Yes, sorry for the confusion. I should have known that a 1945-built car wouldn't have been the same as the prototype of the Branchline car. The car I'm thinking of doesn't show up today so it must be

Ron, Are you talking about the WP boxcar? I'm not sure a good version has ever been offered lettered WP by anyone (lots of Athearns, but they had the wrong square corners). The

I don't think these are Western Union cars. In fact, they might not be occupied camp cars at all. No smoke jacks or ventilators visible. They do look like they were originally open-end passenger cars

Several good photos of this

Sorry, the replies get separated from the original message by a day or two, but "this" refers to the WP car on the doughnut siding from the B&O photo. Ron Merrick

Is this the Branchline model? I built one a few years back, but I'm not sure that car is on the layout currently for me to check, and I can't immediately find the old Branchline catalog pages. I'm

My bad it should be 1-1-50 ORER. TW On Monday, April 1, 2019, 11:52:08 AM CDT, anthony wagner <anycw1@...> wrote:

NJI&I, a subsidiary of the Wabash. poss ibly 3500-3599 1 car in my 1-1-80 ORER. I'd guess its a clone of several thousand WAB cars in various 40000 thru 49000 number series with 11' or 12' doors as

Coming from a fellow piping engineer, I agree the cylindrical section (what I would call a spool piece) and the rectangular section are probably for air or exhaust gas rather than for water. If there

Boomer Pete is a pen name used by Al Kalmbach in Model Railroader articles. He used to primarily for teaching purposes to encourage prototypical modeling and operation. Nelson Moyer

Claus Schlund asked: "Any thoughts on the reporting marks for the 40ft single sheathed auto box car shown in [the] image linked below? The resolution is just not quite good

Hi List Members, Any thoughts on the reporting marks for the 40ft single sheathed auto box car shown in ght eimage linked below? The resolution is just not quite good enough...

Thanks Todd. You are, of course, correct. Brian Rochon

Brian Rochon wrote: "Today’s edition of the Erie Lackawanna E-Mail List Photo Archive (lists.railfan.net/erielack-photo) has four high resolution images of MC 46205, a wood-sheathed truss-rod box

Ummm, in that era (1920s), I think MC is Michigan Central, part of the New York Central family, not Maine Central which has reporting marks MEC. Todd Sullivan

Bill Welch wrote: "Some of us have no idea who Boomer Pete is/was." Boomer Pete was a pen name that Al Kalmbach used to author various articles in Model Railroader. The specific reference here is a

,_Today’s edition of the Erie Lackawanna E-Mail List Photo Archive (lists.railfan.net/erielack-photo) has four high resolution images of MC 46205, a wood-sheathed truss-rod box car, circa 1928-29.

Some of us have no idea who Boomer Pete is/was. Wondering if there is a way on the opening page of this group to have a yet to be authored and agreed upon "Ten Commandments of Freight

Fred Jansz wrote: "A Western Pacific car on the B&O! Who would have [thought] that. Bruce Smith wrote: "Why? A WP car on the B&O comes as no surprise at all to me. We’ve documented repeatedly on

My first thought was of a bean separator, such as used for Lima Beans. Not at all uncommon in California. Not many photos, as these were buried inside structures. I have such a bean separator I made