Actually, the gondola in the photo is carrying scrap tin plate from American Can in Ogden. The scrap tin plate, from the can manufacturing process, was shipped south to Proler Steel near Bingham, wher

I came across this random item about refrigerator traffic through Ogden, Utah, in 1938. It appears that the Idaho traffic is likely bound for California over the SP, or over the LA&SL, since eastbound

ANICT = ? Don Strack

Where can I look to find the builder of three wooden cabooses built for Southern Utah Railroad in June 1913? Numbered as Utah Railway 51, 52, and 53 after all the Southern Utah equipment was transferr

It warms my heart to see the online UP Equipment Record being used for projects such as this one by Eric Lombard. I had previously had an extensive correspondence with Eric Neubauer as he has continue

I have Westerfield's ORER on CD for both 1930 and 1935. Am I reading them right, that Armour Refrigerator Line had 11,000 cars, numbered ARLX 6000-16999? I am researching UP's use of Armour Yellow as

While compiling some history about the Griffin Wheel iron wheel plant in Salt Lake City (1927-1960), I was able to borrow a copy of the book "Griffin Wheel Company, The First Hundred Years, 1877-1977"

Here is a 16-page compiled PDF of the 8 messages in the links Jeff provided. http://www.utahrails.net/pdf/Tank-Cars_Elden-Gatwood_STMFC-messages.pdf It looks like Yahoo truncated the last message at t

Charles Peck, Use PrintFriendly, either by copying the web address to their web site, or install their browser tool and click on the icon to print the web page you are on, either to your printer or as

When were reporting marks, or car initials, formalized? I know car initials were used in the early days, but when did MCB, or ARA, establish a national list of which railroad used which reporting mark

In this photo... Columbia Steel Co.-Iron Mountain P.17 :: Utah State Historical Society - Classified Photographs Columbia Steel Co.-Iron Mountain P.17 :: Utah State... Title Columbia Steel Co.-Iron Mo

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Tim O'Connor timboconnor@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote: > > But do you know that there is software that can trivially stich JPEG images > like tha

I have uploaded digital images of my copy of the Oregon Short Line RR 1926 Freight Car Diagram boom; 75 pages with cover. I've had this since 1988, and decided it was time to share it. OSL 1926 Freigh

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Garth Groff sarahsan@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote: > > Do you have a copy of David F. Myrick's RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, v. 2

I've been doing some newspaper research about the Pioche mining district in southern Nevada, which was connected to the rest of the world by LA&SL's 32-mile Pioche Branch from Caliente. From Caliente,

Harry Haythorn is close in his description of the car in question. If you view the "Original" version of the photo (the icon at lower right, marked "Sizes"), you can just barely make out the number, w

Where might I inquire about freight cars built after 1960, especially after 1980? Especially Union Pacific cars built after 1980? Don Strack

---In STMFC@..., <PARDIEW001@...> wrote: Are these photos available for purchase? If so, where? They do not print up ( at least on my computer) off the e-mail. There ae several that I real

thompson@...> wrote: period start and end? I can imagine it taking several hours to load a train . . . The clock started when the first animals entered the car. And BTW, the 28-hour rul

With Gene Green's permission, I compiled all of the images in the Photos section into a single PDF file. http://www.utahrails.net/pdf/Gene_Green_Freight_Car_Roofs_Yahoo.pdf It's a big file (50MB) so i