I found this image through a Googlesearch. There are many carloads of trees arriving at this team yard. Thebuilding in the distance seems to be a West Shoreand NYO&W facility. Is this Weehawken?

Trees were also delivered in box cars. When we lived in the Bronxwe’d go to the LCL track at the NH Van Nest shops to pick out a tree. Guyswould buy carloads and sell out of them. The

I have two photos of Christmas Trees on flat cars. One taken in Ontario in 1926 shows a flat car #651498 (can’t make out a name) being piled high with Christmas Trees. The other is of a DM&? flatcar

I remember switch cars of Christmas trees in the late 1970's. They were using old 50' DD boxes from our time period. Bill Vaughn

Am I the only one here that remembers Christmas trees being shipped by rail into northeast cities? They we tied in bundles of two or three spruce trees and loaded on flat cars/ there were side stakes

Having viewed, back in Sep, the rather famous photo of the SP frt train and its visible, interesting lumber loads, as shown on pg 90 of Tony Thompson's Southern Pacific Official Color Photography Vol

Lester Breuer wrote: The 1928 Cyc shows both the 1922 and 1924 ARA underframe designs. I included the latter photo in my Volume 4 on box cars, in the _Southern Pacific Freight Cars_ series.

I have bunches of empty jars but the lids (specifically the liners)are what wear out and stop working -- those 27 cent replacement lids looklike just the ticket! Tim O'

When doing some research for a model project I was reading Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual, Vol. 1, compiled by Ted Culotta, page 52 on Chicago & North Western single-sheathed box cars. Here

I missed this point in my previous answer... "Did the construction industry change from needing/wanting dry lumber to green or did they accept undried lumber because it was being shipped

NYCentral Modeler 1st Qtr. 2016 Click here to read. https://nycshs.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/nycentralmodeler_2016_1q1.pdf Start with an article by Lars-Erik Sondenkamp about modeling a town

Westerfield makes some great sets for USRAsingle-sheathed box cars. Here’s a link to theirsingle-sheathed offerings. Pick out the appropriate sets for the USRA

Jim: To answer your questions about changes in the lumber industry, I suggest reading Nelson Courtland Brown, Lumber: Manufacturing, Conditioning, Grading, Distribution, and Use, John Wiley & Sons,

I envy you Eric.Unfortunatelythere is a lack of quality decals.I have several kits awaitingproper decals.Armand Premo

---In STMFC@..., <jimbetz@...> wrote : Hi, Greg's post is interesting - who is the cart and who is the horse. Did the construction industry change from needing/wanting dry lumber to green or did

I just painted a few Tichy USRA SS carsand I will lean heavily on the RPCyc photos when the decal itch strikes. RPCyc16 was a HUGE assist when I decaled a half dozen USRA DS cars. My focus is 1926so I

Thank you, Eric. I checked my library, but neglected the RP Cyc, an excellent resource! Dave

For this….. I would consider using a solid color wood-tone card-stock sourced from the craft world. Print a wood grain on the top boards leaving the basic color alone, and stack the card stock as a

Hi Jim, Let me answer this in context so we all can geta clearer understanding as you have addresses several subjects that seem to blend but might not: Eventually all things merge into one and a

Dave, Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia, Volume 17,notes the CNJ cars were rebuilt with Hutchins roofs and 221 cars were inservice in July 1951. The volume contains two images of the CNJ USRA SS cars.