That a car end would be termed "indestructible" tells you all you need to know about problems with wood car ends, leading eventually to steel ends, of course. And BTW the name of that end turned out

Photo from the 1922 CBC: Lack of initials above the car number seems to suggest a DL&W car. Here's an Erie car: Dennis Storzek

Jared Harper wrote: "You're alive! Since I have not heard a peep about you or from you I thought you might have croaked from Covid." Not funny. Greg Martin. Way too soon. Ben Hom

Matt you are right. Mine are 4-40, but I have used them to cut brass 2-56 screws. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

You're alive! Since I have not heard a peep about you or from you I thought you might have croaked from Covid. Jared Harper

I believe those are stiffening ridges of some kind. If you look at the right side of the roof, the panel seams do extend all the way to the edge, beyond the more prominent features. David Thompson

Virginian class G-2, ordinary 50-ton gondola. Curiously, Kanawha Glen Jean & Eastern ordered copies of this design, but those cars do not appear to have gone to C&O when it took over that line in

I believe that's a BR&P hopper in the background. David Thompson

N&W 65216 is a class BJa ventilator car. Lettering style dates it to the late '20s or early-mid '30s, and the car has a replacement Climax radial roof. Lumber is not the first lading one might think

That’s a B&O M-15 boxcar rebuilt with “Indestructible ends.” These became M-15f, M-15h, and M-15j subclasses. HO resin kits have been available from Westerfield Models.

Home-grown Tatum end. B&O applied it to many of their double-sheathed cars in the 1920s and '30s. David Thompson

John: I date the American Gas silver-on-black scheme to about 1930. I don't think it persisted very long, and my sense is that the white-oval-on-black scheme came along later. My guess is that you

I don't know how unusual this combination is generally, but it (or something similar) is not uncommon on rebuilt 36-ft DS cars (D&H, NYNH&H, probably others). But, this is a 40-ft car (says my 1938

Does anyone know the timeline for the later MPLX lettering schemes? Did the American Gas lettering on silver preceed the white Amoco logo on black, or were they concurrent? Wondering what would be

Folks, A Facebook poster pointed out that B&O boxcar #82965, just to the right of center and just beyond the two tank cars in this John Vachon, June 1941 photo of Milwaukee's

Actually, binder head screws are used in conjunction with binder posts, a T-shaped internally-threaded post which fits in standard punched holes in paper. The posts and the screws are used to

No one is going to import a "Tangent quality" RTR poultry car from China (or wherever). Ambroid wood kit, Overland brass, or scratchbuild. Them's the choices in HO

Yep, definitely below the stringer, and attached (abutted) to the end sill. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Dimensions per McMaster-Carr for 2-56 screw heads, 18-8 ss: Type Diameter (in) Height (in) /100 (1/4in) Truss 0.194 0.053 $4.96 Binding* 0.181 0.050

Interesting. I’ve seen 4-40 shears on wire strippers, but not 2-56. The former works, but requires cleanup. Ironically, my full size strippers will cut down to the 4-40, whereas the smaller