Along with that, alloys and various improvements allowed for less labor intensive means of creating a supporting structure that was "smaller", stronger, & better use of resources and more

And still in use long after the cut-off date of this discussion group. TTX 89' flatcars have fishbelly underframes. The reason we don't see any on house cars built after 1930 or so is designers

No ban that I’m aware of for that center sill design. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

What I call a fish belly underframe is the large beam or beams that are visible from the side of a boxcar that have a visible angle. My question is when were these underframes banned from interchange

seems obvious enough - there is no "WAYBILL" because the car is empty, but the car does have a destination. I suppose this would also prevent the car from being "hijacked" down

Thanks Gary. I have been trying to find the flyer that Bill put out covering the orange and yellow refer colors. Bill did a super job on all os his imported freight cars. This resulted on my car

Ben Hom writes: For starters, there's Ed Hawkins' spreadsheets posted on the old Ted Cullotta Steam Era Freight Cars website: http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/postwaraarmain.html

When W&R imported their Northern Pacific wood reefers, they came in wither orange or yellow. Bill McKeown obtained side hardware for two reefers, and carefully sanded through the layers and here are

My last contribution to this thread: - If the base color of the roof was black, why would overspray on the runboard be light gray (compared to the black of the ends)? - Or is it the anti-slip

Thank you again Fenton. Paul Doggett

Paul, busy man...excellent results Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thank you Fenton. Paul Doggett

Bob, Many, if not most roads had forms like this. Such cards were used for movement and return of empties. Some roads didn't fill them out until the loaded car was at it's destination and the clerk

Very nice Paul, I liked the way you set the scene up Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thanks Bill I must say like you I like little engines as well. Paul Doggett

On Sep 27, 2019, at 8:14 PM, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:  Empty Car Card Below is an image of a PRR card "For Empty Cars Only". There are instructions on the bottom of

Empty Car Card Below is an image of a PRR card "For Empty Cars Only". There are instructions on the bottom of the card, but can anyone provide more insight into the basis and use of this

Along with the Steam Line discussions, another interesting feature that these cars had were 4 marker lamp brackets located on each of the 4 corners just below the joint line of the top and bottom end

Anybody familiar with Armstrong Refrigerator Line? Richard

The paint applied to these reefer roofs (and hatches) probably had "non skid" sand added to the mix and so had a flat appearance. Then stencils were added to the hatches