Jim Mischke wrote > My off-layout paper mill in Johnsonburg, Pa. in 1964 may needsome kaolin clay The earliest I've seen of a kaolin slurry tank car is the 1960's. The earliest CofG covered hopper

Tony, I think that's unfair. I appreciate having 'official' colors butI've seen enough photos of freshly painted cars -- and seen enough actualchips of paint from other railroads -- to know that

Hi A photo of one of these boxcars as GM&O 20188 surfaced on the 'bay. One of Ted Culotta's auctions. At first I thought it was some kind of War Emergency boxcar but the Howe truss is wrong (and

Hi, We're talking about "box car red"/tuscan/red oxide/freight car brown/etc. aren't we? Tony is right about "there is no one paint color/shade that is perfect" ... for any RR for any era ...

It was a wharf, on the PRR, thus, no PRR hoppers left the US! Coal was loaded on lakers via gravity.

Actually from Sodus Point, NY, via the old PRR coal loading wharf there (burned down in ?1972?). This was on the PRR line from Canandaigua. I believe the branch from Southport, NY.

Chuck Peck wrote: No, of course drums of paint from different sources differed, But not that much. The SP paint chips from the 1920s are a good match to the 1994 chip for Freight Car Red

Garth Groff wrote: Nobody listens, Garth. On paint SCHEMES I do try to help. With paint COLORS, no. Everyone has an opinion, few agree with each other, and it's a waste to typing muscles to chime

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Those three different mixes may all have been perfect for some SP car at some date. Personally, I doubt that every drum of freight car red paint bought by the SP over some few years all matched

Friends, I'm surprised Tony hasn't jumped in on this, but I just checked his book SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT CARTS, V. 5, HOPPERS, COVERED HOPPERS, TANK CARS. On page 424 there is a 1956

JM, Engelhard did not get into the kaolin business until 1963 according to this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelhard . IIRC, kaolin was shipped in boxcars,

B&A ribbed and offset side hoppers could be found far from home in dedicated service seemingly unrelated to B&A. Example from 1965-1974: J&L Steel opened a new iron ore mine called Adams at

Jim Mischke asked: "I have a small fleet of Stewart offset triple hopper cars with 1950's road names waiting for assembly and service. I do not recognize the trucks. The top sideframe arch looks a

Ted--I can only take that chart at face value. There three different mixes cited for SP boxcars. Steve Hoxie Pensacola FL

My mold frames are made from 3/4" thick laminated shelving material and are reusable. I attach my patterns to the mold bases with double-sided paper tape. I use both 2" and 3/4" widths. For open-face

Also, BR&P/B&O operated a ferry between Charlotte, NY. (Rochester) and Cobourg, Ont. until 1950. There was northbound coal traffic aboard in US hopper cars. link: Car Ferry - Cobourg History

I have a small fleet of Stewart offset triple hopper cars with 1950's road names waiting for assembly and service. I do not recognize the trucks. The top sideframe arch looks a little shallow to my

My off-layout paper mill in Johnsonburg, Pa. in 1964 may need some kaolin clay from time to time, so a northbound Englehard tank car would be a welcome occasional load. Are there any accurate

Yes, Sloan's book A Century +10, 2nd edition, is the one you want for anything DRGW narrow gauge. Curt Fortenberry