Thanks Bill, this is a wonderful frgt car picture bonanza! Been lost for more than a few hours with these photos. For the GNR types, what do the white circles on/above the sidesills indicate? TIA Dave

Bill, Thanks much. It wouldtake hours to do all of them justice. The three I particularlynoticed: GNW 100022 definitelyrebuilt with fixed sill. Not sure if true in this case, but one alternative

I spent much time (too much time because the connection was really slow) downloading and doing minor corrections to what were mostly boxcars mostly taken by Walter E Frost

My Swift 4-pack is on my work bench (sorry, Mike but I'm keeping them), ready for necessary modification. By the way the parts were all fine, but couplers on two of the cars don't work at all. I

Thanks for the information Guy! it's much appreciated. Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, UT "My Train of Thought left the station without me!"

I make one in resin like the #33 picture of the superior drop shaft. Look in the photos section under the Flat Car Projects at the GN 66000 series flat. Chad Boas

I think Elden meant to address this to Bill Welsh; in any case, I just checked the Classic Freight Cars tank car book and there are several photos of Allied Chekical tank cars but none were former

Guy, as usual, you have assembled finely detailed accurate information. I, for one. appreciate the time you took to share it. Thanksl Eric

Tim O'Connor asks about the Semet Solvay dome platform tank car I bashed in 2010 <?>: From a message I sent to Richard back in 2007 regarding the mods to the Semet Sovay tank car: A couple of

Dear HO modelers: Your reefer modeling friend istrying to complete the assembly of the 10 differently labeled cars of theWalthers 8801 series, offered by Walthers between 1958 & 1968. Not all

Hello Steam Era Modelers: Westerfield Models is pleased to announce the re-release of our 4900 series R-30-4/5/6 PFE Reefers. The R-30-4/5 was built by Pullman, with the R-30-4 being built in 1909

And with more fussing with the photo I can see that the suburban cars on the left appear to be the two-tone cars of the CSS&SB line to Indiana. Still running out of the same station area (now

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "Paul, brakes were serviced more or less annually, like truckjournal repacking, and the railroad, location, and date were stenciled on thereservoir or reservoir

Eric Lombard wrote: "UP 454000-454099, A-50-14 (79) Evans Type T auto loaders." Though both railroads and the AAR referred to truckloader systems as Type "T" Auto~Loaders this was never an

Yes, that is the IC at Chicago. You are looking north. a strip of park and Michigan Ave would be to the left (west) and the yard ends in the relatively near (north) distance at Randolf St with some

Looks to me a lot like the IC yard in downtown Chicago. That first photo... State Street on the left... tall building looks to me to be the Carbon & Carbide Building. But I'm not 100% sure. Also,

Hi List Members, Some nice yard shots in this collection. Note the oil-electric lurking in the center. Curator scanned these images upside-down, so you have to use an image editor or your

This might be a terribly stupid question, but do you already have the Classic Freight Cars tank car book? I do not have mine at hand, but believe there are several Allied Chem tank cars in that

---In STMFC@..., <wsharpe1@...> wrote: Richard Bale wrote, “For a look at a prototype Feasible drop shaft brake visit “. http://mrhpub.com/2013-11-nov/land/#118

I'm looking for the same part - I'd be happy with a few good dimensions though. Any body know of source for drawings? I'm trying to get up Scranton this spring so I'll bring a sketch pad if I can't