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Re: Tender bunker color---red lead vs oxide red?

len eddleman — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:48:06 GMT

BRIGHT RED was use by the paint shop in spencer,n.c. ... From: Greg Runions Subject: Re: [Southern_Railway] Tender bunker

Re: Tender bunker color---red lead vs oxide red?

Greg Runions — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:44:02 GMT

I have a Broadway light USRA 2-8-2 and they have the back half of the tender from the water hatch to the coal bunker in a bright red and I also hava a 0-8-0

"N" then there were a baker's dozen

Roger Kirkpatrick — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:47:50 GMT

Hi, Here are the cabooses in Kentucky towns beginning with "N": New Haven - C&EI? #?/L&N 98?, Sherwood Inn storage shed, Main St.; - IC 9886, steel, cupola,

SOU # ? RPO reporting mark? 800700

Dick Fisher — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:17:04 GMT

The original car number was Southern #36. At the time of the Postal Service train it was owned by James Bistline and later donated to the North Carolins

Re: SOU # ? RPO reporting mark? 800700

Thomas Bookout — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:49:54 GMT

The PPCX reporting mark is that of the American Association of Private Railcar Owners (AAPRCO). The Souther RPO - PPCX 800700 has obviously been moving under

Re: SOU # ? RPO reporting mark? 800700

Chris Williams — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:19:47 GMT

Private cars running in Amtrak service are assigned what we call eight hundred thousand numbers. All private car numbers begin with 800---. Chris Williams To:

SOU # ? RPO reporting mark? 800700

Allen Cain — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:16:01 GMT

I checked in the 1955 register and there were no numbers anywhere near as "high" as this series. Not sure where they got it. Allen Cain

RPO

Craig Myers — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:17:02 GMT

That was Jim Bistline's RPO Car #36, part of the National Postal Museum. Craig Myers

Re: The Fireman Out & About: 2009s Top 20.

gray webber — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:08:13 GMT

Great photos--thanks for sharing! I particularly liked the photo of the depot at Orme,TN and the architectural detail. I have an interest in old railroad

Re: Southern Tunnels in Indiana

cjberndt — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:29:49 GMT

Sometimes RR history is really aggravating. Digging deeper into the history of these tunnels, I found a reference to Heck Tunnel having been 2.5 miles west of

Tender bunker color---red lead vs oxide red?

twa767200 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:28:13 GMT

It seems most everything that references red roofs and tender parts for ANY railroad usually use "oxide red" as the term---but those colors/paints just don't

SOU # ? RPO reporting mark? 800700

fl3railrunner — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:27:59 GMT

Following is a photo of the RPO that was on the USPS Celebrate the Century train: http://railrunner01.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1895265 Is this

M&Ms for Kentucky

Roger Kirkpatrick — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:27:00 GMT

Hi, The "M" Kentucky towns that have captive cabooses: Madisonville - SCL 01144/SBD 21144, steel, cupola, 369 S. Harrig St., for sale. Still here? Martin -

SOU? caboose, Zetella, GA

Roger Kirkpatrick — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:03:46 GMT

Hi, There's a caboose reported as SOU? #? used as a pool house, Zetella, GA. An excellent report, except for a few minor details! Zetella is about 8 miles

Caboose, Montevallo, AL

Roger Kirkpatrick — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:23:47 GMT

Hi, There's a wood, er, ah, gag, cupola, caboose with no trucks or markings reported as SOU? #? at 1191 Salem Rd. (CR !%), Montevallo, AL. It doesn't look