Does anybody else think 70-ton trucks under NP 81745 sounds a bit odd? 40-ton trucks would be fine for a stock car. Is this a misprint, or would there be a reason for such heavy trucks under such a

The "A" on the stock yard building in the background suggests the photo is cropped from a NP Joint Facilities Book. The date of 8-28 in the lower right corner is consistent with the period the books

Thanks for posting. Looks like the steel frame is newly painted without painting the slats. Never seen that.

Date March 13, 14th of 2020, Friday late afternoon into the evening, Saturday morning and afternoon. Location: 11810 52nd Ave North, Plymouth, MN - same location as last few years. Pre

This picture seems to have disappeared here is a reload. -Hudson

CB&Q 56315 was built by the Burlington at its Galesburg shops in 1926-27, part of class SM-18A group numbered 56200-56699. They were constructed using National Dump centre sills from retired GA-12 and

CB&Q 36' Stock Car Class SM18-A (Series 56200-56699) was built in 1928 by CB&Q Galesburg. The lettering on the car looks fairly new in the photo, so it maybe not long after it was

Nice photo! The CB&Q car looks pretty new. BTW, I see 8-28 in the lower left corner under the sill at the door. That might be the photo month/year. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I think they overlap each other when opened. On the Seaboard car, you could move one or both doors out of the way, because when closed they were offset all the way to

I'm curious what all the doors do. I can't figure out how the extra ones make the opening wider? -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems,

It's a stretch to call MILW 16800 a box car :-) It looks like 16800 was a box car BODY dropped onto a 53 foot flat car. Pretty much the weirdest rebuild I've

GN had at least one boxcar with "grab iron extensions": GN 29001 40', 20' opening Also having grab iron extensions were: SAL 20200-20209 40', 20' opening And now for something a little

Stock Cars NP 81745 & CBQ 56315 circa 1926 NP 81745 blt. ?? as NP 90145, in 1923 under AFE 5118-23 was renumbered to NP 81745 and upgraded with 70 ton trucks, in 1933 under AFE 5024-33 it was

A brief reminder that later this month the annual Toronto Railway Prototype Modellers Meet will be held on Saturday, March 21st from 8:30 am to 4:00pm at Humber College in Toronto. Complete

I "found" NYC 1904. It was an 0-6-0T Dummy. Built as NYC&HR 10 in September of 1914. Retired December 1932. Ed Edward Sutorik

>The 14000 to 14499 were built in 1957 at St Cloud and did not have the billboard letters originally. Out of the 20-something photos I have of these cars, only one (14241) has the large initials. I

Well, they were red. I knew they were red. :-) Dennis

CB&Q 41891 attached -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Soo, definitely. I don't think any GN cars had this feature. Tim O' -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Ed, The NYC had several enclosed Shay locomotives for use on their West Side Freight Line (pulling freight cars, mandatory content). They have been written about a number of times in the railfan