Thanks for the input guys! I think this may be a long research project.... Elden Gatwood

The topic of the P&WV derailment got me to look up Sudan, PA. I didn't get as far as trying to track down the location of this siding because the first thing I saw on the Google map was Narrow Gauge

FIVE Hershey's chocolate box cars, wow! -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

If you are interested in NP Freight Cars the NPRHA has in it's collection the NP Equipment Ledgers. These were used to keep track of equipment numbers, this set starts in the 1920s and goes to the

Bruce; Well, well! I do need to get my eyes checked! I wonder what the story was on those cars.... This is a tremendously interesting train. Elden Gatwood

Elden, The docs you supplied said that they were “R” and “E” so that would mean empty reefers. The P&W web page on AAR Marks (https://www.pwrr.org/rrm/rrmh.html) says: *(NATX) GENERAL ELECTRIC

Bruce; I was under the impression those HERX cars were Hercules tank cars, no? I need to get my eyes checked.... Yes, fabulous what some of these wreck reports tell us about what was in a

Elden, What a great set of documents! I see that Hershey’s (HERX) lost 5 reefers in this wreck! Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you

Folks; Without my ORERs, I am lost. Could anyone identify any of the cars listed in this accident report? I noted that this train was tank car heavy, and that an unusual number of cars were

They are, indeed. They carried a group of cylindrical cannisters that could be unloaded separately, and transported to various parts of a plant, most often water treatment plants. Elden Gatwood

One of these canister cars was the basis of a scratchbuilding article in Model Railroader way back in the early 1950s. The article was republished in a 'reprint' collection called "Build Your Own

 Hi List Members, I have a builders image of VSX 20, it is a canister car, ACF lot 188. It rides on archbar trucks. No date on the image. I also have a builders image of VSX 103, it is more

I have one of those. (It's not here right now.) I don't recall the 'cannisters' being that heavy, but I generally ran the car empty because it looked better that way. I think they were just called

Those brass models were imported by MTS way back when. I made new tanks out of aluminum tubing, making the car lighter but still on the heavy side. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

As I recall a brass importer brought in cannister cars with the cannisters made out of solid aluminum, making the car much heavier than most brass heavyweight passenger cars. Gary

I think the "106A500" tank cars are cannister tank cars like this drawing. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I think that was a little "awning" to keep the kaolin from washing down and covering the ACI label. MP did similar to it's covered hoppers in lime service. Charlie Schildt

That is not a vent, the ACI tag has broken in tow and the top part is bent out. -Hudson

More penance needed, I said Superior door but in fact it is a Youngstown door. I also failed to note these were originally Pere Marquette Automobile DD cars. Bill Welch

Bill all is forgiven. I was trying to think of an appropriate penance, but anyone who harvests 330 rivets from Athearn bluebox bodies for one model has done penance and then some. The boys in the