Ask a question--get an answer. Wow! And thanks to all. Very interesting. Though not as interesting as it would have been in Oregon. Ed Edward Sutorik

 Ed wrote: "The rail traffic to Cuba, as with Mexico, was mainly in US owned cars. However new cars built in the US for the Consolidated Railways of Cuba, National of Mexico or other foreign

Yes they were yellow with a red stripe along the bottom of the sides and aluminum end railings and platforms, as I recall.. C&O lettering of course. I moved away from the neighborhood in late 1972,and

Monon rider car. Used in Indiana to allow LCL shipments. Also to accommodate the extra conductor, for extra crewman in Indiana. Not sure how it ended up out West. In later years used as tool

Another car I've been looking for! Ray Breyer at the NKP group knows a lot about these cars,and the NKPHTS modeler's on line magazine has articles. Decals can be had from Resin Car Works. Larry King

In a message dated 12/15/2019 3:31:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, edb8381@... writes: <Note that Canadian freight cars carry both, as well as lettering in English and French.> The addition of metric and

Yeah, that slide is mis-labeled. That is not on SP&S rails, but on the Monon. The Monon faced a power shortage in 1966 due to their return of several Alco C628s to the manufacturer, and had to lease

Well Bob I had hoped that the second car photo you posted might have saved the day as it appears to be an earlier lettering style that I, at least, have not ever seen before. Unfortunately a check of

Not opinion, but fact...it's not Oregon. It's Salem, Indiana. The Monon leased a few SP&S RS-2s in the 1960s. The odd car is what's called a Rider Caboose...a 'front end' caboose was required by

Matt is correct. Subsequently, that unit was purchased by L&N in 1966 and rebuilt into an RS3 by L&N using components from a damaged L&N FA2. It was renumbered to L&N #104 (2nd). The car behind

Not opinion, but fact...it's not Oregon. It's Salem, Indiana. The Monon leased s few SP&S RS-2s in the 1960s. The odd car is what's called a Rider Caboose...a 'front end' caboose was required by

Yes Salem, Indiana on the Monon. The Monon built in the company shops these “head end cabooses”. They housed the head end brakeman and any LCL that may be carried to be distributed along the line.

I'm no expert, but it looks like a rider car that the Monon used to obey Indiana's Full Crew laws. What the heck it's doing in Salem is beyond me though! Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah

I believe that’s one of Monon’s odd cabooses. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Ed, The SP&S engine was used on the Monon late in its life so I believe the location to be Salem Indiana on the Monan. Matt Herson

Shouldna typed so fast. Obviously it is the letters and border that are orange, and the background black. Sheesh. Tony Thompson tony@...

The rail traffic to Cuba, as with Mexico, was mainly in US owned cars. However new cars built in the US for the Consolidated Railways of Cuba, National of Mexico or other foreign railroads using the

Bill Welch wrote: Background color was an orangish-yellow, as Norm Buckhart showed. This has been done in bright yellow by some manufacturers (incorrectly), but was once done right by Walthers in

In the slide below, there's an odd looking Monon car just behind the loco. Photo was taken at Salem,

they are two shades of yellow Bill - I have them O scale but not HO. Norm Buckhart