Dan; Good guess! That could be it. Elden Gatwood

Could be frames for cold-heading (forging) machines. Dan MItchell ==========

Tim, Thank you for the R. I. Gondola TOFC Cars. I am guessing that the car you built was from a Tichey war emergency car. Looks very good. Thanks for the pictures Dale Florence

-- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

What route did this take to get to Vancouver? If it went MILW all the way then crossing the border at Sumas, Wa is the only option. Hard time seeing this being the case. Pulp digester makes more sense

One of my favorites, stubby Carnegie-Illinois Steel (USSteel), with a whopping big ingot - Homestead Works,

A "pulp digester" according to my notes. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Found another photo of a GSC HD flat car, with an outbound load at Mesta Machine

:Does anyone have information on Gondolas that were converted into TOFC cars, or pictures, from the early 1950's.. I want to build some, but cannot find information, or pictures. Dale Florence

Tim O'Connor wrote "GYPSUM or TRANSCO running board on Rock Island 25189?" And isn't that a Morton lateral r.b.? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

In the fall of 1943, the 941st Field Artillery deployed from Camp Polk LA to the Desert Training Center at Freda CA on Santa Fe's Parker Branch. I found a memorandum copy of the Government Bill of

It looks like a coke drum. In a delayed coker, which produces petroleum coke, the reaction occurs in the heater and on the way to the drum, where the coke settles out and the light hydrocarbon vapors

Photo: Heavy Duty Milwaukee Road Flat Car 601051 A photo from 1956: https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/milwaukee-road-rly-flat-car-loaded-with-tank Click on the photo to enlarge it. Anyone know

These were a common sight during the '50s and '60s when I lived in Pittsburgh. The molds were always loaded two to a car and placed over the trucks, due to their weight. And, yes, the RIX molds are a

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Kadee printed decals for our train club. They're ok, but I'll say that their white lettering is almost invisible on the paper and not as opaque as you may want it to be." Lack of

I buy my decal paper from Walthers it’s 8 ½ x 11 and fits my decal printer just like a paper sheet. https://www.walthers.com/decal-paper-8-1-2-x-11-quot-21-6-x-27-9cm-clear-pkg-5 Tango Papa

Kadee printed decals for our train club. They're ok, but I'll say that their white lettering is almost invisible on the paper and not as opaque as you may want it to be.

Friends, Kadee is offering a custom decal service: https://www.kadee.com/custom.htm . I have not tried their decals and so cannot comment on their quality. They also offer

I bought some of Circus City's decals for the MKT Texas Special locomotives and brass passenger cars. They were wildly inaccurate. Circus City on top, original Hallmark decals on bottom.

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