To hijack this thread a bit, some of the WAG hide cars were leased to Penn Central and wore Toledo & Ohio Central reporting marks. <http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/toc5255ald.jpg> - can't tell if the reweigh date is 1-66 or not. All of the former WAG cars on the PC were former B&M cars. The T&OC reporting marks that reappeared at the tail end of NYC were all on hoppers. The PC and later CR also had box cars sublettered TOC in captive flour service.
The T&OC reporting marks on the NYC ended in the 1936 system-wide renumbering, and the T&OC then existed as a paper railroad until NYC resurrected it in late 1964. Mark Plank Syracuse, IN Modeling the Toledo & Ohio Central (NYC Lines) St. Marys [OH] branch -----Original Message----- From: JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> The WAG boxcars (mostly ex-B&M) were often labeled "For Hide Loading Only"; I'm not sure of the source for the hides--could well have been from the midwest--but a major industry in northwestern Pennsylvania was leather tanning, especially at Elkland PA, which got started with the abundant hemlock bark from the lumbering industry. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
