Having looked at a lot, but not as many as Bob, of SSC drawings, both for the UTLX book and in my role as a volunteer at IRM, I can tell you that there is nothing on the drawings (for sure the GA

Bob, Did Standard Steel Car NOT use a system of lot or order numbers? It seems to me this is the one piece of data that will quickly pull all the drawings for a particular car together, irregardless

Thank you for this work, Bob! And sharing your reality. From my view of the world you have there, I find what you have presented very helpful. Using this list, I have targeted another candidate for

Oh man, when I show this to the crew on Wednesday, are wegoing to have some fun! I appreciate where you're coming from, and what you've done, but. Simple answer. NO! or HELL NOif you

A milk tank car. Note the passenger type trucks and three torched off rectangles on the near end; these are the guides for the buffer springs, the buffer has been removed. These cars typically had two

From the Steamtown- Erie-Lackawanna site today. Car is described as a tank car, but exterior looks like a reefer. A milk reefer perhaps?

Friends, The late Richard Hendrickson penned a three part article on boxcar markings in RPC volumes 3-5, which explains much of this lettering. On page 11, V.4, he includes an AAR diagram dated 1940,

The short (I hope) answer is that these "equipment lists" were first adopted by the MCB in 1896 as a Recommended Practice, and advanced to Standard 5 years later. Exactly what needed to be in the

Many of the decal sets for resin car kits include "Car End Data", stuff like 'Coupler End Shank 6x8', 'K-2 Triple Valve', 'Friction Draft Gear', 'Cast Steel Yoke', etc.. I see many proto pictures with

Bob, Congrats on getting this far with the SSC drawings. I can sympathize with the effort involved. I'm currently scanning 30,000 8x10 builders photos negatives. It takes time. Based on the dozen

Tim wrote “ Later NYC cars had a yellow circle with a black "A" - is that basically the same thing?” Yes, a clean loading only car. Not necessarily grain loading only as many 50’ both single

Fred, I think those B&O gons were black through their service lives, even when they were BR&P cars. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I have an updated Standard Steel drawing list. Thislist is both freight (from SS-0 - SS-99999) and Passenger (SS-100000 andabove). It can be found here: http://www.pullmanlibrary.org/ FAQ: Yes,

Well, it is "painted on"... on the negative, that is. Dennis Storzek

Hi All, Just found this 53 minute plus, B&W film shot in 1951 in the NYC Despatch Car Shops showing boxcar construction. I have only watched 29 minutes so far but it looks

The description says the sign is "painted on" - but it looks like a nailed on banner, until you look at the nailheads and realize they are just black blobs in the same color as the sign wording. --

I think the banner was a fake, added by an artist to the photo or negative, not really on the car. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Same car before the banner was attached. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll170/id/35089/rec/2 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I'm working on 2 resin kits and about ready to paint but, not sure what colors to use. One model is 53'6" 51101-51600 series Southern Flat, the other is a B&O(ex BR&P) wood side gon which will be

Photo: UP/OSL Boxcar 18761 Taken in 1931 at Los Angeles. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll170/id/35517/rec/381 Use slider to enlarge photo. Promotional photo