Peter -- Please contact me off list, I've lost track of your current email addr. Thanks, Bill Operations SIG...
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Paul Catapano
hpcatapano@...
Jun 12, 2000 11:32 pm
I model 1952. I was looking for some line side industries to include. A friend suggested a beer distributorship. He suggested I add some bill board beer...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Jun 13, 2000 10:39 am
Too late. Billboard reefers were outlawed in the 30's....
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jdhofmockel@...
Jun 13, 2000 12:29 pm
Really?!? That's interesting. Why were they outlawed?? Jack. On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 06:36:35 -0400 "Howard R. Garner"...
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lawrence jackman
ljack70117@...
Jun 13, 2000 1:04 pm
Little guys could not afford them and gave the big guys an unfair advantage. The start of our social state. Larry...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jun 13, 2000 3:10 pm
didn't that law get modified again after the war. JonC.............SP Inyo Sub. Mojave to Battle Mountain over Montgomery Pass Serving the Owens Valley and the...
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BillJewett@...
Jun 13, 2000 3:26 pm
Paul -- I too really like billboard reefers, but they were outlawed by the ICC in (I believe) 1937 so they wouldn't be strictly correct for a postwar...
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dhusman
dhusman@...
Jun 13, 2000 4:24 pm
... ======================= If I need a car and the RR supplies a car with my competitor's advertising plastered all over it, I will probably object and might...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jun 13, 2000 5:15 pm
So then what are the Hamms beer cars behind the little joes in my Milwaukee road videos. You know the 50ft plug doors Athearn makes. Rohm Haas, Dresser...
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lawrence jackman
ljack70117@...
Jun 13, 2000 6:05 pm
The cars you see today are nothing like the cars that were outlawed the ICC Larry...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jun 13, 2000 7:56 pm
What does that mean Larry? The Hamms cars were from the 60s and 70s at least. This is old 8 mm stuff. I mean when was the Pacific extension de- electrified?...
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Paul Catapano
hpcatapano@...
Jun 14, 2000 2:53 pm
First I am "trying" to keep some prototype fidelity, even though I am modeling a free lanced road. In 1952 there would be no bill board reefers in the general...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jun 14, 2000 3:30 pm
Paul I did a little reserch last night but got nothing diffinitve. I think 40 ft plug door would be appropriate. Or converted reefers. There was a cool...
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dhusman
dhusman@...
Jun 14, 2000 6:06 pm
... =============== According to John Nehrich's freight car "round-up", none of the 40' plug door reefers are prototypical. the Athearn 50' mechanical reefer...
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Mark Cowles
cowles@...
Jun 14, 2000 8:54 pm
Re Billboard Cars. Hamms cars and others are owned by the company to ship their own products. The "outlawed billboard" cars were owned by a car operating...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jun 14, 2000 10:48 pm
Thanks for clearing that up Mark! JonC.............SP Inyo Sub. Mojave to Battle Mountain over Montgomery Pass Serving the Owens Valley and the Potash Industry...
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Jeff Aley - GCD PE
jaley@...
Jun 15, 2000 1:07 am
... Paul, Both. According to freight car guru Richard Hendrickson, "...some reefers had them in the 1930s and 1940s (numerous MDT cars, for example). But what...
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Jun 29, 2000 4:10 am
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Dana Driskel
driskel@...
Jun 30, 2000 3:38 am
Hello folks, I've just today joined the group - hello Paul, hello Jon - and thought I'd start with a question. On my beloved LA&SL pike, 1920 era, one of the...
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PBowers
57era@...
Jun 30, 2000 4:45 am
... If there is a switcher at Riverside it likely would put the coach on the train as this action would be spelled out in union agreements. Loaded passenger...
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Michael Allen
ptrmgtsvc@...
Jun 30, 2000 5:07 am
I can't really comment on the LA&SL but there was a similar situation on the Reading Newtown Line until 1966 where the next to last train in would drop 1coach...
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Paul Barker
pbarker@...
Jul 11, 2000 12:22 am
One of the questions I've seen several times and places is "What cars/products are typical of a packing plant?". Today I just found out that the local,...
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Stuart Dix
sdix@...
Jul 11, 2000 10:45 pm
At Tonganah, in the north-east of Tasmania (Australia!), they currently load about three wagons per day with milled timber. It is stacked onto 20' container...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jul 11, 2000 11:09 pm
Stuart did you know that SantaFe's big yard in LA (Los Angeles, Calif.) is called Hobart. There is even a Hobart tower. I have a bud that hangs out there; or...
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Paul Catapano
hpcatapano@...
Jul 12, 2000 11:27 am
Jon cure would probably know for sure but in the San Fernando Valley on the SP there used to be a place near Gemco that would load 2-3 piggy backs a day. Paul...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jul 12, 2000 4:44 pm
I thought Gemco (yard) was the termination of the Memphis Blue Streak which hauled auto parts there. I believe some of that traffic and othe local piggyback...
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BillJewett@...
Jul 19, 2000 6:17 pm
I'm looking for some data entry assistance in the Operations SIG project to accumulate a database of actual industries for use in waybilling model railroad...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Jul 19, 2000 8:00 pm
I would be interested in at least trying to do one Bill. But please don't hurt me. JonC.............SP Inyo Sub. Mojave to Battle Mountain over Montgomery Pass...
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Randy Williamson
pennsy@...
Jul 20, 2000 3:08 am
For Everyone to enjoy. Regards, Randy Williamson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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PBowers
57era@...
Jul 20, 2000 5:09 am
Just a note that if you have a text attachment to the list you will have to cut and paste it into a regular message as attachments are not allowed on the list....
