I purposly bought a 2nd Westerfield MP door and a half car so I could include such lettering... Jerry Glow

Bruce Smith wrote: As Bruce implies but doesn't say, this is the case for double- door cars with staggered doors (the normal arrangement on automobile cars). By the 1950s, some railroads were

Folks, Combining two threads here, the photo posted earlier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5786323249/sizes/o/ in/photostream/ shows the end of a PRR X25A as the first car in

No, none of the 3 lines received USRA single sheathed boxcars, although both GN and NP had 40 foot and 50 single sheathed boxcars. gary laakso south of Mike Brock vasa0vasa@...

Hi all Can anyone tell me if the NP, GN and SP&S ever received any USRA single sheathed outside braced boxcars during the war years? If so, what numbers did they carry? Forgive the double

Ben Hom replied: opening listed door had been Yes, and often only a limited number of cars would be converted. Thus in many entries the original series would list the original door opening with a

Jerry Glow asked: "Wouldn't an ORER show door opening of the "reduced" size?" Not necessarily.  I've seen these cars listed with the original opening listed in the dimensional data, with a note

Jerry, Usually it would, if the entry had been changed by the railroad since the modification of the car. But that's a big IF and it didn't happen overnight <G>. And as has been noted on this list

Wouldn't an ORER show door opening of the "reduced" size? Jerry Glow

Not sure about Boston,but they got to Vermont.Armand Premo

Victor, In general, with automobile cars (or any 40' double door car) with the right door centered on the car, opening the left door completely would obscure the reporting marks if they were on the

Am building an HO Speedswitch Media Wabash automobile boxcar. (By the way, this is wonderful kit, but I would have preferred the ladder stiles on the ends to be molded on. I have already broke one

<When again is Naperville 2011 at Lisle? < < < <Al Kresse More information at: http://www.railroadprototypemodelers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=59 Jack

I have some ancient Champ decals; the envelope is marked "HO/OO".  This may explain the size discrepancy. John B. Allyn

John, WE know that SAL Ventilated Boxes got up to Chicago via the C&O in the summers with watermellons, so why not Boston.  Yard clerks at the Russell Manifest Receiving Yard said they came back

I believe that was the one - I can't (or want to) remember after the experience. Thanks for the kudos Jerry Glow The Villages FL http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/decals.html

Champ's not the only culprit. Even some of Sunshine's is not sized properly. My GM&O "supplemental set" was done for just that reason and I eventually made it a complete set. Jerry Glow The Villages

Is that a SAL "vent" box I see off in the distance... just barely left of the telephone pole? John Degnan Scaler164@...

Very interesting freight car shot, many PRR but look toward the rear!!! Mark Morgan PS Grandpa now http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5786323249/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Richard I don't know if you can draw a parallel but the CB&Q ordered 200 dump cars from the Ingoldsby Automatic Car. Co. in 1904 and they were built by Pullman. Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