Thanks Tim O' Connor The B&W picture I have appears to have a lighter base color so I was thinking a shade of freight car red. I didn't want to assume though being its a builders photo and sometimes

Does anyone have a good photo of the mechanism used on flat cars with a drop brake wheel shaft as used in the 40' and 50's? Thanks in advance for any help. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung

The GM&O 72000 series were typical 53'6" General Steel Castingsflat cars. There were two orders, all 50 ton cars - 72000 to 72049, and 72050 to72149, all acquired by 1955. By 1959, a number of the

Matt, Was this the depressed center one piece cast flat car? If so, there was an article with plans and photo in October 1986 Mainline Modeler. Steve Hile

Looking for information on the GM&O 72,000 Commonwealth Flats as built 3-51. I only have one grainy picture and its hard to tell, #1 Color #2 Type of truck used. Any information or data is

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Hello Steam Era Modeler: We are pleased to announce that Westerfield Models is having a NATIONAL TRAIN DAY SALE! This sale will be in effect from 12:01 am May 11 through 11:59 pm May 21, 2018 and

Doug Forbes has been developing a model for a wood coal gondolaused on the Illinois Traction System in the early decades of the 20thcentury. The prototype is very similar to a Penny gondola of the

This photo is from the Pauldorpat.com website, which features the Seattle-now-then column: https://i1.wp.com/pauldorpat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/armour-building-then.jpeg?ssl=1 Comment from

These cars retained this look when the aux doors were disabled and they were re-classed as Bx-35 single door box cars. Unfortunately, all the photos I've seen of the Bx-35s are after their rebuilding

Here is the builders photo that was used to model this car. It was stripped off my last text. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Thanks Charlie, excellent photos!

The underframes by the late 1940's and early 1950's were rusting out, and like most of the 50 foot Fe-class cars received new bolsters, end sills and draft gear pockets. (see page 58 of the SFRH&MS

The Fe-U does not have the massive underframe. (see photo) They were also not painted off white but the builders photo was for better visibility of the construction. All the cars were delivered in the

Charlie, et al, that other classes received the "tabs" is great to know. Scratch one possible spotting feature! And I note in the Fe-15 photo you included that the side sill reinforcement is of the

The Santa Fe USUALLY but not always just change the first letter to a "W", however sometimes they were simply marked as "We" and box cars as "Wx" sometimes they were mismarked as coming from the wrong

The Fe-5 and 15 also received those large channel side sill tabs in later years, as did the Fe-19. Charlie Sent from Outlook

Steve I had exactly the same thought. And wouldn't a Santa Fe auto boxof that era have a massive fishbelly underframe?

Could it be scratch built or kit bashed? The underframe appears to be Athearn, with the snap on coupler covers. The ends look like the old stamped metal ones. The hat section framing and sides look

I can't seem to get ebay to show me closed auctions anymore. Is this normal?