Ulrich GS Gon ad, October 1959 issue of Model Railroader. Ben Hom

My, my. Bulldog Macks and fabricated steel everywhere. The end shot of the gon on the curve is interesting. The off-tracking due to the radii is oh so evident (photo *5042). Rob Mondichak.

According to my April 1950 ORER, 16 of these cars remained in service. They’re noted as having wood floors, but no word on whether the sides were sill wood or had been upgraded to steel.

YEAH! Now all I have to do is to figure out how to access "files", Technologically Challenged: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

YEAH! Now all I have to do is to figure out how to access "files", Technologically Challenged: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Gratefully accepted. RG7

Friends, Thank you all for your input to my Western Pacific HO Car List. Thanks to the help so many of you offered, version 5 is now complete with nearly all the changes

Ron, You need a copy of my WP list. The one attached is the final version for now, with quite a few changes from the one I sent last week. Yours Aye,

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...