These MCB/ARA/AAR car codes are a moving target. Designations depend upon era and what the railroad applies as the designation. In this specific case (DL&W 70793), the MCB designation for DL&W

I think it's been said before - a GB gondola is a car with ends, sides, no roof, and a flat, solid bottom for cargo space. The height of the sides, or ends, or whether the car was purpose built or

Mel and Bob, I'd go with gondola too. The car obviously was constructed as a single piece, rather than a box added to a flat car. I don't see actual stake pockets here, just the stake permanently

David, My correspondence with Ed was several years ago. Perhaps he was only saying this wasn't an AC&F Type 7. I do remember he said AC&F never made any cars with this gallonage, but again, this may

As a photo dealer myself ($5 each for an 8 x 10, postpaid), I can agree that prints are getting harder to sell. Until sometime in the 1990s, I had a chronic backlog because I had so many orders, but

Thanks Jon, pleae let me know. I love dead flat. I appreciate you! Greg Martin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

In the same age category I have some "Dullcote Lacquer" and a bottle of "Scalecoat" S51 flat glaze. Lacquer is easy to deal with and I also have a couple of pints of Scalecoat

Listed in 1919 ORER as "Hopper, twin, steel underframe". John C. La Rue, Jr. Bonita Sptings, FL

Jon, You're right it was solvent based but did become acrylic. I know because mine was so old that the plastic bottle cracked and dried up. What does that tell you? I don't like acrylic because

This is a drop bottom gon. Note the hopper bottoms and the door mechanisms on the sides. Matthew Hurst Modeling the late great PRR and the tiny H&BTM in the late 40's

Really enjoyed that Jack. Was useful to hear how you work through the model design and parts creation process. Rob Kirkham

definitely a gondola mel perry

Photo: DL&W 70793 Nice shot of this car. Is it a flat car or a gondola? http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-26-19/X6139.jpg Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

wow, nice picture! -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Another video as part of the series I have been doing has been uploaded to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQOr0CRinzM This one is on M of W cars that I have been building. Jack

Tony makes an excellent point! - but it reminds me of the Guy Dunscomb collection of fabulous Southern Pacific photographs that was bequeathed to the Huntington Collection,

Magazines are not photos. I have issues of MRH (a FREE online publication with photos) that are 300 Megabytes each in size, and they are PDF files. Kalmbach could

That shot has some grand detail of a concrete cribbing! — ^<@<.@* hat less at less point at star }"_# | back brace double base pound space bar -@$&/_% dash at cash and slash base

I have no idea why he said that. The car in the pics is pretty much a standard AC&F Type 4. David Thompson

Nice panoramic shot... notice the T&NO boxcar at the left end, and, no, it’s not that long, but an artifact of the panoramic camera that shot the image. Bill Daniels Santa Rosa, California