William Dale asked: "What I found most interesting is the DL&W "Vehicle" box 4077 (4000-4099). I dug out my oldest ORER from April 1930 and it is listed as a staggered door vehicle box with steel

What I found most interesting is the DL&W "Vehicle" box 4077 (4000-4099). I dug out my oldest ORER from April 1930 and it is listed as a staggered door vehicle box with steel under frame with a

---In STMFC@..., <jimbetz@...> wrote : So ... I say "grain doors". (cardboard) - Jim B. =================== And by the mid fifties era of the photo, they most likely would be cardboard. It also

But who knows what need may have existed around Clovis for clean, tight cars? Not necessarily grain. Just something needing good cars. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Ben Hom wrote: “I've got a bridge to sell to Jason if he "can't believe RedCaboose would make such an error". ;) We all have to pay for an education Iguess ; )) ClarkPropst Mason City Iowa

ASF A-3 from a photo of NS 27088

Andy, Trucks on NS 27000-27249 were A-3 Ride Control with AAR cast iron wheels. Incidentally, I’ve done some major updating on most of my original steel box car rosters that now date back 10 years

Hi- Earlier this year I offered some Intermountain box car kits on another Yahoo groups web site. These were part of my offerings of "Enhanced" box car kits with several parts added to more closely

And because of the reweigh stencil AM (Amarillo) 10-55. Clovis is at the very edge of the major agricultural areas of West Texas and extreme eastern New Mexico, My wife's uncle and relatives, who

I wrote: "Westerfield featured HO scale models of the R-30-5 in bothpre- and post-1911 Safety Appliance Act versions but these currently are out ofproduction. These were kits 4903 and4953,

Somewhat incidentally, because of the lettering scheme on the GN car, the photo has to be after 1956-ish. Ed Edward Sutorik

Can anyone clearly make out the car number on the Super Chief boxcar? I am thinking this is a BX-27 but cannot be certain of the car number. Thanks, Brad Andonian

Hi, Loooong cut of cars getting a similar treatment (work being done). Guys transferring 'material' in the first car are not handing off wood. It is some form of cardboard - and it looks to me like

I wrote: "Photo of NYC 220539, Lot 585-B car repainted in an experimental blue scheme in 1958 and rebuilt with a solid A end here: http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/nyc-220539.jpg Note also

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