The track is still inside the Martin Bomber Building. I used to go regularly to Global Weather Central (or Center depending on the commander at the time) to coordinate backup activities. One day we ha

CB&Q 36' Stock Car Class SM18-A (Series 56200-56699) was built in 1928 by CB&Q Galesburg. The lettering on the car looks fairly new in the photo, so it maybe not long after it was built. Bill Hirt

Since we are discussing meat traffic, I dug into the 1959 CB&Q wheel reports that showed interchange cars going to IHB via Congress Park, Illinois, for forwarding. I have a couple of dates and list th

To close the circle, here is a roster of CB&Q 40' Stock Cars: 52000-52149 SM. 40' 6" Stock Car. Class SM-19. Built 1937-38 at CB&Q Galesburg. Series #52000-52149. Photo in CB&Q Color Guide on p73. 525

To add to Doug's info, this is a roster of CB&Q 36' stock cars as of January 1, 1966. As they were all built in the mid-late 1920s, they existed in the 1939/40 time frame and as Charlie Vlk noted well

In Edward Kaminski's book Magor Car Corporation, on page 196 there is a general arrangement drawing of the Pere Marquette cabooses. There is a builders photo of the Erie caboose on page 85 of the same

I've watching this with interest. There used to be a Yahoo Group called LCL_Ops_Modeling, but I have not seen any traffic for sometime. Randy Williamson had a web site that had lots of good LCL info,

What about Champ set BRH-37? There are two listed on eBay right and come with the correct reporting marks. Bill Hirt

How true. I was just doing some research this past week for a friend who is modeling the South Omaha Terminal in 1959. I came across a picture in Bill Kratville's book Railroads of Omaha and Council B

Tim thanks for catching my typo! Bill Hirt

This photo from the same collection shows a several large stacks of returned cases under a tarp as a CB&Q switcher sets cars to be loaded. 9203 was the Q's first NW2. It has a large herald under the c

That is just cardboard looking to be returned/reused. Here is a image of cases of beer being loaded in a boxcar at the Falstaff Brewery on the CB&Q in Omaha in 1948: <http://collections.carli.illinois

Dennis, These were the only CB&Q boxcars with Andrews trucks when purchased new. They did buy Andrews trucks new for their composite gondolas and used them to replace trucks on other equipment as nece

According the Burlington Route Historical Society Freight Car Data Sheet on USRA Double Sheathed Boxcars, the USRA Double Sheathed Boxcars (series 120500-120999) built in December 1918 by AC&F were th

Wedron, Illinois, was on the CB&Q Fox Valley Branch which ran from Montgomery, Illinois, just south of Aurora, to Streator, Illinois. High grade fine silica sand was and continues to be the main commo

For those that have been to Kansas City, 12th Street from Downtown into the West Bottoms (where the GM&O freight house was) was and is a double deck viaduct. The photo is looking southwest from the to

Though a little late for this list, GN train 1/88 wheel report on April 17, 1968 shows the train leaving Willmar MN with a WAG boxcar added at Willmar loaded with wheat routed Minneapolis - Galesburg

If you can not find it, I downloaded the PDF file from NKP Historical Society site today. The station numbers are in a booklet called Officers, Agents, Stations etc 1951. 87 is shown to be Erie PA. Wo

Lenny, Here is the excerpt from National Perishable Protective Tariff #11 from 1941 about salting normal refrigerator cars: (F) Shipper must specify in writing on shipping order and bill of lading sal

I showed the consist doc to several people today. One repeated question was the cars that showed SKINS as their contents. One suggestion was the load was to be used as sausage casings and another sugg