The shots were taken in the 50's or 60's at a Material Service quarry near Plainfield, Illinois. They are part of a collection inherited by the son of the photographer. If the son says its Illinois,

Tony, Yes, it is/was 3 verticals per stack as you point out. How easily I missed that detail! Our memory is a frustrating thing to loose - actually this wasn't so much my memory as it was my lack

That is clearly not in Illinois ... I suggest somewhere in South America ... Jim B.

Hey Yuze Gize,

Seems I recall that Model Railroader had an article by (IIRC) Jack Work around 1959 on making open top lumber loads. Dick Haave

The freight cars shown on this site may not be steam era, but they appear beat up enough to be close. Try; picasaweb.google.com/109517272707102411928/MaterialService thank you Bill Barber for the

Just to clarify this a bit... Generally we call it SURFACED and ROUGH. Finished was a term that was oftenassociated with finished goods such as siding, profiles or mouldings. Surfaced was material

From the days before we had to Vandal proof everything. Best to ya, Mike Bauers Milwaukee, Wi

Here are flat cars and a GN gondola hauling lumber in Ogden in 1947.: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1947-Sep-Ogden/i-9FVG6xB/A gary laakso south of Mike Brock

Hello, Is there anyone out there who has knowledge (first hand experience) in removing factory lettering from Kadee box cars without harming the body paint (color)? I'd like to model a NH 40' box car

Jim Betz wrote: Jim, there was an AAR loading diagram, which was regarded as close to mandatory, and it specified three, not two, side stakes per stack. Cross connections could be wire or smaller

Hello my friends, FIRST - let me thank all of you who have replied/sent photos/etc. I DO appreciate the help. Many of you have sent emails to me off list and I want to thank those who have done

CZ methinks thou dost extrapolate from slightly different shades of tan (quite common in DA packages -- also different shades of ink printing on them) to some nefarious scheme to color code

https://www.republiclocomotiveworks.com/ owns you can buy from them Detail Associates -- Thomas j Cataldo

And now we're worried about the color of the cardboard/paper package these items come in.... Mark L. Drake eBay ID member1108

Read it and weep, Tim :) http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/grills/IMAG0754.jpg http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/grills/IMAG0756.jpg Craig Zeni Cary NC

Two different wrecks -- yipe -- confusion. AL B.

Al, the photos of B&M 4005 on its side seem to be a different wreck, which the descriptive info identifies as at Somerville, MA 6-25,1928. According to the title, the photo of the passenger train

I need at least one and preferably three of C&BT's 7-foot Youngstown doors from their boxcar kits. Two that I had warped and shattered when I tried to flatten them. Can they still be purchased?

Tim O'Connor wrote: are in the same tan/brown color packages. No, Craig is correct. Initially DA's brass parts (which were made using their plastic parts as investments) came in nearly white