Dave, This flat car was produced by GSC as a "kit" which a number of railroads purchased. On the PRR this was the F34. F&C recently released the F34 in HO, and subsequently SP and C&NW versions of

As part of my role as Collections Management Director of the NKPHTS I have started a blog highlighting different items from the NKPHTS that might be interesting to freight and passenger historians and

Hi Francis Thanks for the info I'll have to search for one. Do you know if it came with decals? Dave

Eastern Car Works had this kit available some years ago. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. On Friday,

Hello Guys Does anyone know if there was ever a D&H #16153 250 ton four truck flat car model available or even a decal set for this flat car in HO scale? The F&C kits, as well as

I think that the great flood in Kansas City was in 1951. We lived in Kansas City at the time of the flood. My dad worked in the Phillips refinery and was away from the house for several days.

Gene Deimling wrote: Gene, I can send you such a photo from RIchard Hendrickson's collection. Tony Thompson tony@...

The Gibson car you cited in your email was built by Standard Tank Car Company. It was a single compartment insulated 8,000 gallon car. Southern Car & Foundry produced HO kits STC cars but not with

What was the date of the infamous KANSAS CITY FLOOD in the 1950's?? I recall that immediately following the floods there was an ICC car service directive regarding stock cars

Dick Darn it, you finally figured it out! I've been doing it for years. You'd be amazed what I've been able to squeeze out of the "fact hoarders". ;-) -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling,

I have evidence of a PRR stockcar, either a K7 or K7A, being on the MSTL in Iowa. PRR 135263 was loaded with cattle at So St Paul, and shipped to Dallas Center IA on the MSTL, arriving on 8-8-1945.

The other possibility, pointed out by that photo of loading brick into a stockcar, is a non-livestock backhaul load. While brick typically didn't move far enough to get a PRR car on the SP, cut stone

David, Certainly, if you understand stock car movements. Stock cars were generally used to transport livestock to market and that is well understood; however, stock movements were also used to move

Dave, Never say never… UP and SP stock cars made their way onto PRR rails with some frequency. That is likely due to a shortage of cars at points like Chicago since through shipment of livestock did

Correction- A friend has asked if PRR stock cars would have been seen on Southern Pacific or Union Pacific tracks. I would have thought no, but thought I’d check with you guys first, before

A friend has asked if PRR stock cars would have been seen on Southern Pacific tracks. I would have thought no, but thought I’d check with you guys first, before replying to him. He models

I've seen a two-compartment tank with a half-length dome platform on each end (one on each side). Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Dennis Storzek wrote: I don't know whether the two walks were ever REQUIRED. Ed Kaminski told me that nearly every detail of the TANK (not the underframe) was a buyer choice, though of course

Rob Mondichak wrote: The UP first painted stock cars yellow (with aluminum roof and ends) in early 1947, when they inaugurated a fast livestock service between Salt Lake and Los Angeles. The

There is a section in the UTLX book on dome platforms and ladders that Dave and I discussed a lot before completing it. It appears that, prior to 1930, UTLX tank cars provided just a single dome