In 40's & at least early 50's cans were hauled in bulk in stock cars from can co. ( in San Jose?) to Prattlow cannery in Santa Clara.  Cars were steam cleaned first then lined with heavy craft

LV 80212 was part of the 80001-80400 series of 34-foot IL boxcars. Only 48 were listed in the October 1926 ORER. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Hi, I worked in a salmon cannery in Anacortes, Wa. in the late 50's/early 60's. We received box car loads of cans that were packed into very large cardboard boxes that were on top of a pallet. The

Matching Colors 1942 photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017877998/ Caption "Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's [i.e. Chicago and

I have this photo a friend gave me a long time ago. An early version of the LV's "wrongway door" boxcar. Bud Rindfleisch

Regarding the second photo of Richmond-Chase Company plant: I would speculate the SP stockcar was hauling fruit for unloading. Note it is not coupled to the boxcars that contain cans, indicating it

I need a reminder please regarding the Branchline Blueprint 50-foot boxcars in terms of the variations. I know they produced an 8-foot door car and an insulated car w/a sliding flush door. Note, I am

New resin kit models and new model kit companies are noted in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/hobby-news/ Eric

Some great models on display. Looks like it was a good show. Thanks for posting the photos George Toman

Hello Clark, really nice looking model, no doubt, but please allow a question: -are you sure the brake rod orientation is correct? What I can see is an "ordinary" AB system, and the brake rods

Steve Thank you for sharing. Paul Doggett. England

I have placed some photos from Cocoa Beach 2020 in an album on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/116454307@N06/albums/72157712745510706 Hopefully they are representative of the terrific variety

In case no one replied. He’s on the MFCL list and a few others. Curt Fortenberry

Looking at the photo closer, it appears to be a heavy paper liner.

Thanks for the photos, Garth. Very interesting. Yes, David is correct. The RF&P’s small fleet of sand hoppers were used for transporting locomotive sand between the Kyanite source mine in Dillwyn,

Nice photos Bob. Thanks for a great tidbit of info regarding an alternate use of stock cars. Regarding shipping empty cans in stock cars, its seems unlikely but I’d never say never. As you can

I believe Trout Creek took over the brass parts from the old Tomalco line. they had some. Curt Fortenberry

I just dug out my “Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac in Color” and there’s an almost square on shot of RF&P 14 on page 124.

Photo: LV Boxcar 72286 Circa 1905 photo: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016804745/ Click on one of the "View Larger" tabs to see this car in detail. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Unloading Fruit From A Livestock Car Circa 1920 photo of another use for a livestock car: https://calisphere.org/item/6b72bf20ae08e9ac37dc6518e2fdb783/ Caption: "Workers from Richmond-Chase