Excellent, the greatest wall paneling ever ! I'm so envious ! :-) Tim O' ---------------------------------------- Over a period of time he retrieved a sizable portion of one exterior walland the

Bob Chaparro wrote: Actually, the added "sub-class" stencil indicates the car was REBUILT to R-30-11-1/2 standards. As is evident in the PFE book, this means a new superstructure. The

John Houlihan lives in Fresno, CA, and is well known around theNMRA’s Pacific Coast Region as the “Irish Tracklayer”. John models the Western Pacific, Santa Fe and SouthernPacific plus some

You stole my comment, Eric---- B&S 10001-10500 Pressed Steel Car Co. 1905-06 (B&O 139028-249) B&S 10501-11250 Unknown builder (Same B&O series) B&S 12101-12600 PSCCo. 1907 (B&O 11601-12595) All

Covis, NM near the Texas panhandle western border, is reasonably close to the grain country of northern Texas, western Oklahoma and western Kansas, though which Santa Fe ran. While not quite as

Clark Propst forwarded from Jason Klocke: "I have a Red Caboose 40ft DD Automobile boxcar. It's a NYC car, jade green with a cigar band herald. The # is 59075. I am trying to bill it but I cannot

Of double door boxcars being used for grain, yes, we have covered this subject before. I had posted a photo of a MILW DD boxcar that the Railway Age article in which the photo was taken from stated

Agreed. This collection is nearly pure gold andan amazing historical documentation of massive changes in Lackawanna Country. Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

Eric What a fantastic picture! It captures the industrialization of Americaperfectly. The bucolic scenery, and then a massive, brand new roundhouse and railroad yard. Andyou have to love that foot

Schuyler, The next couple of images are great! A Buffalo& Susquehanna steel gondola is featured. I didn’t know the B&Shad any steel gons.

I was wondering the same thing Guy. A quick check shows Morley Mills built a modern feed mill in Clovis NM in 1955. As a feed mill, it use local and imported grains to blend and make feed, mostly for

Rich Townshend wrote: "I support the grain rush hypothesis, or something like it." The location of the work (Clovis NM) is throwing me off. Granted, it could be because Clovis is lighter loaded than

Although I have the RMJ issues Tim cited on the shelf, I thought I would try TrainLife. I found the two RMJ issues and the photos, but more importantly I found that the good guys from Exactrail have

"Beans?" Dennis Storzek New Mexican Jumping Beans! Could very well be, Dennis. Until I saw the silos I was going to suggest cotton which was a New Mexico and Arizona product during the period of

---In STMFC@..., <guycwilber@...> wrote I believe, as Dennis stated, that these cars are being "coopered" and prepared for grain. The large array of silos in the background is a pretty good

"Would a double sliding door car be usable for grain at all?" Staffan Ehnbom Dr. Ehnbom: I have never seen photo evidence of a double door car in grain service, but the ARA's original diagrams

Yes, CMO is the Omaha road, http://www.cnwhs.org/ch_spmo.htm Controlled by the CNW since 1882, leased by the CNW in 1957, ie merged, name gone 1972. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

To me it looks like a whole cut of cars has been pulled into a worktrack, and cars that need attention, of whatever kind, are getting it. Railroad yards often had a "cleanout" track where trash and

Below is an inquiry I received. I’m hoping these cars, or something likethem ; )) were built during the era of this list. Can anyone helpJason Klocke out on this? ClarkPropst Mason City

Clark Propst outlines his new layout adventure on the Resin Car Work blog. Clark reviews his processes in choosing a new prototype location and how to model it. Check it