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Fitz-Hugh Luther Co
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eabracher@...
I am working on kits of the Fitz-Luther Company of Hammond, Indiana cattle
cars. The Yosemite Valley RR had three of these 36 foot cars. Anyone know what other roads that might have had these same cattle cars? eric |
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eabracher@...
thanks jack. will try.
eric |
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Jack Burgess <jack@...>
Eric...
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I am not sure if Kyle is on the STMFC list....you might ask him the same question. He is at kwyatt@... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...]On Behalf Of eabracher@... Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:37 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Fitz-Hugh Luther Co I am working on kits of the Fitz-Luther Company of Hammond, Indiana cattle cars. The Yosemite Valley RR had three of these 36 foot cars. Anyone know what other roads that might have had these same cattle cars? eric |
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Garth Groff <ggg9y@...>
Eric,
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Actually, the company was Fitshugh-Luther. Although F-L built no stock cars for the Northern Electric Railway, they did build 50 boxcars, and about 175 flats (the number is a bit uncertain, due to fill-ins of lost cars). Most of these cars were passed off the Sacramento Northern Railroad in 1918, and quite a few served the SNRY after 1929. A few even survive today. Please check my web site: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/nebox.html , http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/flat.html and http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/roster.html for photos and other information. If you have more information of Fitzhugh-Luther, I would be very interested to trade data with you. Kind regards, Garth G. Groff eabracher@... wrote: I am working on kits of the Fitz-Luther Company of Hammond, Indiana cattle cars. |
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Garth Groff wrote:
Actually, the company was Fitshugh-Luther.I assume this is an errant digit problem? The "s" should be a "z." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history |
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Jack Burgess <jack@...>
Eric got the Fitz-Hugh Luther reference from my book (the YV bought a number
of rebuilt box cars, flat cars, and stock cars from them). The California Railroad Commission report from 1914 uses the reference "Fitz-Hugh Luther Company" which is where I got the spelling but a quick Goggle search turns up a website with information on past mayors from Hammond, Indiana and references Fitzhugh Luther Company. So, that is my error... (I seem to recall doing this same search while writing my book in order to confirm the location of the company and going to this same site but I missed the correct "spelling" of the company name.) Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com |
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Garth Groff <ggg9y@...>
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My mistake (mild dyslexia). The proper name of the company was Fitzhugh-Luther. That's with a "z". Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Garth Groff wrote: Eric, |
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