... facility on my ... anybody ... DEAR GREG AND GROUP CLAIRTON WORKS USS STEEL HAS /HAD A RAIL TO BARGE TRANSFER OPERATION. UP UNTIL THE EARLY 60 A COAL...
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Ry-ops-industrialSIG@...
Dec 1, 2000 11:07 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Ry-ops-industrialSIG group. File :...
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Greg Johnson
gregj@...
Dec 1, 2000 11:51 pm
Tom, Thanks for the information. When I was in Pittsburgh in June, I seem to recall the type of facility you are describing. Tom, do you have any pictures of...
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Tom Wilson
tomval@...
Dec 2, 2000 2:53 am
... seem to ... OPERATION. ... LOCATED GREG MY FORMER LAYOUT WAS FEATURED IN GREAT MODEL RAILROAD 96. BUT MY MARINE WAYS WAS LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR AND...
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PBowers
57era@...
Dec 2, 2000 3:54 am
Sylvan Scale Models have the following marine models in N and HO. For all those Great Lakes fans who are also modellers, Sylvan Scale Models would like to...
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Railboxx@...
Dec 2, 2000 7:05 am
Try writing to: Spencer White P.O. Bx 1034 Quakerstown, Pa. 18951. Spence does custom boat & ship models in all scales. Also has a free catalog. He will...
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Brian D. Lingner
blingner@...
Dec 2, 2000 10:07 am
I will be out of the office from 11/22/2000 until 12/04/2000. I will respond to your message when I return....
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PBowers
57era@...
Dec 2, 2000 6:46 pm
The "50s-cdn" and "50s-usa" lists have been expanded to cover the same topics but from the 1800's to the apprximate 1961 cutoff date of the previous list....
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frank barna
cbarna@...
Dec 3, 2000 2:19 am
Howdy - Is the OPS SIG having a display/session at the Rocky Mtn. Regional convention this June in Golden? Carl Barna ... From: "PBowers" <57era@...> To:...
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blair kooistra
wallcloud@...
Dec 3, 2000 12:21 pm
I'm sure the list has been over this before, but I'll bring it up: How does a shortline railroad go about acquiring sufficent empties to load outbound traffic?...
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Kurt John Stoebe
kjstoebe@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:02 pm
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting with the owner of Gilmore Lumber. This is one of two lumber yards left in Humboldt County, Iowa (approx. pop 10,000...
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BillJewett@...
Dec 3, 2000 6:29 pm
Blair Kooistra asked: <<In my case, the Walla Walla Transportation company needs a steady stream of RPL mechanical refrigerators. There is no inbound source...
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dehusman@...
Dec 3, 2000 8:13 pm
... deals ... interest to ... they most ... to, so it's ... =========================== Wouldn't reefer shipments be in the decline by 1969? That might make ...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Dec 4, 2000 4:33 am
What I did not see touched on in this dicussion is a pool of cars. If Blair's customer uses a steady stream of cars; perhaps only in season; would not a...
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David Husman
dehusman@...
Dec 4, 2000 11:11 am
... ================= In 1969 the ability to "contract" things was much more restricted. The shipper might set up an equipment pool with the reefer companies...
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John Thompson
johnt@...
Dec 4, 2000 11:41 am
Back in the late '70s, I managed a fleet of approximately 250 50 ft. DF-B (Damage Free - bulkheads) boxcars for Dow Chemical in Midland, MI. The cars were...
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pjboylanboylan@...
Dec 4, 2000 1:08 pm
Here is list of tank car models by maker suitable for pre1950 modeling (with notes for earlier periods). No imported brass models are included a/c their cost...
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cyberfly55@...
Dec 4, 2000 10:57 pm
Hi, Everyone seems to have the Waybill program, I recently downloaded it and I am very pleased. The only problem I have is that I model 1948-1952, but the ...
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Jim Duncan
ku0g@...
Dec 4, 2000 11:36 pm
Bill Jewett has my updated industry file for Waybills which back-dates the system to pre-merger times! Contact him for a copy. -- Jim Duncan ... -- 73 de Jim,...
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John Redmond
mountstormrr@...
Dec 5, 2000 12:34 am
... Kevin, what site did you go to for the Waybill program? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping -...
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The Kygers
c3m@...
Dec 5, 2000 12:55 am
The following are my memories of unloading 40' boxcars of lumber circa 1978 in Columbia, MO. We always received 1" boards of mixed width and length in boxcars...
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Railboxx@...
Dec 5, 2000 5:14 am
Yep, I grew up on the other side of the state around Troy (between St. Lou and Hannibal). They didn't have to worry about drying the lumber in a kiln, just...
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madison@...
Dec 5, 2000 2:51 pm
Were those NP 40-footers primarily single-door or double door boxcars? From the description of lading it seems that those nicely molded commercial castings of...
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BillJewett@...
Dec 5, 2000 4:18 pm
<<Everyone seems to have the Waybill program, I recently downloaded it and I am very pleased. The only problem I have is that I model 1948-1952, but the ...
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Mike Davison
davison@...
Dec 5, 2000 10:29 pm
I'm working on a model railroad featuring the Northern Pacific in the western Washington circa 1969 (www.cs.utk.edu/~davison/layout/) and found your note quite...
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Jeff Aley - GCD PE
jaley@...
Dec 5, 2000 10:54 pm
Nice summary. The kits mentioned make for acceptable "stand-in" models that are built with pre-50's details. Few of them, however, are actually models of a...
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Jeff Aley - GCD PE
jaley@...
Dec 5, 2000 11:00 pm
Mike, Bear in mind that the original poster mentioned "lumber doors", not "end doors". A lumber door is not very big; just a small hole in the end you could...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Dec 5, 2000 11:13 pm
You both mentioned the Chemical tank tank car from Athearn as being post 50. My own impression looking through tank car photos is that it could stand in for a...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@...
Dec 5, 2000 11:20 pm
... All of this is off the top of the head of an old carpenter, but should be accurate. Back in the days when lumber was still shipped in boxcars, here is how...
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Mike Davison
davison@...
Dec 5, 2000 11:33 pm
Jeff, I was thinking of the small 'lumber door' when I asked about this. I didn't realize that 'end door' meant the larger (2'x3' common around 1890) doors on ...
