When did railroads start painting reporting marks on the underframe/center sills of freight cars? Staffan Ehnbom

I've been researching just what these banana and fruit messengers did,, and I found a transcript of an oral history at the Smithsonian of an interview with James W. Washington Jr. conducted in Seattle

Group, In 1942 Greenville Steel Car Co. built Seaboard 8050-8099, 1,958 cu. ft. 70-ton covered hopper cars generally following the ACF design. The cars were much like others of this type with

Mere attendants? I'd hoped they'd have bananamanagers.... /gets coat and hat Craig Zeni Cary NC

A couple of random thoughts regarding perishable traffic on the Southern Railway. In addition to the banana extras that the Southern ran, they had four regular trains identified in their Perishable

Thank you for the responses, gentlemen. Ben Scanlon London, England

Arved Grass wrote: "AAR mandated AB brakes in 1933, so I'm quite sure about the 1934 cars being built with AB brakes. Were the 1932 cars built with K brakes? I doubt it. Handwriting was on the wall by

From Bruce Smith (more info at http://prr.railfan.net/freight/classpage.html?class=X29): 49313-54463 built 1928-1930 5151 cars 54464-57643 built 1928-30 3180 cars 90633-92500 built 1924-25 1868

I'll certainly look into what Kadee offers. "Washed out" sounds a lot easier than fading with Scotchbright pads. Chuck Peck

You are right Ben it was meant to go as a private email. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung mobile "Benjamin Hom b.hom@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote: Paul Doggett

Oops sorry should have been sent to private email. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung mobile "'paul.doggett2472' paul.doggett2472@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote: Arved

Paul Doggett wrote: "You have opened a can of worms with your x29 post they are a nightmare good luck my friend." Only a nightmare if you don't pay attention and review the information out

Arved You have opened a can of worms with your x29 post they are a nightmare good luck my friend. I am going to decal my B50-27 tomorrow after i have been to the hospital with Christine

In many ways, ALPS is notable mostly for being quick. Computer fonts are not necessarily always spot on. But you can¹t beat the turnaround time when it¹s working (both of mine are

Thanks, Cyril Durrenberger --------------------------------------------

Hi Arved- I understand your point on Red Caboose #7000 1928 with plate ends there are (2) 1928 side panel and DNE kits #7001 with K brakes #7004 with AB brakes #7001 appears incorrect with K brakes

Chris Sawicki wrote: "From Ben's TKM articles, the 1928 version should have plate ends (my understanding) if it also has K brakes." Yes, for AS-BUILT cars. Keep in mind that cars were eventually

At the risk of getting my hand slapped by Ben... The "1928 car with Dreadnaught Ends" represents the cars built 1932 and 1934. There was an RC-7000 kit, no longer offered, that was a correct 1928

One assumes that most folks can edit Ben’s link to make it work. But in case someone is having trouble, the link he meant to post is http://www.prrths.com/ One could also go

No one said they did, Arved. But for all I know, they pad print their decals. If they are now using an ALPS, that might be an improvement over what they did years ago when I got my decals. Personally