--- In [email protected], Bob Werre <b...@...> wrote: > > Thanks Greg, doing a quick rundown of the cars, I didn't see any ribbed > sided cars! I had better check my built dates but I had thought they > started building them in the 30's > > Bob Werre > Bob: The first "rib siders" were a group of 50' cars built in 1937. Forty foot box cars began to be constructed in 1939 so there may not have been as many around when the photo was taken. The link below has more info...
http://www.riverraisinmodels.com/lib/milwhrbox.pdf BTW, if the photo is looking north , the background includes Orchard Field, a small rural airport destined to become Chicago's O'Hare International. Did you ever wonder why that airport's letter code is "ORD"!!?? Jim K. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
