Not all of the photos appear to show the same bags. Could some be beans, or sugar? Tim O' -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

I find it interesting that the weight decals are not in alignment. -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI UserNMRA Life member #2623Member

Great shot of this Rock Island boxcar from the series on flour loading -- http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a04000/8a04500/8a04505v.jpg My question is, what is it, detail-wise? I'm not home to look

Amen Ben! LOTS of lumber--particularly cants in GS goes. For me, they are sent up the Cascade "Hill." i have been looking at a photo shot at Wicopee (middle of the climb up the Cascades) as I study

You are very welcome, Don. I probably spend too much time looking at old photos but occasionally I do find gems like these that I know a few modelers may want to run with. Also, I have a number of

They were "one and don" except the cloth went on to many secondary uses; a major source of rags and industrial wipes. Used bags made good aprons, any housewife could do it with a bit of sewing. At one

Ed, do you know if they reused the cloth flour bags? Or were they one and done? Thanks, Stic Harris -- - Stic

The white material is canvas, which covered the side and end walls of the box car. This was to keep cloth flour bags clean and protect them from snagging on anything that could rip them. The floor was

A while ago, I recall a string about a closed door boxcar with white material protruding from the doors with the query - what could it be? Was that ever resolved? While looking over some photos

Andy Carlson wrote: "But the out-of-the box thinking of turning it into a 40' car, that I like!!! Reminds me of the Mainline Modeler NP GS kit bash of swapping left and right pieces of the sides to

Tim O'Connor wrote: "You're probably right about the Walthers end doors, but some hinges did stick out a bit." The hinges on the Walthers car are comical, and with the lack of heavy frame around

You're probably right about the Walthers end doors, but some hinges did stick out a bit. Tim O' -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

30 years and 2 days before I was born... -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Ralph Brown asked: "Do you happen to know the Walthers item number for that car? The replacement end with end doors has piqued my interest." Steve Hile replied: "try

Interesting. The Memohead must be post-1901 since it has an "Automatic" telephone number for the Chicago exchange. Automatic Electric was related to the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph and the

I usually justify my SP/GN/Milwaukee single sheathed boxcars since they were often seen spotted at lumberyards in my neck of the woods with lumber products. I know (or think I know) I've seen

Scott: Maybe or maybe not. Several of the car builders had proprietary parts such as doors, ends and roofs. ACF and Pullman Standard come to mind. Also, some of the smaller builders got more than

Rob Mondichak asked: "I've justified an SP G50- on my east coast coal hauling branch as something bringing in product from Espee territory. Need you SP guys to school me on what types of

Fred, The 1937 and 1945 boxcars were built by Mt. Vernon. The 1947 cars were Pullman-Standard. So as I have said before, the WP was anything but consistent. The

We in O scale are blessed to have a wonderful and accurate scale model of G-50-9/12 GS gons in brass courtesy of the late Pat O'Boyle and his Pacific Limited. Beautiful models and a signature of the