Bruce I don’t dispute the PRR was a large railroad and thus moved a large number of freight car. Because of its size it did carry a high percentage of traffic of all kinds, close to 20% of the miles r

Paul, the cars in the article were Hormel Meat reefers. In the 30s, Hormel had one plant at Austin MN, served by the MILW and the CGW. That would account for the large number of miles on those two roa

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Jim, it was no secret, just not announced we would be gathering. The subject was the Swift reefer fleet and we were attempting to answer some questions. As to the snubber, I have a photo from the Fair

Jack’s models are of a Fairmont weed sprayer. I supplied him some photos of the Fairmont Equipment. Fairmont also built a weed burner. The M&StL converted a GE gas electric, GE-25, to a weed sprayer o

Thanks Ben. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I have this drawing, saved as ERDX 11000-11049. However nothing on the drawing says it is ERDX, so cannot confirm. Nor do I know the source, but suspect it came via this last as we have discussed ERDX

Check the group messages, this was discussed about a year ago. Bill Welch found a source of square stock suitable for brake shafts, and was giving out pieces at RPMs. I got a length from him at Collin

The photo shows a portable corn sheller mounted on the back of a truck. The farmer is shoveling corn into the sheller, which is blowing the shelled corn into the boxcar and dumping the cobs on the gro

I can accept the film argument for the attached photos of 10370 from the Steamtown Erie Lackawanna collection. These photos were taken in 1913, and lettering on the sides is very hard to decipher. But

Richard a group of us gathered at Chicagoland last Friday to discuss the Swift reefer fleet. This included looking at photos both Steve Hile and I had collected. The photo you asked about is one that

I’ve got a friend who wants to give them away newer AAR open load books. I’ll have them with me at Chicagoland. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Yes it appears my message was in haste, warranting further research. I thank everyone for correcting my error and offering proof of much earlier use of metal strapping. Based on this new information I

This program will allow you to download entire books from hathitrust, even if you do not belong to a member institution. https://sourceforge.net/projects/hathidownloadhelper/ Doug Harding www.iowacent

Attached are builder photos of the MSTL gon, a diagram drawing, and a photo of one of these gons in CNW MOW paint. I have a photo of one of these gons in MOW service dated 1983. I have sent all photos

According to https://patents.google.com/patent/US3421951 The first patent for steel strapping was applied for in 1966. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Didn’t the DRGW have similar 41’ cars? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I'll send Joe what I have. Doug Harding Sent from my phone

Look forward to seeing this. The MSTL purchased 250 of these gons in 1947. They were a 41’ car with an inward slope at the bottom of the sides. The last one was disposed of in 1971. One unique feature

Don go to https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsac.1a34633/ and you can download a 136mb tif file of this photo. In that size you can clearly see the spray coming out of the end of the pipe being he