As an on-and-off O&W modeler, 'hermit road' is a pretty decent description. Once the on-line anthracite mines played out / went bankrupt in 1937 the railroad (which held mortgages on those very

Black ends surviving the first repainting seems pretty uncommon among C&O and Pere Marquette boxcars, from most photos I've seen, and recollections of friends who frequented yards in the '40s and

Bill and Brian, These cars were covered in an article by Pat Wider in RPC 19. Pullman builder's photos show the ends as black. The trucks also appear to be black, so the underframe probably was too.

And Bob Mohowski, devoted O&W modeler, who is still probably lurking about in Upstate New York. Todd Sullivan Rowlett, TX

Bill Ends black, Underbody black, Trucks black (unpainted castings). Roof unclear. The running board is unpainted galvanized. The seam caps look painted. The entire roof may be freight car color or

Above is an Overland brass car. I was told by a very knowledgable modeler that the ends should be black. He did not, however, have any information on the roof, underframes and trucks. Were they

I did two of them, one in CNJ and the other in a LV paint scheme they have never done. Rick Jesionowski

I think I saw a photo of a NYO&W hopper car at Harriman, on the Union Pacific! 😉 (note: this might have been in Mike Brock universe...) Armand, as others have noted, this road was definitely a

For models, keep watch on eBay. You might find some steam and an OW wood drop-bottom gon. For books, check bookfinder.com. Also, brasstrains.com is a good place:

O&W didn't have much to do after their anthracite traffic collapsed in the 1940s. The 7/50 ORER shows 234 hoppers, 35 gondolas, 34 box cars, and 11 flats; versus 2803 hoppers, 202 gondolas, 58 box

That was a interesting read. Thanks for posting that. I wonder how the 8 hatch reefers would be iced when not on home road icing stations. Especially when they needed special tools to stir the ice

Armand, There is a small, but dedicated group of NYOW folks still active on Yahoo groups, owrhs@.... I discovered them while trying to sell my NicklePlateProducts NYOW 4-8-2. John Barry ATSF

I’m not sure where they originated but I always assumed they were sent to Brunswick for unloading. There was so many forest operations in South Ga that there could have been several locations of

The NYO&W seems to be like a Hermit RR.Photos of cars in interchange seem to be rather rare and models even rarer.Does anyone have any information on this RR ? Armand Premo

The CNW car was not as extensively modified as the Milwaukee cars. Photos that I have seen (they're in the Morningside CNW V2 Color Guide book) show only 1 panel cut out on each side of the car. They

Friends, While traveling from California to Virginia in 1982 I spotted this SAL stump gondola. It doesn't have the "skeleton" sides of the cars previously under discussion, but does have the sides cut

Todd, Where were these stumps hauled and did they originate on the CG? There was a Hercules explosives plant for near Brunswick, not served by CG. Rufus -- Rufus Cone Bozeman, MT

This past week I hosted two op sessions on the Alma branch. On Sunday one of my operators had to back out because of illness. However, Bruce Smith from Auburn, AL, and Gary Senesac from

The C of Ga modified some USRA clone gons like this for hauling stumps to make dynamite Todd Horton

Bob Chaparro wrote: It's discussed in the PFE book at some length. Briefly, the -3 had superstructure improvements beyond the Class R-30-2, but used the original pressed-steel underframe. PFE