRD 8381, not 8391 as you noted. I also just noticed t

Thanks to those who responded with the answer "loads-empties- tonnage" to my question. I uploaded an Excel spreadsheet of the entries in the Union Pacific Conductor's Train Book to the Files section (

I acquired a U. P. Conductor's Train Book from Eastern Oregon with entries near the 1948 era I'm modeling. Does anyone know what the three-number sequence in the Remarks space represents? I suspect it

I attended a NMRA clinic last week on proper car placement in trains when the question came up, "When did railroads start applying hazardous material placards?" No one knew the answer, but does anyone