The West India Fruit & Steamship Company had boxcars and refrigerator cars in its fleet. In addition to the traffic between the Port of Palm Beach and Havana, the company also ferried freight cars to

Speculation on: Apples, cherries, and other tree fruits that need a winter frost. Canned goods that needed insulation from heat or cold enroute. Speculation off. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines

a pfe reefer to cuba at 10:45, wonder what was being exported? mel perry

West India Fruit & Steamship Company Historic Film Railroad coverage starts about four minutes into the film. The film appears to end without full coverage of exports to the

Anyone notice that the wrecker used to set the car on blocking is still in the scene in the fourth photo? My best guess... the car was damaged in a wreck and the parts gathered together for shipment

What struck me was that the stirrups were removed and reattached, inverted and tucked inside the grab irons. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

I received this comment from someone: "Note that they apparently sawed off a couple feet of running boards at the end, leaving the braces dangling. But the remainder seems intact. Also they removed

Thanks Greg, There was a post after one of the recent (St. Louis) shows that a hobby shop in Paducah was selling Stan's product. I contacted them and they were sold out. Someone had just bought 50

Craig is not producing parts at this point. Greg Martin

Andy, Would you please contact me at mswitzer@.... Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Resin Car Works has released a new HO scale mini-kit to build an Illinois Central single-sheathed boxcar. Kit details are featured in our latest blog post.

Don, I had my 3D Frederick Deckel pantograph since 2004 and hardly used it as the 2D Gordons pantographs do about everything I want. Gordon 2D pantographs have a taper attachment which is a nice

Hello everyone, Just arrived today the new freight car book for the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad. I thought the ore cars would overwhelm the presentation in the book, but that is not the

I don’t know if this is relevant to your quest, but we have PM Caboose A621at Huckleberry Railroad in Flint, MI. It is on static display, and is appropriate for HRR since most of its right of

If Craig is a reseller does anyone have contact information for Craig ? I could use a few things. Walt

Allen Cain wrote: Yes, most express cars were operated by the REA as a pool, so cars certainly went off-line, though their owners were supposed to maintain and repair them. That of course would

Bill - You can put all this good pantograph information to use making freight cars! Just purchase my Deckel GK-21 pantograph engraver! I have the actual machine that was alleged to have created the

A lovely scene. The car is on blocks, yet retains all its fittings (brake hose, coupler, …). And then there’s the siding. I would love to see someone reproduce that sketchy track, with its odd

Hello- I have a new, in never been removed from mint packaging condition, Intermountain Great Northern HO 1958 cu ft covered hopper, GN #71025; IM # 48603-02. This car has the version of triangular

Looking at Railway Express Reefers that include road names, in particular, Seaboard Air Line, and wondering if they traveled off line like in Southern and ACL passenger trains as well as on the