In the course of working with the ICC data I learned an interesting factoid about rail shipments from Washington DC: The commodities in the number 1 and 2 position in 1950 were waste paper and fertili

I'm going to share with everyone my conclusion regarding the wood siding on single sheathed outside braced boxcars as it pertains to modeling. A cursory glance at my Walthers catalog indicates most SS

Further to the discussion on grooves in freight car side sheathing, I have a drawing of an SP boxcar Class CS-20 (built about 1899?-help please) which shows 3 grooves on upper side of each roof board.

On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 15:31:14 -0000 ThisIsR@... writes: Richard, All HORIZONTAL siding (mostly single sheathed cars, aka outside braced) was square edge butted. Almost all VERTICAL wood siding (mostly

Thanks to Al Westerfield, I have probably all of the ACF reefers I will want, except maybe the Western Refrigerator version offered by Branchline. The scheme they show on their web page looks to me li

<<I would like to continue the thread about meat and livestock transport as it applies to the SE USA. William Griffin in his book: SEABOARD:THE ROUTE OF COURTEOUS SERVICE has a photo of a solid train

Been too busy to chip in on this topic, but here's a bit of data to chew on: 1950 rail shipments, in tons, from the ICC: Cattle* FL: 6179 out, 10212 in GA: 2288 out, 10049 in NC: 3116 out, 1219 in SC:

So far the following people have said they want at least one pair of the odd UP heralds that appeared on some PFE reefers as a part of the two herald scheme (1946-1950). These heralds had the white an

I have about as much to offer to this discussion about wood siding as I do to discussions about prehistoric Chinese languages. However, wanting to learn from this...and that's a major objective of thi

Thanks to Byron Rose for his reply on this, but I don't think this was purely aesthetic. I should have added that the grooves are semi-circular in form. Their size (1" wide, 3/4" deep) and their shape

Somethjing makes me think that Florida is/was a significant source of beef cattle. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Bill, In Brent Michiels' collection of Suncook Valley pictures, there is a shot of N&W 40524, with radial roof and ladders, taken at Allenstown, NH, 9/14/48, by Howard T. Moulton. With Brent's permiss

I have assembled (not yet painted) both the WSL and Sunshine versions. The WSL is certainly easier (the Sunshine one requires patience- don't try it as a first effort in resin). The WSL underframe on

My (personal) scale Accumate's arrived today. I'm impressed at first glance, but would appreciate any feedback off-list from anybody who's had a chance to play around with them as regards their mating

Dear friends, I just spotted the following boxcar photo on E-Bay. It looks like the sort of thing Richard or someone else on this list would love to have. Now don't fight over it guys. http://cgi.ebay

Cities Service had a huge refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana served by the SP. There is a fine 1950 aerial shot of it in the "SP Review 1978-1979" showing many tank cars in Cities Service schemes, in

Byron (and All) Happy Easter to you! May God bless you this day. Sorry it took me so long to respond. I was on a business trip and--including prep time before and after--I'm just catching up with my e

"tgmadden" <tgmadden@...> wrote: The raised-panel roofs and Morton r.b.'s are definitely not original on these cars. This probably reflects a post-war roof reconditioning program (I believe the cars w

Self Confessed Nitpicker Jeff English wrote Jeff, let me get this straight -- Is it "2-b", or "not 2b" ? That is the question. Timothy O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Marlborough, Massachusetts

Does anyone have any "Smoky Mountain Model Works" Southern caboose kits # 6000 they would like to sell or know of any hobby shops where they have seen these kits recently. These caom in a distinctive