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[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Burning Box Car also burnt flat
Bill; I wish I still had my copy, but it never got back to me after I loaned it. That is a FABULOUS photo. I looked at it often. I wish I had that one in my digital files. There is a lot of correspond
Bill; I wish I still had my copy, but it never got back to me after I loaned it. That is a FABULOUS photo. I looked at it often. I wish I had that one in my digital files. There is a lot of correspond
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By Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Burning Box Car
Tim; Thanks for the fabulous photo! I have not seen that one. Wonder how the tank car ignited? I saw a lot of burnt cars on the PRR during childhood. Hot steel and wooden parts don’t mix. There was a
Tim; Thanks for the fabulous photo! I have not seen that one. Wonder how the tank car ignited? I saw a lot of burnt cars on the PRR during childhood. Hot steel and wooden parts don’t mix. There was a
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By Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Red Owl warehouse 9 messages
Red Owl foods had grocery stores in Minnesota and some in surrounding states. They had a warehouse in Hopkins Minn. on the M&StL. I was given a seal book to transcribe from the middle on 1949 to Jan 1
Red Owl foods had grocery stores in Minnesota and some in surrounding states. They had a warehouse in Hopkins Minn. on the M&StL. I was given a seal book to transcribe from the middle on 1949 to Jan 1
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By Clark Propst
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F&C meat reefer prototypes 23 messages
Hi guys, An early F&C kit was the 37' wood meat reefer. I was looking at images of it, and it seems to be a different prototype from the Rapido reefer (wider fascia below the roofline and perhaps a lo
Hi guys, An early F&C kit was the 37' wood meat reefer. I was looking at images of it, and it seems to be a different prototype from the Rapido reefer (wider fascia below the roofline and perhaps a lo
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[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: Mostly Gondolas (Circa 1940s) 2 messages
Guys; At least on PRR: early gon and hopper side replacements involved removing the rivets, then replacement of side panels or boards, followed by re-riveting, painting and lettering. As time went by
Guys; At least on PRR: early gon and hopper side replacements involved removing the rivets, then replacement of side panels or boards, followed by re-riveting, painting and lettering. As time went by
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By Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Thanks for the help from a 1928 Equipment Register
Thanks Dave and Steve. This info works very well for me. Another great example of the shared help available from this fine list. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
Thanks Dave and Steve. This info works very well for me. Another great example of the shared help available from this fine list. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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By Andy Carlson
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[Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Moving General Steel Castings 3 messages
Gary; How about this one: PRR FD1 casting on PRR F31A, 1951. I have another somewhere of the F30A castings upside down shipped on a series of flats, but can’t find it. There are also photos of loco fr
Gary; How about this one: PRR FD1 casting on PRR F31A, 1951. I have another somewhere of the F30A castings upside down shipped on a series of flats, but can’t find it. There are also photos of loco fr
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By Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Request help for a 1928 Equipment Register 3 messages
From Ted Cullota's series of books, "Focus on the Freight Car vol ten other freight car types" has some great photos of various tank cars pictured from the 1930s. One of particular interest to me is t
From Ted Cullota's series of books, "Focus on the Freight Car vol ten other freight car types" has some great photos of various tank cars pictured from the 1930s. One of particular interest to me is t
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By Andy Carlson
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Photo: Mostly Gondolas (Circa 1940s) 8 messages
Photo: Mostly Gondolas (Circa 1940s) A photo from the University of Texas Libraries: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/sites/library.uta.edu.digitalgallery/files/20080000-20089999/20089977.jpg Cl
Photo: Mostly Gondolas (Circa 1940s) A photo from the University of Texas Libraries: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/sites/library.uta.edu.digitalgallery/files/20080000-20089999/20089977.jpg Cl
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By Bob Chaparro
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[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Red Owl warehouse
Group; I may have missed my mark. PRR created the X54 to provide Campbell’s Soup in particular, a fleet of cars for which they could avoid dependence on gathering enough other cars to meet their daily
Group; I may have missed my mark. PRR created the X54 to provide Campbell’s Soup in particular, a fleet of cars for which they could avoid dependence on gathering enough other cars to meet their daily
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By Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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[Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Stencil On CB&Q Boxcar 3 messages
Elden Gatwood wrote: But many of the GA-E cars were leased to the railroads. Did not the lessor own that loader equipment? Tony Thompson tony@...
