Mike -- Here's a model of the Monon gon. Chad Boas supplied the cast resin Spiral-Dreadnaught ends. Regards, Bob Chapman Mike writes: Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks

Thanks for sharing the photo, Tim. I have a pair of Shapeways ends that were looking for a place to be used. I assume that you meant ODD numbers! Steve Hile

Also getting on and off a larger platform would be easier than in and out of a typical caboose body. All-around visibility in the yard would be much better from the platform. Jerry Michels

There's no such railroad of course (maybe in the distant 'future' >G>, but for some reason, that end just brings the words 'Penn Central' to mind . . . but of course, there isn't any such railroad,

Friends, A year or two ago we discussed an ex-PRR F22 or F23 flat car that survived on the Iowa Terminal Railroad. As I was scanning my father's slides (Glenn G. Groff), I came

These spiral rib ends have been discussed here occasionally. I seem to recall that Dennis Storzek found they were from Haskell & Barker. Jack Mullen

Call it a "spiral" end. It's been discussed before, a littlebit. As John Barry says, Soo Line had some - series 63801 to 64799,498 even-numbered cars in 1940. By 1950 there were still 493 cars. By

Mike, Most likely a Monon gon, but it could be a SOO line as they had some too. The cars can be modeled with the Intermountain USRA gon and a Shapeways end. We had a good discussion on a number of

Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify

Came across a photo of a freight yard, and one one of the tracks is the end of a gondola I hadn't seen before. I'm sharing it here so that others may see it, and so that some may be able to identify

Transfer jobs usually required shoving long strings of cars from departure tracks in one yard to arrival tracks in others, often to another railroad. For a trainman to ride the side of a boxcar over

I believe that some roads invested in transfer cabooses to win favor with the union. I wouldn't be surprised if the NYC had this in mind when they rebuilt a bunch of boxcar frames into transfer cabs

I might not be one of those addressed ;^) but I'll offer this anyway. The various forms of transfer caboose are cheap, compared to new "regular" cabooses. If you have a surplus of good road

>>On Friday, May 18, 2018, 4:05:50 PM CDT, Aley, Jeff A <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote: >>Why did many railroads build special “transfer cabooses”? Why not just use a regular caboose? It seems like

Learned and Esteemed Listmembers (you know who you are!), Why did many railroads build special “transfer cabooses”? Why not just use a regular caboose? It seems like extra

Hi all, I'm looking for the book Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment by Roger C. Hinman. If you have a copy you don't mind sending my way, please contact me at aileron44@... George

Group, I still have a few Sunshine, Westerfield, and Funaro & Camerlengo HO-Scale resin kits I need to find new homes for. I have reduced the prices in order to clear them out. If you are

Dennis, I'm glad to hear Accurail has purchased George Schmidt's tooling and parts. These are cars Milwaukee modelers have wanted for decades. Sorry that he closed his company. See the attached list

Attachment did not work. Can not save a pdf to the images area. It says I am not authorized to add a folder to the files area. Send me an email and I will forward a pdf file from the Railway

I found my copy at the University of Minnesota library. There should be pdf a copy attached