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Re: Pennsylvania X29 Box Cars 503920 and 504222

Lester, Nice work! One minor correction. While many have called the 3 panel door on the X29 a “CRECo” door, in reality it is not a product of the Chicago Railway Equipment Co and is more

By Bruce Smith · #163400 ·

Re: Pennsylvania X29 Box Cars 503920 and 504222

Lester, those look great, thanks for sharing Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

By O Fenton Wells · #163399 ·

Pennsylvania X29 Box Cars 503920 and 504222

I have finished two Red Caboose Pennsylvania X29 box cars, 503920 with a Creco door and 504222 with a Youngstown steel door. The cars have AB brakes located in the correct position as discussed on

By Lester Breuer · #163398 ·

Re: Gondola Load

Ed, From my observation, the WP was very parsimonious about repainting older rolling stock, and some boxcars went right into MW service in the 1970s with their original white

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #163397 ·

Re: Throwback Tuesday: Ulrich GS Gon Ad, Model Railroader, October 1959

Ben and friends Great nostalgia. Besides the Ulrich gondolas, the dump truck is one of theirs, and these are like Gold when you can find them. The little people are Weston Mini

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #163396 ·

Re: Throwback Tuesday: Ulrich GS Gon Ad, Model Railroader, October 1959

Us SP modelers have long had to roster a bunch of these Ulrich cars to represent the thousands of Enterprise GS gons that SP bought in the 1920s. They were truly durable, remaining in service well

By Tony Thompson · #163395 ·

Re: Gondola Load

Garth, The box cars offered by Branchline Trains were typically available in a 4-pack, which in some cases represented a mix of both new and repainted cars, plus a 5th model available to be bought as

By Ed Hawkins · #163394 ·

Throwback Tuesday: Ulrich GS Gon Ad, Model Railroader, October 1959

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

By Benjamin Hom · #163393 ·

Re: Photo Study: Lackawanna Gondola 67198

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.

By Rob M. · #163392 ·

Re: Photo Study: Lackawanna Gondola 67198

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.

By Schuyler Larrabee · #163391 ·

Re: WP HO Car List

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

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #163390 ·

Re: WP HO Car List

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

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #163389 ·

Re: Gondola Load

Gratefully accepted. RG7

By mopacfirst · #163388 ·

WP HO Car List

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

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #163387 ·

Re: Gondola Load

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,

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #163386 ·

Re: Gondola Load

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

By mopacfirst · #163385 ·

Re: Gondola Load

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

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #163384 ·

Re: a fun glimpse into the Western Union operation

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

By mofwcaboose <MOFWCABOOSE@...> · #163383 ·

Photo Study: Lackawanna Gondola 67198

Several good photos of this

By Bob Chaparro · #163382 ·

Re: Gondola Load

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

By mopacfirst · #163381 ·

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