Elden Gatwood wrote: But many of the GA-E cars were leased to the railroads. Did not the lessor own that loader equipment? Tony Thompson tony@...
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By Tony Thompson
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[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Foobie 2 messages
Thanks, Elden. I guess I'm being too obvious. Jim Hunter
Thanks, Elden. I guess I'm being too obvious. Jim Hunter
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ACL paint scheme 8 messages
Would anyone know what color the ACL painted their 40’ flatcars in the mid 1940’s? Thanks in advance Matthew Hurst PRRT&HS #6799
Would anyone know what color the ACL painted their 40’ flatcars in the mid 1940’s? Thanks in advance Matthew Hurst PRRT&HS #6799
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Another dry ice car 22 messages
November 1961 on the CNJ at Lake Junction, NJ. Matheson 8884, a fairly modern plug door dry ice car, follows Erie and LV covered hoppers behind Baldwins 72 and (I think) 74 northbound after picking up
November 1961 on the CNJ at Lake Junction, NJ. Matheson 8884, a fairly modern plug door dry ice car, follows Erie and LV covered hoppers behind Baldwins 72 and (I think) 74 northbound after picking up
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By Tom Madden
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[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Red Owl warehouse 2 messages
Clark; Generally, they had to make some reasonable accommodation in either too hot summer, or too cool winter, to accommodate canned goods. Reefers were perfect, but jealously guarded by their owners.
Clark; Generally, they had to make some reasonable accommodation in either too hot summer, or too cool winter, to accommodate canned goods. Reefers were perfect, but jealously guarded by their owners.
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By Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Photo: NKP Livestock Car 41001 5 messages
Photo: NKP Livestock Car 41001 Courtesy of Adam C. Matthews on Facebook. He comments: "Where's the beef? It's riding the Nickel Plate! Shipping up to six trains of livestock per day, and faster than a
Photo: NKP Livestock Car 41001 Courtesy of Adam C. Matthews on Facebook. He comments: "Where's the beef? It's riding the Nickel Plate! Shipping up to six trains of livestock per day, and faster than a
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By Bob Chaparro
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Stencil On CB&Q Boxcar 11 messages
Stencil On CB&Q Boxcar This photo of CB&Q Boxcar 25776 was posted on the CB&Q Group by Hol Wagner. What caught my eye was the stencil spelling out what commodities should not be loaded in this car: DO
Stencil On CB&Q Boxcar This photo of CB&Q Boxcar 25776 was posted on the CB&Q Group by Hol Wagner. What caught my eye was the stencil spelling out what commodities should not be loaded in this car: DO
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By Bob Chaparro
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Moving General Steel Castings 3 messages
GSC was located in Eddystone, PA, near the Baldwin Locomotive Works. GSC supplied the industry with one piece engine beds/frames with cylinders cast integrally, tender trucks, tender under frames and
GSC was located in Eddystone, PA, near the Baldwin Locomotive Works. GSC supplied the industry with one piece engine beds/frames with cylinders cast integrally, tender trucks, tender under frames and
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[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Foobie 2 messages
Guys; I can attest to the fact that “foobie” was a term in use in SoCal while I was living there, mid-late 80’s at earliest, early 90’s at latest, to refer to a certain part of female anatomy enhanced
Guys; I can attest to the fact that “foobie” was a term in use in SoCal while I was living there, mid-late 80’s at earliest, early 90’s at latest, to refer to a certain part of female anatomy enhanced
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By Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Boiler Load Project 6 messages
Boiler Load Project This started out as a simple enough project: Put a Bachmann boiler on an HO scale Red Caboose/InterMountain flat car. I've done a number of flat car loads, including using smaller
Boiler Load Project This started out as a simple enough project: Put a Bachmann boiler on an HO scale Red Caboose/InterMountain flat car. I've done a number of flat car loads, including using smaller
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By Bob Chaparro
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