List- Does anyone know when poling was outlawed? There was an interesting post by John Nehrich on the NEB&W fan page on Facebook this week regarding a little poling yard along the D&H served by a narr

TELL TALE EXTRA: SEASONED EATINGS! Wyoming's own Al Krug and Berlin's own Inez Mischitz recently walked into the most expensive hotel in St. Louis. Upon entering the hotel restaurant, Al buttonholed a

Ed Mark Mike- Thanks much! Charles Hostetler sent along a good note off-list about these reporting marks going to Penn Salt but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how the AAR got "TE" out of "PS

All- The Web is spitting out a bunch of contradictory info on the TELX reporting marks -- a) that it's Penwalt and b) that it's ELF. Does anyone know the truth, or have info on the history of the repo

All- I've uploaded an image to the Files section (GN Pasco WA circa 1935 JWB.jpg) showing a GN move of coaches, flats and stock cars. Of interest are the loads on the two flats -- truck tractors and w

All- Some various observations in no particular order. I have been careening through back issues of _Railway Age_ for the 1940-5 period and it seems to me that the early issues for 1942 showing the MI

GCW, All- A report on NPR this week about oil companies switching to rail while the Keystone Pipeline project lingers brought to mind Harold Ickes circa 1941 comment that U.S. roads would be unable to

FHP- We have a solid collection for the NP's Tacoma Division (western Washington) from about 1950 through to the BN merger of 1970. Most of the NP train sheets -- I believe -- will be from the 1950s.

TELL TALE EXTRA: Train Sheets A Go-Go! On Saturday, October 5, our Auburn, Washington presentation will be The Stories Train Sheets Tell. Bob Kelly of the GNRHS, with NP/BNSF Dispatcher Dave Sprau and

I have two photos of the cement plant at Trident, Montana, posted on the NPTellTale of Facebook, both circa 1940. (Plant is still in business, as I recall.) John Phillips Seattle "I will put down the

Tell Tale Extra: Pacific Northwest Road Show April 27-28 is the Northern Pacific Railway Museum Work Weekend in Toppenish, Washington. Located on the former Northern Pacific main line from Pasco to Au

All- Can anyone trace the lineage of BN maintenance-of-way flat 961078? It's being use as a crane idler/equipment car in Auburn, Washington. Build date is April, 1953, which would make me think it's o

Re Ford Seattle plant opened 1932, according to a recent program on KCTS 9 in Seattle, along with the Seattle MOHAI, the 1932 plant closed within six months of opening due to the Great Depression. As

TELL TALE EXTRA: A WYPIGGY BIRTHDAY BREKKY! Wyoming's own A.A. Krug turns eighty-two today. In his honor, Inez Mischitz has suggested a birthday breakfast, and quips, ''Very tender and tasty. The batt

Hi Bob, can't seem to get that link to work. Can you double check it? John Phillips Seattle Here is a link to a very early (very late steam era) NP mechanical reefer from the University of Washington

Re: Don Valentine's comments. I enjoyed reading these very much, but as for E. Spencer Miller meeting James M. Symes in 1980, that must have been at a seance, as Symes died Aug. 3, 1976. As an aside,

All- Off the Maritime List: These are photos from the NYC Municipal Archives- several hundred thousand in all - that were put online by the city two months ago. For those interested, they cover not on

Further... The original I'm working from has a bit of White Out on the "ONOX" reporting mark, making it look like it could be a poor attempt to clean it up into "OVOX." I see from the Cranstone report

All- Came across an NP freight consist for 01-18-37 which includes the following: ONOX 1021 Oil Minneapolis, Minn., Freight House I've looked at Ian Cranstone's reporting marks compendium but can't co

All- Can anyone Id this tank car behind SPS 701 at Paradise, Montana, in 1944? Bit of a stretch, but... http://muse.museum.montana.edu/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN07837 Any help appreciated, Jo