Does anyone make a decent standard gauge dump car suitable for our era, or more specifically my era (1958)? As I recall the Walthers dump cars are too modern. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Hi Charles, Thank you, that was a fascinating post. Claus Schlund

Andy Laurent and I are continuing our examination of the Ahnapee & Western waybill collection. For those interested, the latest post can be found

Rails Unlimited is Ted Schnepf’s company. Ted is a retired MILW road employee who is a significant vendor at Naperville/Chicagoland, St Louis, and many other RPMs and modeling venues. He has been

Ray: Please note that I didn't say it was the latest example in existence, only that I have seen. Also, I thought it was implicit but of course railroads could continue to put appliance data on the

Looking at it closer, it may be a steam generator car… Thanks! -- Brian Ehni

Hi Guy! I just quoted the caption FWIW.. In the caption they mention/implied Weber & Cavanaugh as being whom the settlement was for. I do not know who they were, nor the veracity of the citation. The

>>I think this RDG car in 1937 is the latest example of the mixed scheme that I have seen. >>Dave Parker Hi Dave, Except that it's not; that's just how the Reading lettered their cars in the 1930s. I

Good afternoon: I have never seen anything like that in any and all of my old Ontario & Western Technical & Historical Society and/or the Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society publications.

John: Excellent question. First, as you might guess, in-service photos from the Depression are rare. For the 36' shorties modeled by the recent Accurail releases, it's often easier to find builder's

Not to say that it didn't happen (never say never etc) but I've not seen any evidence of, or read reports of that happening on the O&W...and I do model O&W. Craig Zeni Cary NC

Dave, You make an interesting point about partial re-stencilling. This 1937 example seems rather rare though an likely to be even rarer or non-existent in my time period at the end of 1944. I know

Charlie wrote: “This is an insurance photo for a shifted load at Avella Pa, on the P&WV , on March 27th 1937, per the P&WV Hiline website.” Charlie, my old neighbor, The photos were obviously

I have to disagree slightly with Eric about the lettering on the RDG 27935 gon. The right-hand side does contain the hardware inventory found in pre-1927 lettering schemes. Just above the repack

Thanks for pointing out these images, Charlie. A few Pre-Depression Era modelers find images like these and share with each other but we forget where we found the originals. The Reading gon is

I'm hoping someone has a Sunshine kit #19.1 MoP 36' boxcar in their stash that they might be willing to sell. If you have one please contact me Off List at ygbsm66@.... Thanks, Joe Pauley

Not directly a response to this question Bob but the Perishable Schedules I have for the L&N, Southern, ACL and SAL have both Montreal and Toronto on their schedules. these RR's were all owners of and

John and Friends, Thanks for the very interesting post. I was going to comment on the products shipped or received and the number of spots for those industries listed in your

This is an insurance photo for a shifted load at Avella Pa, on the P&WV , on March 27th 1937, per the P&WV Hiline website. There are two gons involved and I would say the shifted loads are most likely

Drew, Definitely SFRD! GTW's Elston yard had direct connection to the south end of Santa Fe's Corwith yard. I grew up next to the GTW main just south of there and blocks of SFRD reefers were common