I am looking for someone to scratchbuild a wood prototype Santa Fe passenger car in HO. I can provide photos and drawings. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Hi, I am modeling some milk container cars on the flat cars owned by National Car Company that the DL&W used to carry in their milk trains in the early 1950’s. Funaro and Camerlengo (F&C) has

And a properly attired engineer Bib overalls, long gauntlet gloves, Kromer Blizzard Cap, and a black bow tie! Tom

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Doug, Thank you. I will do so. Ken Montero

 Hi Bob and List Members, Thank you Bob for the very excellent set of images. I could not help but notice there are more images of this 1934 wreck - one of them is in the link below.

Ken if you check the group files for the following file you will find the 1949 AAR loading diagrams. Tractor Loading on Flatcars AAR 1949.pdf The diagram shows the tractors are properly secured.

Interesting. Going to Austria under auspices of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. That dates it as roughly end of WWII and end of 1946. Dates n the flat show 1945, Jim Murrie

Am I missing something? I am used to seeing a profusion of tie-downs, either chains or ropes. Is there just a tie-down from the left side of the tractor's rear to the flat car and a strap through the

Bob Chaparro wrote: The crate would certainly simplify modeling tractors! Tony Thompson tony@...

Many, many thanks to the folks who put on this Virtual RPM and especially to those who uploaded their clinic materials over on https://groups.io/g/Hindsight2020 -- Steve Hoxie Pensacola FL

This car looks to be a DD car, see door tracks. My surmise would be that it is a chain tube. Dan Smith

I'll buy that! Bruce

I will guess it’s a tube for chains used for auto carrying. Note the door track extending left from the car center. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Folks, What is the piece of hardware, just inside the wheel, that appears to be strapped to the center sill? Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith

Photo: Export Tractor Load On Rock Island Flatcar An undated photo from the Hennepin County Library: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/MplsPhotos/id/10033/rec/23 Use the arrow

Photo: Export Tractor Load An undated photo from the Hennepin County Library: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/MplsPhotos/id/10358/rec/27 Use the arrow in the upper right

Photo: Boxcar Lower Door Track A 1938 photo from the Hennepin County Library: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/MplsPhotos/id/27759/rec/399 Use the arrow in the upper right

Photos: Milwaukee Road Boxcar 713481 Two 1934 photos from the Hennepin County

Photo: Boxcars At Flour Mill A 1905 photo from the Hennepin County Library: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/MplsPhotos/id/51159/rec/95 Use the arrow in the upper right hand