Anyone know of a comprehensive source of info on Western Maryland steel hoppers? I have a rough idea of what they had over the years, but there are some gaps I'd like to fill in, particularly after

Hi Ben, I meant built during this era. Joel

Sorry Ben, I guess I'm still asleep. I missed the "steel" part of that e-mail. :-)  Todd ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 8:55 AM Subject:

Joel Holmes asked: "Hi All, I was told of a model of a 50's or 60's steel box car with left opening doors. Does anyone know if there were any real left opening steel box cars buil[t] in this

Hi Todd, Thank you. The LV had a lot of left door opening box cars. Almost all or all of their 34' box cars were left opening cars. Many of their 40 foot wood and steel cars had left opening

Joel, I know the Lehigh Valley had some cars with a single left side door opening. Todd Horton   ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 8:38

Hi All, I was told of a model of a 50's or 60's steel box car with left opening doors. Does anyone know if there were any real left opening steel box cars build in this era? Thank to all who have

This picture was taken further south from the Aquarium, behind India Wharf. The New England Aquarium is built on Central Wharf, which clearly shows in the left of the photo with the "Mellin's Food

Gee, Tim, it's pretty obvious, isn't it? That car is wrecked. Richard Hendrickson

Rob beat me to the punch. It is a former Wabash 17000 series end door auto car. The number on the end is N&W 317xxx. They were assigned to the Alcoa Aluminum plant at Lafayette, IN for aluminum

Rob Thanks! I knew this was the right place to ask the question. Wow, that is one weird car. I didn't think I could use another Wabash double door car, but now I must reconsider... :-) Tim

Tim; That N&W car was originally one of the ubiquitous Wabash Automobile box cars with end doors (think Speedwitch or F&C kit) that has been converted for aluminum tube service. If you have the

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Spotted the new Broadway Limited NYC Steel Boxcar on Ebay this evening.  Has anyone received these yet? Jason Cook New Haven, IN [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Mike, Yes, I made ballast loads a year or two for 9 cars. I used the conventional method of rough shaping foam cores followed by ballast fixed with matt medium. I embedded an iron strips in the

JWD makes loads for the Atlas ballast cars. #1420 is a gray ballast load. They have notches for the inside bracing. The loads sit too high for my liking, so I increased the depth of the notches and

There must be as so far I haven't noticed any normal people in this group. LOL. John Hagen

======================= I thought there was a system in place to prevent normal people from seeing these threads! Scott Pitzer > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

<<I have to relate a story from Craig Thorpe, noted railroad artist, who did a fund raising  painting for the restoration of the Snoqualmie depot in Wa.  He researched the depot colors, the loco and

Armand, with 1/6 of the country on food stamps (including yours truly being eligible but so far I've not applied) I think it's generally not a good time to invest in leisure time activities... It is